{"id":2407,"date":"2023-10-05T15:18:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjsrh\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2023-10-19T00:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:53:10","slug":"abortion-care-quality-measurement-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjsrh\/2023\/10\/05\/abortion-care-quality-measurement-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Application of a novel abortion care quality measurement tool (ACQTool) in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>By Laura E Jacobson, Sarah E. Baum, Erin Pearson, Rezwana Chowdhury, Nirali M. Chakraborty,\u00a0Julia M. Goodman,\u00a0Caitlin Gerdts,\u00a0&amp; Blair G. Darney<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Measuring and improving quality of care is an essential part of ensuring <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/langlo\/article\/PIIS2214-109X(18)30386-3\/fulltext\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">safe and effective health services<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">; however, until recently measuring the quality of abortion care has been hampered by a lack of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/srh.bmj.com\/content\/44\/3\/159\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">shared definitions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/srh.bmj.com\/content\/43\/1\/7\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">validated tools<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acqtool.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Abortion Care Quality (ACQTool)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a new tool that includes 29 validated indicators and the first global standard for measuring the quality of abortion care in low- and middle-income countries, for both facility and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1521693419301191?via%3Dihub\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">self-managed medication abortion (SMA)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> contexts. This is the first study to use this novel, validated abortion quality measure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In Bangladesh, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd\/act-11\/section-3162.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">abortion law is highly restrictive<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, only permitting abortion to save the life of the pregnant person; however, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3406963\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">menstrual regulation (MR)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> when someone has a procedure or takes medications to bring on the return of their menses if they have not had a period for 10\u201312\u202fweeks without confirmation of pregnancy, is legal. Self-managed MR (or SMA) <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">occurs in Bangladesh where a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12978-021-01123-w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">person obtains medications and information directly from pharmacies or retail drug shops<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> without a prescription, from staff who may or may not have adequate medication abortion training. SMA has been shown to be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/langlo\/article\/PIIS2214-109X(21)00461-7\/fulltext\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">safe and effective<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789240039483\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">incorporated into global care standards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, and has the potential to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gh.bmj.com\/content\/7\/6\/e009557\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">expand abortion access<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1016\/j.ijgo.2016.06.004\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">improve health outcomes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0 Recognizing SMA as a safe and effective option, it is important to examine and address any disparities in the quality of care provided to ensure that individuals&#8217; rights to safe abortion care are upheld.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This work revealed the following key findings:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Using the ACQtool, we show that in Bangladesh, the majority (11\/18) of quality indicators were not different between facility-managed medication abortion and pharmacy SMA abortion modalities. Clients reported higher quality in facilities for five indicators and higher quality in pharmacies for two indicators.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">When compared to facility-managed abortion care, pharmacy sourced SMA is more affordable to clients and may expand access, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241513906\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">an important measure of quality of care<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, despite government subsidized public sector facility care in Bangladesh.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our study found gaps in the quality of abortion information provision offered by pharmacies. Nearly three-quarters of pharmacy SMA clients compared to one third of facility medication abortion clients rated low information provision.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Facility clients compared to pharmacy clients had higher odds of knowing what to do for an adverse event, the only one of eight abortion care outcomes that showed differences. In addition, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">adolescence (age 15-19 versus 20-24 years) was associated with not <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">knowing what to do for an adverse event.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Conclusion\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Measuring and comparing client experience of abortion quality of care in pharmacy-based SMA and facilities reveals that generally clients rate quality highly. However, improvement is needed in important areas such as affordability of facility-based abortion services, information and education supplied by pharmacies, and informing all clients (but especially pharmacy-SMA clients and adolescents) of what to do if an adverse event occurs. Patient-centered quality of care is a human right; our results suggest that information provision can serve as a key point of intervention for quality of care in pharmacies to improve client experiences, especially in light of the lower cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/srh.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2023\/09\/12\/bmjsrh-2023-201931\">Read the paper here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>About the Authors<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Laura E. Jacobson, MPH is a PhD candidate of health systems and policy at OHSU-PSU joint School of Public Health in Portland Oregon USA. Her work examines <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">abortion quality of care, medication abortion self-use,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and pregnancy and birth outcomes in a global\u202fcontext.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sarah E. Baum, MPH is a Senior Research Scientist at Ibis Reproductive Health in Oakland CA, USA.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Erin Pearson, PhD, MPH is a Research Scientist at Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego CA, USA.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rezwana Chowdhury, MDS, MPH is a Senior Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Advisor at Ipas Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nirali M. Chakraborty, PhD is Director of Research at Metrics for Management, Baltimore, MD USA.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Julia M. Goodman, PhD, MPH is Associate Professor of Health Systems Management and Policy at OHSU-PSU joint School of Public Health in Portland Oregon USA.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Caitlin Gerdts, PhD MHS is Vice President for Research at Ibis Reproductive Health in Oakland CA, USA.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Blair G. Darney, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, OHSU, and Health Systems &amp; Policy in the OHSU-PSU joint School of Public Health in Portland Oregon USA. 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