Advancing access to abortion for under-served populations through tools for healthcare professionals and people seeking care (Health Canada Grant; 2023-2024)
Funded by the Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund under the Health Care Policy and Strategies Program of Health Canada, Government of Canada
Background: The availability of the abortion pill, mifepristone, has changed the approach to delivery of abortion care services in Canada. Lack of access to educational resources for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to identify and utilize appropriate approaches and strategies for high-quality appropriate care provision to equity-deserving groups is, however, a challenge. There is also an urgent requirement for patient-facing resources to help patients requiring abortions make an informed decision. The current project answers a Health Canada call to address these challenges by curating resources to improve health care providers’ expertise in providing de-stigmatized and contextually appropriate abortion care for populations facing intersecting systemic barriers, and similarly, to reduce gaps in information available for under-served populations.
Potential impact: Our project outputs will support accessible, appropriate provision of abortion services and facilitate further diffusion of de-stigmatized, culture and context appropriate medical abortion care by HCPs across Canada. Our results will reduce service provision barriers and gaps, increase the accessibility of abortion services, and improve person-centered abortion care, especially for those facing intersecting systemic, racialized and stigmatizing barriers, and those belonging to under-served communities.
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