We generate evidence-based information for reproductive rights.
At Ipas LAC, we identify, design and implement research projects to contribute evidence-based information to human rights-based reproductive health decision-making at the regional and local levels.
The research work at Ipas LAC has a transversal role, seeking to support the substantive activities of the organization through the use and generation of scientific evidence. The area’s strategy is based on four pillars:
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Develop research and evaluation activities and projects to feed back into the design and implementation of Ipas LAC program strategies.
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Establish strategic alliances with partner organizations to contribute to the advancement of abortion research in the LAC region.
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Develop research projects to generate high-impact scientific evidence to advance the rights agenda in the LAC region.
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Contribute to the training of students interested in reproductive health research in the LAC region.
We invite you to get to know some of the publications to which we have contributed!
First-trimester pharmacologic abortion using telemedicine: a retrospective cohort study.
Cely-Andrade L, Enriquez-Santander LC, Cardenas-Garzon K, Saavedra-Avendaño B, Ortiz-Avendaño GA. First-trimester medication abortion via telemedicine: A retrospective cohort study. Public Health in Practice. 2024 Dec 1;8:100539.
Following the decriminalization of abortion in Colombia and in the midst of a global health crisis due to COVID-19, Profamilia implemented a telemedicine-assisted first-trimester medical abortion program as an opportunity to reduce inequalities in access to safe abortion and promote autonomy and sexual and reproductive rights. This study aims to describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of users and to evaluate its efficacy and safety.
Political climate of immigration and contraceptive use among Mexican-origin women in the United States: Support for the spill-over hypothesis.
Darney BG, Boniface ER, Riosmena F, Fuentes-Rivera E, Saavedra-Avendaño B, Coleman-Minahan K. Immigration Policy Climate and contraceptive use among Mexican-origin women in the United States: Support for the “spill-over” hypothesis. Contraception. 2024 Nov 22:110773.
This study aimed to examine the relationship between the political climate of immigration at the state level and the use of more or moderately effective contraceptive methods among U.S.-born White women, U.S.-born women of Mexican origin, and foreign-born women of Mexican origin.
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Effectiveness and safety of medical abortion via telemedicine compared to in-person: A cohort of pregnant women in Colombia.
Cely-Andrade L, Cárdenas-Garzón K, Enríquez-Santander LC, Saavedra-Avendano B, Ortiz-Avendano GA, Betancourt-Rojas LA, Guerrero-Conde JG. Effectiveness and safety of medication abortion via telemedicine versus in-person: A cohort of pregnant people in Colombia. Contraception. 2024 Oct 1;138:110514.
The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of medical abortion via telemedicine versus face-to-face in pregnancies of less than 12 weeks gestation in Colombia.
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Telemedicine for the provision of medical abortion to pregnant women up to twelve weeks gestation: systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Cely-Andrade L, Cárdenas-Garzón K, Enríquez-Santander LC, Saavedra-Avendano B, Ortiz-Avendaño GA. Telemedicine for the provision of medication abortion to pregnant people at up to twelve weeks of pregnancy: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Reproductive Health. 2024 Sep 19;21(1):136.
Telemedicine is an important strategy for facilitating access to medical abortion procedures, reducing the distance barrier and extending coverage to underserved communities. The objective of this study is to evaluate medical abortion provided through telemedicine as the sole intervention compared to face-to-face care in individuals with pregnancies up to 12 gestational weeks.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbates Disparities in Access to Public Abortion Services in Mexico
Kravitz E, Saavedra-Avendaño B, Darney BG. COVID-19 pandemic exacerbation of disparities in access to public abortion services in Mexico. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. 2024 Aug 29.
In this study, we describe users of Mexico City’s public abortion program, Interrupción Legal de Embarazo (ILE), during the COVID-19 pandemic and test whether the pandemic exacerbated inequalities in access.
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With this amount, we could cover an entire month of internet access for a shelter, which will allow people to access Ipas LAC’s digital tools and obtain information in case of sexual violence and information about safe abortion, such as the Te Acompaño chatbot or the accompaniment maps and misoprostol sales points.
With this amount we are able to fund the development of a new resource that addresses the specific health needs of women and people with childbearing capacity in the context of migration.
A great support with which we can cover the formation of an organization in the territory and improve the attention to the reproductive health needs of migrants.
A donation that covers an entire month of the operating costs of “Te acompaño”, the sexual violence and safe abortion chatbot, ensuring its availability to the people who need it most.
A powerful contribution with which we will print a kit of materials so that grassroots organizations have materials to promote Te Acompaño in their work with the community.
A very powerful donation, it will ensure that we bring information to the people who really need it. Through targeted outreach, more than 1,600 people with gestational capacity will learn about and use the chatbot on sexual violence and safe abortion.
A large amount, with which we will be able to translate the tool into the languages of the people who are in transit through Mexico and cover a need identified by the migrants themselves.
The highest donation, with this support, we will be able to finance the expansion of the coverage of “Te Acompaño” to a new state of the migratory route in Mexico, expanding the options for migrants in their transit through the country.