Table 3.
Post-workshop attitudes among 317 participants with negative attitudes at pre-workshop survey
| Negative attitude at pre-test | Post-workshop attitudes among those who had negative attitudes at pre-test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Neutral | Positive | ||||||
| Attitude question | n | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | p-value1 |
| The issue of abortion is important to me | 41 | 13 | (31.7) | 2 | (4.9) | 26 | (63.4) | 0.002 |
| I support the provision of FP and contraceptive services in my country | 9 | 1 | (11.1) | 0 | (0) | 8 | (88.9) | 0.909 |
| I feel comfortable working to increase access to FP and contraceptive services in my country | 11 | 1 | (9.1) | 0 | (0) | 10 | (90.9) | 0.419 |
| I support the provision of abortion services as permitted by law in my country | 47 | 8 | (17.0) | 8 | (17.0) | 31 | (66.0) | 0.010 |
| I feel comfortable working to increase access to abortion services as permitted by law in my country | 41 | 4 | (9.8) | 11 | (26.8) | 26 | (63.4) | < 0.001 |
| I feel comfortable talking with my closest friends about my involvement with abortion care | 30 | 6 | (20.0) | 4 | (13.3) | 20 | (66.7) | 0.007 |
| I feel comfortable talking with my closest family members about my involvement with abortion care | 47 | 13 | (27.7) | 9 | (19.1) | 25 | (53.2) | < 0.001 |
| I would feel comfortable observing an abortion procedure2 | 41 | 13 | (31.7) | 9 | (22.0) | 19 | (46.3) | < 0.001 |
| I would feel comfortable performing or assisting an abortion procedure2 | 41 | 16 | (39.0) | 8 | (19.5) | 17 | (41.5) | < 0.001 |
| I am clear about my personal values concerning abortion | 18 | 1 | (5.6) | 1 | (5.6) | 16 | (88.8) | 0.534 |
| I do not feel conflicted about abortion | 67 | 17 | (25.4) | 13 | (19.4) | 37 | (55.2) | 0.013 |
| I can clearly explain my personal values concerning abortion | 19 | 3 | (15.8) | 3 | (15.8) | 13 | (68.4) | 0.106 |
| I can respectfully explain values concerning abortion that conflict with mine | 22 | 3 | (13.6) | 2 | (9.1) | 17 | (77.3) | 0.276 |
| I feel empathy for women who have experienced abortion | 25 | 9 | (36.0) | 6 | (24.0) | 10 | (40.0) | < 0.001 |
| All women should have access to safe, comprehensive abortion care in the first trimester | 38 | 4 | (10.5) | 12 | (31.6) | 22 | (57.9) | 0.002 |
| Access to first-trimester abortion should not be restricted to certain circumstances | 111 | 47 | (42.3) | 14 | (12.6) | 50 | (45.1) | < 0.001 |
| All women should have access to safe, comprehensive abortion care in the second trimester | 88 | 32 | (36.4) | 16 | (18.2) | 40 | (45.4) | < 0.001 |
| Access to second-trimester abortion should not be restricted to certain circumstances | 156 | 77 | (49.4) | 24 | (15.4) | 55 | (35.2) | < 0.001 |
1P-value associated with the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance test
2Excludes attendees of stakeholder workshops since most were non-clinical (n = 198)