Pregnancy termination trajectories in Zambia: the socio-economic costs
Lead Research Organisation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Department Name: LSE Health and Social Care
Abstract
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Publications
Coast E
(2018)
Trajectories of women's abortion-related care: A conceptual framework.
in Social science & medicine (1982)
Coast E
(2016)
"These things are dangerous": Understanding induced abortion trajectories in urban Zambia.
in Social science & medicine (1982)
Coast, E.
(2016)
These things are dangerous": Understanding induced abortion trajectories in urban Zambia
in Social Science and Medicine
Coast, E.
(2014)
Pregnancy termination trajectories in Zambia
Freeman E
(2019)
Conscientious objection to abortion: Zambian healthcare practitioners' beliefs and practices.
in Social science & medicine (1982)
Kapp N
(2018)
Developing a forward-looking agenda and methodologies for research of self-use of medical abortion.
in Contraception
Leone T
(2016)
The individual level cost of pregnancy termination in Zambia: a comparison of safe and unsafe abortion.
in Health policy and planning
Leone T
(2021)
Depends Who's Asking: Interviewer Effects in Demographic and Health Surveys Abortion Data
in Demography
Parmar D
(2017)
Cost of abortions in Zambia: A comparison of safe abortion and post abortion care.
in Global public health
| Description | The mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) research has produced: - The first national estimates of the health system costs of abortion in Zambia, showing that unsafe abortion costs the Zambian health system up to $2.4 million more than if the pregnancies has been terminated safely and legally. - Detailed description of the influences and pathways to seeking an abortion, highlighting: the roles played by men; the importance of knowing someone who works for the health sector; low levels of knowledge about the legality of abortion in Zambia; and, the risks that women will take in order to terminate an unsustainable pregnancy. - Analyses of the determinants and economic consequences of abortion care-seeking reveal: Younger women are more likely to seek an unsafe abortion than older women; poorer women are more likely to seek an unsafe abortion, even though the costs of unsafe abortion for individual women are 27% higher than the costs associated with a safe abortion; the low levels of effective contraceptive access and use, particularly for adolescents and postpartum women. In sum, the research shows that Zambia is not yet realising the substantial investment (legal and health services) it has made in safe abortion. To date, 1 article is under review (Global Public Health), 2 are fully drafted (for Social Science & Medicine and Health, Policy & Planning) and a further 7 are in preparation. Research has been presented at a range of events with diverse audiences, including by invitation (Oxford University, IPPF), at international conferences and workshops (IUSSP, PAA), and in Zambia to policymakers, practitioners and journalists. Participation in international fora have led to a new research collaboration with American academics to develop a conceptual framework for the study of trajectories to abortion (in preparation). Methodological innovation The study used an innovative mixed methods interview which combined quantitative and qualitative techniques in one interview. This technique allowed us to capture both the individual fine-grained narratives, which are not easily captured in a questionnaire-type survey, especially on such a sensitive area, as well as survey data. Rather than conducting an in-depth qualitative interview and a survey, our method reduced the burden on the respondent, avoiding repetition of questions and reducing the time taken. Considerable efforts were made to conduct qualitative longitudinal interviews, a novel technique in the study of abortion in low income countries. Despite multiple attempts to re-interview women (all of whom had given permission to be re-contacted), just three (out of a possible 104) re-interviews were achieved. These three interviews yielded high quality and additional information, and added additional insight to understanding women's abortion trajectories. Additional funding A linked Impact Maximisation Grant (on-going) was awarded by ESRC. |
| Exploitation Route | See connected Maximising Research Impact Grant (on-going) [ES/L007827/1] |
| Sectors | Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| URL | http://zambiatop.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | Findings are being written for publication in peer-reviewed journal articles. Findings have been presented at a range of international conferences and invited presentations with academic, policy and professional audiences. Impact of findings now being further developed in linked Impact Maximisation Grant [ES/L007827/1] |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Education,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Contribution towards and acknowledgement of Co-I (Leone) in Countdown 2015 report |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.countdown2015mnch.org/reports-and-articles/2014-report |
| Description | ESRC DFID Impact Maximisation Grant |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/L007827/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Department | ESRC-DFID Joint Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2014 |
| End | 05/2015 |
| Description | Economics of abortion: a systematic scoping review |
| Amount | £52,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ipas |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | LSE Research Investment Fund & LSE Research Committee Seed Fund (RIIF Seed Fund) |
| Amount | £29,051 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RIIF-SF-2015-02 "Termination of pregnancy in rural Zambia" |
| Organisation | London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 02/2016 |
| Description | MRC/DFID Implementation research for adolescent health |
| Amount | £513,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/P011454/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Title | Feedback on research tools used by EVA-PMDUP |
| Description | Based on our experiences of generating data for the project, we provided detailed feedback on research tools (process of recruiting research assistants and potential candidates and guides for in-depth interviews with women) for an evaluation of the DFID funded Prevention of Maternal Deaths and Unwanted Pregnancies (PMDUP) Programme (EVA-PMDUP) being carried out by colleagues at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Guttmacher Institute, and the Population Council. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Research assistants we suggested were eventually employed by the EVA-PMDUP team and our suggestions were incorporated into the data collection tool they used. |
| Title | Novel 2 interviewer method for simultaneous quantitative and qualitative data collection |
| Description | Novel 2 interviewer method for simultaneous quantitative and qualitative data collection from women who have had an abortion |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Invitation (accepted) to work with a Mexican INGO to develop these approaches and tools for new (funded) research in Mexico City. Dr Coast will travel to Mexico in October 2016 to share and develop these approaches. |
| Title | Pregnancy termination trajectories in Zambia: research instruments |
| Description | In-depth interview guides, research data sheets, informed consent |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Tools requested for inclusion in the international Abortion Research Consortium |
| URL | http://www.abortionresearchconsortium.org/ |
| Title | Qualitative dataset |
| Description | We generated qualitative data about women's trajectories to safe and unsafe abortion and the economic costs and consequences of this using in-depth interviews. Full translated transcripts of these interviews along with vignettes about each participant written by the Zambian research assistants who interviewed them have been anonymised and uploaded to the UK Data Service. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not aware of any. TBC. |
| Title | Quantitative dataset |
| Description | We generated quantitative data about the costs of safe and unsafe abortion to women, their households and networks and to the Zambia healthcare system using closed-question interviews with women attending hospital for safe abortion or post-abortion care, interviews with key informants from the healthcare system and hospital records. The quantitative data from interviews with women have been anonymised and uploaded to the UK Data Service. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not aware of any impacts yet. TBC. |
| Description | Conceptual framework for understanding trajectories to safe or unsafe abortion |
| Organisation | Guttmacher Institute |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Developing a conceptual framework for the study of induced abortion |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and writing of plenary presentation at IUSSP workshop, IUSSP working paper, and currently, a full paper for submission to peer-previewed journal. |
| Impact | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58107/ |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Conceptual framework for understanding trajectories to safe or unsafe abortion |
| Organisation | Ohio State University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Developing a conceptual framework for the study of induced abortion |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and writing of plenary presentation at IUSSP workshop, IUSSP working paper, and currently, a full paper for submission to peer-previewed journal. |
| Impact | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58107/ |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Research approaches and methodologies for studying PAC |
| Organisation | Population Council |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of research methods and approaches for the study of post-abortion care |
| Collaborator Contribution | Convening and running a 3 day workshop in Mexico City |
| Impact | Translation of research approaches to Spanish. Training. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | 2013.03.07_Oxford Institute of Ageing Fertility Change Workshop: 'Unwanted' fertility and induced abortion' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presented paper along with colleague Dr Eleanor Hukin at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Workshop 'Fertility: Demographic Change in the South', 7 March 2013. The audience included leading demographers. The presentation sparked questions. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/news/2013/workshop-'fertility-demographic-change-south' |
| Description | 2014.06.03_IUSSP presentation on pregnancy termination trajectories in Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Paper on findings from the 'Pregnancy Termination Trajectories' project presented at the International Union Scientific Study of population (IUSSP) Workshop on Decision-making Regarding Abortion, Nanyuki, Kenya, 3rd-5th June, 2014. The paper sparked questions and discussion afterwards and has since been published as an IUSSP working paper (available online to IUSSP members and to everyone via the LSE institutional repository). Presenting the paper led to being invited to develop a plenary presentation, subsequently developed into an IUSSP working paper, now under revisions for submission to peer-reviewed journal. Invitation to develop a plenary presentation, subsequently developed into an IUSSP working paper, now under revisions for submission to peer-reviewed journal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://iussp.org/en/international-seminar-decision-making-regarding-abortion%e2%80%94determinants-an... |
| Description | 2014.09.24_Population@LSE Research Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Co-organised and participated in a reception showcasing the research carried out by Population Researchers at the LSE. It was attended by internal and external academics and those working outside of academia - including alumni. Dr Ernestina Coast (PI) presented work on the role of induced abortion in fertility transitions and the team presented a poster detailing both the research study and impact maximisation elements of this work on unsafe abortion in Zambia. Both sparked discussion of the work. TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/population-research-lse-tickets-11871248223 |
| Description | 2014.10.29_Proposed session on abortion for the IUSSP 2017 Population Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | We have proposed a session on abortion ("Induced abortion: trajectories and impacts") for the IUSSP 2017 International Population Conference. We expect to hear whether our submission was successful soon. To be confirmed. If our submission is successful, the special session will take place in Cape Town, South Africa the week of 29 October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | 2015.03.31_Presentation to Adolescent Health Technical Working Group with UNICEF_'Unsafe abortion in Zambia' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | As part of our dissemination activities, in February 2015 the research team (Coast and Freeman) met with UNICEF's Adolescent Health Liaison Officer in his offices to discuss the research findings, how they could support work in this area and how they could be packaged and delivered in a way that would be most useful for policymakers. During the meeting, the current activities and debates of the national Technical Working Group (TWG) of Adolescent Health, of which the Adolescent Health Liaison Officer is a member, was discussed. This TWG, comprised of government (e.g. Ministries of Health and Community Development and Mother and Child Health) and non-government (e.g. UNICEF) stakeholders has a very strong influence in setting the sexual and reproductive health agenda for young people in Zambia and is currently revising the national 20114-2015 Adolescent Health Strategic Plan. Having our research presented at the TWG monthly meeting would allow participants in that meeting to use it to shape the agenda and inform their decision making. Subsequently, following the UNICEF Officer's request, the research team produced a PowerPoint presentation of the research findings, situated within targeted analyses of the publically-available Zambian Demographic and Health Survey data for delivery at the next national TWG meeting. These were presented at the meeting by the UNICEF Officer. TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | 2015.04.30_PAA Special Session on Abortion successfully proposed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Along with Dr Ann Moore (Guttmacher Institute) we proposed a special session on abortion ("Induced abortion: determinants and consequences") at the Population Association of America Annual Conference, San Diego, CA 30 April- 2 May 2015. The proposal was successful and 3 special sessions on abortion have been timetabled ('Abortion', 'The Persistence of Unsafe Abortion', and 'Abortion in Transition'). Our colleague Dr Moore, being based in the USA, will lead organisation and attend the sessions. Discussion of unsafe abortion is now on the programme at this large and very well-attended conference, widely regarded at the key place for knowledge transfer and ideational exchange for population research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://paa2015.princeton.edu/topics#1 |
| Description | 2015.06.24_Presentation to Ipas (NC, USA)_Conceptual framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | After presenting our research work at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Conference 2015, we were invited by Ipas to present it to their research and evaluation team at their headquarters in NC, USA in a dedicated meeting. Ipas is a global nongovernmental organisation dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion. They fund Government provision of safe abortion services in Zambia and are a key stakeholder for our research. Ipas delegates requested the paper in advance and came prepared to the talk to discuss it. The afternoon was spent discussing the research and how it could be used by Ipas. TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | 2016.03.17_Lessons from a Decade's Research on Poverty: Innovation, Engagement, and Impact Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Member of an expert panel on research uptake and impact at the ESRC-DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research 10 Year Lessons Learnt conference in Pretoria. The discussion and debate was lively, engaging the audience of DFID and ESRC representatives and other academics. A key area of discussion was who should set the research agenda and how that relates to impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Blog post: LSE Africa blog_ When legalising abortion isn't enough |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post about the project hosted by Africa@LSE. As of 02/02/2015, the blog has been Tweeted 16 times, shared by 22 Facebook users and elicited contact from two Zambia-focused academics we were not aware of. The blog as reposted on the Demographic blog 'Demotrends' where it attracted further readers (http://demotrends.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/research-spotlight-when-legalising-abortion-isnt-enough/). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2013/05/13/when-legalising-abortion-isnt-enough/ |
| Description | Critical conjunctions: Abortion laws and policies in Malawi and Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Coast, E. & E. Freeman (2016) "Critical conjunctions: Abortion laws and policies in Malawi and Zambia" Presented at Abortion research to policy conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29th November - 2nd December 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68554/ |
| Description | ESRC-DFID Impact Initiative: Research brief |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A 2 page research brief developed in collaboration with the ESRC/DFID Impact Initiative and hosted on their website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/13868/ResearchImpact_Zambia_1.1_Onlin... |
| Description | Interview with Children's Investment Fund - to inform their research agenda and strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Conference call with Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) - arising out of work presented at ICFP in Kigali in 2018. Erin McCarthy followed up about the presentation and also about the project website. A conversation in order to give expert input to CIFF research agenda on abortion and young people in LMICs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ipas (NC) presentation: Abortion trajectories in Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | 28 Ipas staffers (global - many attended online) attended a presentation I gave on methodological and substantive insights from Zambia research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Medical abortion self-use/management: reflections on words, meanings and evidence. Presentation at ICFP 2018, Kigali |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited participation in a panel at ICFP 2018 to global researcher audience. Let to follow ups for information from eg: Packard Foundation in India (and subsequent involvement of LSE student in consulting on Packard India's future research agenda) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/91482/ |
| Description | Medication abortion in Zambia: trajectories, costs and healthcare provider perspectives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Coast, E., E. Freeman & T. Leone (2016) "Medication abortion in Zambia: trajectories, costs and healthcare provider perspectives" Paper presented at the International Seminar on Medication Abortion: Availability and use, and impact on safety and women's health" Dakar, Senegal, 6th-8th July, 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68000/ |
| Description | Presentation (IUSSP seminar, Dakar) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on medical abortion in Zambia. This led to questions and discussion, and an invitation from Population Council Mexico to work with them using our methodology. Trip to Mexico scheduled October 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation at Options consulting "Researching adolescent abortion care-seeking in sub-Saharan Africa" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Coast, Ernestina (2019) Researching adolescent abortion care-seeking in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Options Consulting, 2019-07-09 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/102445/ |
| Description | Press release: Lack of information and stigma associated with abortion are the main reasons why most women have unsafe abortion procedures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release published on project website, used as the basis of SRH media and communications training with doctors and journalists and given to individual journalists. Information contained in the brief, along with interviews given by the PI (Coast) and SRH training for journalists resulted in coverage of the research in Zambia and pan-African media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://zambiatop.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/trajectories-to-abortion-briefing-notes_website_24-11-... |
| Description | Press release: Zambia could save 2.5 million Kwacha every year by providing access to legal safe abortion services - Study reveals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release published on project website, used as the basis of SRH media and communications training with doctors and journalists and given to individual journalists. Information contained in the brief, along with interviews given by the PI (Coast) and SRH training for journalists resulted in coverage of the research in Zambia and pan-African media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://zambiatop.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/costs-of-abortion-briefing-notes_website_24-11-2014.pd... |
| Description | Project Twitter account and feed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | We have opened a project Twitter account and now tweet information about our research work and findings, our impact activities and academic impact more broadly and news about reproductive and sexual health. It is primarily intended for other academic researchers and practitioners, as well as journalists, interested members of the public and policy makers. Our Twitter account now has 85 followers who regularly re-tweet our tweets, spreading information about our project beyond our followers. in addition, we have increased our own knowledge of research, events and ideas relevant to our research from following other Twitter users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/zambiatop |
| Description | Project website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We have produced a dedicated project website to share our research work and findings. It is primarily intended for journalists, interested members of the public, practitioners, policy makers, and other academic researchers. We have posted all our press releases, policy briefings and academic presentations on the site (and linked SlideShare.net account http://www.slideshare.net/ZambiaTOP/presentations), along with descriptions of the purpose of our research and resources that may be helpful for other researchers. We are continually updating the website with new content. Our analytics show that our research outputs are being accessed. For example, our presentation slides have been downloaded 109 times as of February 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | https://zambiatop.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | Saatchi Worldservice: Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to staff at Saatchi Worldservice HQ in London; audience composed of Saatchi communications and research experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Spotlight Magazine: Men's involvement in abortion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited magazine article by Dr Emily Freeman |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.vidc.org/en/spotlight-online-magazine/ |
| Description | Understanding conscientious objection to abortion in Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Audience of approx. 50 researchers focused on abortion - which sparked questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://ipc2017capetown.iussp.org/ |
| Description | Understanding conscientious objection to abortion in Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Freeman, E., E. Coast & B. Vwalika (2016) "Understanding conscientious objection to abortion in Zambia" Presented at Abortion research to policy conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29th November - 2nd December 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68553/ |
| Description | Women's experiences of men's roles in their (un)safe abortion trajectories: evidence from urban Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Questions and discussion from audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://ipc2017capetown.iussp.org/ |