title: Post-abortion contraception: care and practices.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze assistance regarding contraception methods received by women during hospitalization due to abortion, and contraceptive practices the month after this episode.
  
  
  METHODS
  a longitudinal study of women hospitalized due to abortion in a public hospital in the city of São Paulo. Face-to-face interviews (n=170) followed by telephone interviews in the subsequent month (n=147) were conducted between May and December of 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  a small number of women reported they received guidance on, and prescription for, contraceptive methods at hospital discharge. A trend of statistical significance was identified for prescription of contraceptive methods at discharge and its use in the following month, when adjusted for age. Most women reported sexual intercourse (69.4%) with the use of contraceptive method (82.4%), but no health professional guidance (63.1%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  despite the fact that post-abortion contraception assistance was lower than the recommended guidelines by public health policies, women demonstrated willingness to use contraceptive methods.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Luiza Vilela
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: aff2.
authors.forename: Renata Luciria
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiza Akiko Komura
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hoga
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Christiane Borges do Nascimento
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Chofakian
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Osmara Alves
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D055815:Young Adult