A particular epidemiological profile: disparities in access to contraceptive methods in Brazil during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Humans
COVID-19
/ epidemiology
Brazil
/ epidemiology
Female
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Young Adult
Contraception
/ statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility
/ statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
/ isolation & purification
Surveys and Questionnaires
Contraception Behavior
/ statistics & numerical data
Pandemics
Healthcare Disparities
/ statistics & numerical data
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 07 2024
01 07 2024
Historique:
received:
28
01
2024
accepted:
24
06
2024
medline:
2
7
2024
pubmed:
2
7
2024
entrez:
1
7
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Our objective was to study disparities in access to contraception during the COVID-19 pandemic. We performed a cross-sectional study at the University of Campinas, Brazil using a Google questionnaire applied from December 2021 until February 2022, disseminated via snowball technique. The survey asked about sociodemographic characteristics and contraceptive use, as well as the demand for new methods and difficulties in continuing to use contraceptives during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed 1018 completed questionnaires; in total, 742 (72.9%) were women aged between 20 and 39 years, 746 (73.3%) were White and 602 (59.2%) used contraceptives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 23% of respondents changed their method and approximately 20% of respondents looked for new methods. Among the latter, 31.3% reported some difficulty with obtaining guidance on new methods while only 5.3% of the respondents reported some difficulty with continuing their contraceptive. The main difficulty in both cases was the difficulty with getting a healthcare provider appointment. Our results point to a particular epidemiological population, of younger black and biracial women, with lower education and lower income, which suffered health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic and found difficulties with using contraceptives and accessing family planning services.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38951554
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65946-w
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-65946-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
14982Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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