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Post–partum sterilization in Sao Paulo state, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Barbara Janowitz ,
Joann Lewis ,
Deborah Clopton  and
Milton S. Nakamura
Barbara Janowitz
Affiliation:
International Fertility Research Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Joann Lewis
Affiliation:
International Fertility Research Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Deborah Clopton
Affiliation:
International Fertility Research Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Milton S. Nakamura
Affiliation:
Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil
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Summary

This paper examines the accessibility of post-partum sterilization at five hospitals in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Of the women who planned sterilization 60% were sterilized. Services were not equally available to all women. While caesarean sections accounted for an extremely high percentage of deliveries at these hospitals, this type of delivery, and concurrent sterilizations, are not equally available to all women who indicated a desire to be sterilized. Since poor women are less likely to have caesarean deliveries, their access to sterilization is limited.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 179 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © 1982, Cambridge University Press

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