Abortion is a common experience for women around the world; yet it is often excluded from the curricula of health professionals. Our aim is to fill in the gaps left by the exclusion of abortion from mainstream curricula.
This section contains all video lectures and slides relating to abortion and public health.
Learning Objectives
After watching these video lectures, the learner will:
- Understand the importance of abortion provision in the primary care setting
- Identify opportunities to improve global access to abortion care after the first trimester
- Describe the epidemiology of abortion
- Recognize global disparities in access to family planning
- Understand the costs of unintended pregnancy
- List barriers to accessing timely and safe abortion services
Assessments
Abortion and Public Health Questions
Abortion and Public Health Answers
Video Lectures and Companion Materials
Preventing Maternal Mortality: The Role of Safe Abortion
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University of California San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Resources
WHO Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM), 2015.
Preventing Maternal Mortality: The Role of Safe Abortion Slide Set
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Preventing Maternal Mortality: The Role of Safe Abortion Slide Set
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Abortion Disparities, A Public Health Approach
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Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco, Departments
Abortion Disparities, A Public Health Approach Slide Set
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Abortion Disparities, A Public Health Approach Slide Set
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Health Disparities in Family Planning
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University of California, San Francisco
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Health Disparities in Family Planning Slide Set
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Health Disparities in Family Planning Slide Set
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Global Obstacles to Abortion
IERH acknowledges the importance of inclusive language as a component of patient-centered care and we are working to improve our content. Read more here.
Video Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
Additional Resources
The Center for Reproductive Health, Worldwide Abortion Laws.
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Citations:
Global Obstacles to Abortion Slide Set
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Global Obstacles to Abortion Slide Set
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Abortion and its Multiple Contexts
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Abortion and its Multiple Contexts Slide Set
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Paying for Abortion: How Cost can be an Obstacle to Care
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Paying for Abortion: How Cost can be an Obstacle to Care Slide Set
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Paying for Abortion: How Cost can be an Obstacle to Care Slide Set
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Contextualizing Who has Abortions After the First Trimester
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Video Companion Guides
Video companion guide for Preventing Maternal Mortality: The Role of Safe Abortion
Video Companion Guide for Abortion Disparities, A Public Health Approach
Video Companion Guide for Health Disparities in Family Planning