Abortion among French students: a 2003 to 2018 follow-up
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Institut Pascal, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, SIGMA Clermont, Université Clermont Auvergne, France
 
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CNRS F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
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Service Santé Universitaire - UCA, France
 
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Institut Pascal, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, SIGMA Clermont, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
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Institut Pascal, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, SIGMA Clermont, Service de Santé Universitaire - Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
 
Publication date: 2023-04-27
 
 
Popul. Med. 2023;5(Supplement):A1084
 
ABSTRACT
Background and Objective: In 2003, in France, there was an alert about high levels of abortion of female students, supposedly due to a lack of information on contraception. So, we decided, in our university to create a survey system in order to check the circumstances, modalities and consequences of abortions among our students. Methods: Regularly, a medical investigator goes to the public and private abortion facilities. Under the respect of medical secret, we linked the medical records to the presence as student of the University Clermont-Auvergne. Results: Abortion rates are stable from 5 to 8,5/1000, the half of the French women rate. The main changes are the increase of medical abortion (from 23 to 43 %). Around 2/3 of abortions are for students without contraception or using only condoms. After abortion, 50% choose contraceptive pill, 23% contraceptive implant, 22% intra uterine device. Only 4% do not choose any efficient contraception. Students from China had higher relative risk (RR = 2,30) which drop down very rapidly thanks to an information strategy. This strategy does not work for students from Northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa who still have higher relative risks (respectively 4,98 and 9,62). Conclusions: The information strategy failed for students from Africa, showing that we need to develop others inquiries to understand their high rates of abortion. Unfortunately, we have now to stop this survey, due to the application of the European General Data Protection Regulation.
ISSN:2654-1459
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