Assessing the Need for On-Campus Medication Abortion at California Community Colleges

Autor/in	Behonick, Dani
Titel	Assessing the Need for On-Campus Medication Abortion at California Community Colleges
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 71 (2023) 3, S.813-820 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Behonick, Dani)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2021.1908308
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Pregnancy; Access to Health Care; Drug Therapy; Public Colleges; Two Year College Students; Student Characteristics; Health Needs; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Schwangerschaft; Kalifornien
Abstract	Objective: No studies have assessed the need for abortion access at California Community Colleges (CCCs), despite recent research and legislative attention toward on-campus medication abortion access at California's public universities, and the fact that CCCs enroll more than twice the number of students per year as the public universities. Methods: A demographic analysis compares student populations at California's public universities and CCCs using publicly-available data. Monthly demand for medication abortion among CCC students is estimated based on campus enrollment data, and age-, method- and state-adjusted abortion rates. Results: There is demographic similarity amongst these student populations with respect to gender and age makeup, supporting the use of methods created to estimate abortion demand in California public university students in this study. It is estimated that in total, CCC students seek 865 - 1,109 medication abortions each month. Conclusions: There is a clear need for medication abortion access at CCCs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01