Cindy Clark, Kasia Staszewska, Tenzin Dolker, T K Sundari Ravindran
{"title":"Advocacy for resourcing feminist and women's rights movements: an interview with the association for women's rights in development (AWID).","authors":"Cindy Clark, Kasia Staszewska, Tenzin Dolker, T K Sundari Ravindran","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2214979","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2214979","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/dc/15/ZRHM_31_2214979.PMC10291897.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9712373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A pronatalist turn in population policies in Iran and its likely adverse impacts on reproductive rights, health and inequality: a critical narrative review.","authors":"Khadijeh Asadisarvestani, Tomáš Sobotka","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2257075","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2257075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Iran has witnessed three major reversals of population policies since their inception in the 1960s. In response to a rapid decline in fertility to very low levels, the latest policy shift has led to the development of legislation that aims to encourage marriage and fertility, particularly the \"Youthful Population and Protection of the Family\" law approved in 2021. This study reviews the changes in population policy and their interrelations with fertility trends, focusing mainly on the shift towards pronatalist policies since 2005, and accompanying restriction of reproductive health and family planning services. Combining international and national sources, we position the new pronatalist drive in the country within the broader trend of government attempts to reverse fertility decline and promote conservative family values. Our study has three main aims. (1) We provide an overview of fertility trends, policy discourses and policy shifts in the context of the changes in the societal and political structures of Iran during the last half a century. (2) We highlight and discuss the most problematic features of the new Family Law, especially the legislation pertaining to maternal and reproductive health, access to abortion and contraception, and incentives supporting earlier marriage and higher fertility. (3) We discuss the likely consequences of the new legislation for maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive rights, for women in general, and the country's socio-economic disparities. As well as violating reproductive rights, the new policy is unlikely to achieve its aim of initiating a sustained rise in fertility in Iran.</p>","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/fe/e3/ZRHM_31_2257075.PMC10578100.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41215092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards an ethos of donor-funding responsive to the needs of the SRHR movement.","authors":"T K Sundari Ravindran","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2323771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2024.2323771","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11057407/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nirvana Pillay, Nobukhosi Ncube, Kearabetswe Moopelo, Gaolatlhe Mothoagae, Olivia Welte, Manape Shogole, Nasiphi Gwiji, Lesley Scott, Noma Moshani, Nicki Tiffin, Andrew Boulle, Frances Griffiths, Lee Fairlie, Ushma Mehta, Amnesty LeFevre, Kerry Scott
{"title":"Translating the consent form is the tip of the iceberg: using cognitive interviews to assess the barriers to informed consent in South African health facilities.","authors":"Nirvana Pillay, Nobukhosi Ncube, Kearabetswe Moopelo, Gaolatlhe Mothoagae, Olivia Welte, Manape Shogole, Nasiphi Gwiji, Lesley Scott, Noma Moshani, Nicki Tiffin, Andrew Boulle, Frances Griffiths, Lee Fairlie, Ushma Mehta, Amnesty LeFevre, Kerry Scott","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2302553","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2302553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing digitisation of personal health data has led to an increase in the demand for onward health data. This study sought to develop local language scripts for use in public sector maternity clinics to capture informed consent for onward health data use. The script considered five possible health data uses: 1. Sending of general health information content via mobile phones; 2. Delivery of personalised health information via mobile phones; 3. Use of women's anonymised health data; 4. Use of child's anonymised health data; and 5. Use of data for recontact. Qualitative interviews (<i>n</i> = 54) were conducted among women attending maternity services in three public health facilities in Gauteng and Western Cape, South Africa. Using cognitive interviewing techniques, interviews sought to:(1) explore understanding of the consent script in five South African languages, (2) assess women's understanding of what they were consenting to, and (3) improve the consent script. Multiple rounds of interviews were conducted, each followed by revisions to the consent script, until saturation was reached, and no additional cognitive failures identified. Cognitive failures were a result of: (1) words and phrases that did not translate easily in some languages, (2) cognitive mismatches that arose as a result of different world views and contexts, (3) linguistic gaps, and (4) asymmetrical power relations that influence how consent is understood and interpreted. Study activities resulted in the development of an informed consent script for onward health data use in five South African languages for use in maternity clinics.</p>","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10823893/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139564256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kate Pincock, Workneh Yadete, Darwit Girma, Nicola Jones
{"title":"Comprehensive sexuality education for the most disadvantaged young people: findings from formative research in Ethiopia.","authors":"Kate Pincock, Workneh Yadete, Darwit Girma, Nicola Jones","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2195140","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2195140","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) seeks to improve young people's knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to sexual and reproductive health, sexual and social relationships, and dignity and rights. In Ethiopia, young people with disabilities and young women involved in sex work are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence and poor sexual health, yet face stigma and accessibility challenges that continue to exclude them from information, support and services. Because they are often out of school, these groups are also often excluded from programmes that are largely delivered in school settings. This paper explores the challenges faced by these groups of young people in accessing inclusive and age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health knowledge and services in the Ethiopian context and the implications for delivering CSE. The research included literature review, mapping analysis and interviews with young people from those two groups and with service providers and programme implementers. Our findings indicate that young people with disabilities and young women involved in sex work face myriad barriers to accessing information and services that support positive and healthy sexuality, relationships and rights. However, changes over the past decade to national and regional governance structures and a political environment in which CSE has become increasingly contested have generated siloed approaches to the provision of sexual and reproductive health information and services, and poor linkages to complementary services including violence prevention and social protection. It is vital that efforts to implement comprehensive sexuality education are informed by these challenges in the wider policy environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d3/75/ZRHM_31_2195140.PMC10078123.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9639566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Clark, Suad Abdi, Sunungarai Dominica Chingarande, Sahro Ahmed Koshin, Rolla Khadduri, Alex le May
{"title":"Using prospective research methodology to understand policy advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).","authors":"Sarah Clark, Suad Abdi, Sunungarai Dominica Chingarande, Sahro Ahmed Koshin, Rolla Khadduri, Alex le May","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2316431","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2316431","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11123508/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141077009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahesh C Puri, Dev Chandra Maharjan, Minakshi Dahal, Sarah Raifman, Nadia Diamond-Smith
{"title":"Intimate partner violence, food insecurity and COVID-19 among newly married women in Nawalparasi district of Nepal: a longitudinal study.","authors":"Mahesh C Puri, Dev Chandra Maharjan, Minakshi Dahal, Sarah Raifman, Nadia Diamond-Smith","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2181282","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2181282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper examines factors associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) among newly married women in Nepal, and how IPV was affected by food insecurity and COVID-19. Given evidence that food insecurity is associated with IPV and COVID-19, we explored whether increased food insecurity during COVID-19 is associated with changes in IPV. We used data from a cohort study of 200 newly married women aged 18-25 years, interviewed five times over two years at 6-month intervals (02/2018-07/2020), including after COVID-19-associated lockdowns. Bivariate analysis and mixed-effects logistic regression models were used to examine the association between selected risk factors and recent IPV. IPV increased from 24.5% at baseline to 49.2% before COVID-19 and to 80.4% after COVID-19. After adjusting for covariates, we find that both COVID-19 (OR = 2.93, 95% CI 1.07-8.02) and food insecurity (OR = 7.12, 95% CI 4.04-12.56) are associated with increased odds of IPV, and IPV increased more for food-insecure women post COVID-19 (compared to non-food insecure), but this was not statistically significant (confidence interval 0.76-8.69, <i>p</i>-value = 0.131). Young, newly married women experience high rates of IPV that increase with time in marriage, and COVID-19 has exacerbated this, especially for food-insecure women in the present sample. Along with enforcement of laws against IPV, our results suggest that special attention needs to be paid to women during a crisis time like the current COVID-19 pandemic, especially those who experience other household stressors.</p>","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/da/9a/ZRHM_31_2181282.PMC10078121.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9639570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries: an integrative review.","authors":"Lorraine M Garcia","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2322194","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2024.2322194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obstetric violence has been documented throughout the world, yet this human rights issue has mostly been investigated in middle- and low-income countries where the intensity and brutality of abuse and mistreatment is more easily recognised as problematic. This integrative review aimed to analyse sources about obstetric violence in high-income countries with the objective of identifying gaps in the research, challenges to the study of obstetric violence, and solutions to framing research that meets those challenges. A systematic search was conducted using the PubMed and CINAHL databases from February to June 2022. Empirical and non-empirical sources, published in English, with no date restrictions, were retrieved. Citation searching was also done. Forty-six sources were included. Identified gaps in the research were: (a) scarce attention to obstetric violence in most high-income countries; (b) most US sources are non-scientific and from outside the healthcare disciplines; (c) inconsistencies in terminology; (d) most studies were conducted with samples of women who had given birth, with scant research about healthcare providers and obstetric violence, and (e) the association between obstetric violence and traumatic birth was under-recognised. Identified challenges to the study of obstetric violence were: (1) factors that enable and perpetuate obstetric violence are multilevel and nonlinear; (2) the phenomenon is contextually complex; and (3) blind spots from routinised harmful practices and normalised mistreatment can prevent healthcare providers and birthing people from recognising obstetric violence. A systems approach and complexity theory are guiding frameworks recommended as solutions to the challenges of studying and correcting obstetric violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11005882/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140869277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educating ideal neoliberal citizens: discourses of agency and responsibility in comprehensive sexuality education.","authors":"Sarah Lewinger","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2267203","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2267203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003646/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54231399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is there an alternative to grant-funding for sexual and reproductive health advocacy? A survey of the income base of AmplifyChange grantees.","authors":"Alex le May, Lucie Hazelgrove-Planel","doi":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2281762","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26410397.2023.2281762","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37074,"journal":{"name":"Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138463249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}