Abstract : The object is to study reproductive health care governmental programs and the preventive practices that women from the City of Buenos Aires (CBA). Reproductive health care is defined as care during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, contraception, cervical and breast cancer, post-menopausal disorders such as osteoporosis, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. In the first section Health Care Programs related to reproductive health care prevention are described, as well as in depth interviews to persons responsible for CBA Programs. The results of a quantitative telephone survey that questioned women aged 15 to 69, living in CBA, about their reproductive and preventive practices, are examined in the second part.
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