The indirect impacts of COVID-19 on the sexual and reproductive health of women in Wales

拟议的研究旨在评估COVID-19对妇女性健康和生殖健康（SRH）的间接影响，并了解政策和服务的变化如何影响威尔士妇女的性健康和生殖健康。具体的研究问题是：COVID-19如何间接影响怀孕、妊娠结局、孕产妇、产后和新生儿健康，包括孕妇和计划怀孕者在大流行期间做出的选择？COVID-19如何间接影响避孕药具的获取和使用、意外怀孕和堕胎？在大流行之前和期间，与性健康和生殖健康负面结果相关的社会经济和人口决定因素是什么？数据将通过安全匿名信息链接数据库访问，该数据库保存产妇、初级和二级保健数据以及人口信息，这些数据在大流行之前和期间都可以获得。将对在斯旺西湾大学卫生委员会妇科/产科就诊的妇女进行访谈/焦点小组。

The proposed research aims to assess the indirect impacts of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women and to understand how changes in polices and services have affected the SRH of women in Wales. Specific research questions are: How has COVID-19 indirectly impacted pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, maternal, postnatal, and neonatal health including the choices pregnant women and those planning on conceiving have made during the pandemic?How has COVID-19 indirectly impacted access to and use of contraception, unintended pregnancies and abortion?What are the socio-economic and demographic determinants associated with negative SRH outcomes prior to and during the pandemic?Data will be accessed through the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank, which holds maternity, primary and secondary care data and demographic information - all available prior to and during the pandemic. Interviews / focus groups will be conducted with women accessing the gynaecology/obstetrics departments within Swansea Bay University Heath Board.