Predisposing and enabling factors associated with Venezuelan migrant and refugee women's access to sexual and reproductive health care services and contraceptive usage in Peru

Abstract

This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of the first survey administered to the Venezuelan population residing in the Peru in 2018. The survey covered six cities in the country (Metropolitan Lima, Callao, Tumbes, Cusco, Trujillo, Arequipa). The sample for the study included Venezuelan migrant women of reproductive age (15-49 years old). Anderson's Behavior Model of Health Services is the conceptual framework of the investigation. Logistic regression models were fit to examine the relationship between different predisposing and enabling factors and women's access to SRHS and contraceptive usage. The sample size includes a total of 3378 Venezuelan women of reproductive age. 50.7% of the women were between the ages of 21-30 and over 90.6% of the sample were residing in Metropolitan Lima. Only 20.2% of the women reported they had access to modern contraceptives. Results from the study suggest having insurance, residing in Trujillo, and having a higher socio-economic status were associated with more access to certain sexual reproductive health care services and contraceptive usage.