Descriptive characteristics, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) service providers survey, United States, 2020
Key variable | SRHR and GBV service providers (n=97) | |
n | Frequency (%) | |
Area of work | ||
GBV | 54 | 56 |
SRHR | 17 | 18 |
GBV and SRHR | 23 | 24 |
Other | 3 | 3 |
SRHR service providers (n=40) | ||
Type of organisation | ||
Non-governmental organisation | 9 | 23 |
Community-based organisation | 17 | 43 |
Health facility | 6 | 15 |
Shelter | 5 | 13 |
International organisation, government or other | 9 | 23 |
Respondents’ primary role | ||
Programme manager | 15 | 38 |
Social worker | 4 | 10 |
CHW or health worker | 4 | 10 |
Other | 17 | 43 |
Type of SRHR services | ||
Abortion care | 10 | 25 |
Contraceptive counselling and services | 13 | 33 |
STI/HIV care | 15 | 38 |
Maternal health and delivery | 2 | 5 |
Community outreach and awareness | 29 | 73 |
Reason SRHR services stopped/reduced | ||
Deemed non-essential | 8 | 20 |
Lockdown/movement restrictions | 21 | 53 |
Limited supplies/commodities | 5 | 13 |
Insufficient personal protective gear | 2 | 5 |
Staff diverted to emergency response | 5 | 13 |
Funding diverted to emergency response | 4 | 10 |
Demand for services reduced | 10 | 25 |
Remote capacities are limited | 8 | 20 |
Workload increases | ||
Added responsibility of emergency response | 10 | 25 |
Demand for services increased | 16 | 40 |
Attempts to continue service delivery using technology and other strategies | 33 | 83 |
Groups that lacked services | ||
Adolescents | 8 | 20 |
Women with disabilities | 7 | 18 |
Black, indigenous, people of colour | 12 | 30 |
Migrants, refugees, displaced people | 11 | 28 |
LGBTQ | 8 | 20 |
Categories are not mutually exclusive and respondents were permitted to select more than one response option.
CHW, community health worker; GBV, gender-based violence; LGBTQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer; SRHR, sexual and reproductive health and rights ; STI, sexually transmitted infection.