Navigating a new frontier: An exploratory study of clinicians’ confidence in their ability to help adolescents access abortion post-Dobbs

IF 2.3 2区医学 Q1 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Contraception Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111041

Amanda E. Bryson , Michelle Oberman , Lisa Soleymani Lehmann , Lauren J. Ralph , Claire D. Brindis , Marissa Raymond-Flesch

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Abstract

Objectives

This study aimed to assess clinicians’ confidence in helping adolescents access abortion.

Study design

This study used a 2024 cross-sectional, online survey of US adolescent-serving clinicians.

Results

Less than half of the 188 clinicians reported high confidence in their ability to help adolescents navigate seven of 11 logistical aspects of abortion access. Participants in states with post-Dobbs restrictions were less confident than those in states without such restrictions in their ability to help adolescents find abortion providers, know what documents are needed for appointments, and interpret their state’s laws.

Conclusions

Many clinicians lack confidence in helping adolescents navigate abortion access, particularly clinicians in states with post-Dobbs restrictions.

Implications

Clinicians’ lack of confidence in helping adolescents access abortion, regardless of state-level abortion laws, is concerning, given adolescents’ reliance on clinicians for reliable abortion information. Interventions must be developed across all states to increase clinician confidence in their ability to support their patients’ abortion access in the post-Dobbs shifting legal landscape.

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导航一个新的前沿：临床医生的信心在他们的能力，帮助青少年获得堕胎后多布斯探索性研究。

目的：评估临床医生帮助青少年堕胎的信心。研究设计：2024年美国青少年服务临床医生横断面在线调查。结果：188名临床医生中，不到一半的人对他们帮助青少年在堕胎的11个后勤方面导航的能力有很高的信心。在帮助青少年找到堕胎服务提供者、了解预约需要哪些文件以及解释本州法律的能力方面，多布斯后限制州的参与者比没有此类限制的州的参与者更缺乏信心。结论：许多临床医生缺乏信心，帮助青少年导航堕胎通道，特别是在多布斯后限制州的临床医生。含义：临床医生缺乏信心，帮助青少年获得堕胎，不管国家层面的堕胎法，是有关青少年依赖于临床医生可靠的堕胎信息。干预措施必须在所有州发展，以增加临床医生的信心，他们有能力支持他们的病人堕胎后，多布斯转变的法律景观。

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Contraception 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

17.20%

发文量

211

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Contraception has an open access mirror journal Contraception: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. The journal Contraception wishes to advance reproductive health through the rapid publication of the best and most interesting new scholarship regarding contraception and related fields such as abortion. The journal welcomes manuscripts from investigators working in the laboratory, clinical and social sciences, as well as public health and health professions education.