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NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts has a robust research program to identify gaps in access to reproductive health services and information and to guide the development of public policy solutions and public education interventions.
Our past research includes...
Decline in Access to Abortion Care in Massachusetts (2009)
Decline in Access to Abortion Care in Massachusetts (2009)
Massachusetts, like the rest of the nation, has experienced an overall decline in abortion providers in both clinics and hospitals in recent years. There are also significant – and growing – regional disparities in access to abortion care, with the majority of providers concentrated in the Metro-Boston area.
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Comprehensive Health Education Cost Analysis (2007)
Concerns over the cost of comprehensive health education prompted NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts to analyze the cost of established comprehensive health education programs in select districts across the state. We found that in each district studied, health education costs make up less than 3% of the total amount spent per pupil, averaging about 2.05%. These data suggest that if more schools implement comprehensive health education programs they will likely not entail a significant financial impact in their school districts.
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Emergency Contraception Knowledge After a Community Education Campaign (2007)
The Massachusetts Emergency Contraception (EC) Network implemented a study examining EC education efforts in the Boston community of Jamaica Plain. Researchers gave surveys to nearly 500 women to compare their knowledge of EC before and after the education intervention. The results demonstrate that this Jamaica Plain grassroots-based community education campaign on EC was effective in improving EC knowledge and provides a successful model to continue to raise awareness and knowledge of EC. Researchers associated with the Massachusetts Emergency Contraception Network and NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts published this article in Contraception.
Access to Emergency Contraception in MA Hospitals (2006)
A year after the passage of the Massachusetts emergency contraception (EC) law requiring emergency departments to offer EC to rape survivors, access to EC in emergency departments improved, but some hospitals risked violating the law.
Emergency Contraception Knowledge Among Women in a Boston Community (2005)
This study assessed the baseline knowledge of emergency contraception (EC) in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. The findings highlight racial disparities in EC awareness with only 51% of Latina women and 75% of Black women having heard of EC compared with 99% of White women. The results also demonstrate that most individuals have limited knowledge about how EC works, and only 25% of women have ever discussed EC with a health care provider. As a result, a community education campaign aimed at reproductive-age women, health care providers and pharmacists was created to tackle these knowledge deficits (see 2007 study above). Researchers associated with the Massachusetts Emergency Contraception Network and NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts published this article in Contraception.
Women's Health Care at Risk: Barriers to Abortion and Emergency Contraception in Massachusetts (2002)
In a follow-up to our 2000 report on access to abortion care and emergency contraception (EC), we found that access continued to be limited by location, income, and knowledge. Although access to emergency contraception (EC) in hospitals and community health centers improved marginally from 1999, most of the hospitals and nearly half of the community health centers surveyed failed to provide EC consistently upon request.
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Women's Health Care at Risk: Barriers to Abortion and Emergency Contraception in Massachusetts (2000)
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts compiled research and information on the availability of abortion care and emergency contraception (EC) and conducted its own survey on the accessibility of emergency contraception (EC) in hospitals and community health centers. We found that less than half of these providers consistently offered EC upon request. Access to both abortion care and EC was limited by location, income, and knowledge on the part of both patients and providers.
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