scholarly journals Accessibility to reproductive health rights among adolescents in three provinces of Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Patchareewan Jensarikorn ◽  
Supavan Phlainoi ◽  
Nawarat Phlainoi ◽  
Kittipong Saejeng
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
Health Rights

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the situation of accessibility to reproductive health rights, and the conditional factors of accessibility to such rights of adolescents. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative method was used to extract information from 80 informants. Data were collected through in-depth interview, focus group discussion, observation, data recording, audio recording and the review of related documents during August to October 2016. Findings Adolescents had not accessed to their right on informing of their decision making; information and education; health; confidentiality and privacy; and treating with equity and no discrimination. Also, the conditional factors influenced to the accessibility on such rights were lacking of knowledge on reproductive health and negative attitude toward this matter among the people concerned. There were still no regulations or policies on the performance of authority agencies and the factors on social dimensions, traditions, customs, sexual culture and religion. Originality/value The findings from this study would be a help to promote the accessibility for adolescents to reproductive health rights under the Prevention and Solution of Adolescent Pregnancy Problem Act, B.E. 2559 (2016) specific on standard criteria reproductive health services from hospitals and the involvement from Ministry of Education for the development of sex life skill and reproductive health for the teacher.

Ensuring Reproductive Rights of Women in Nepal: Law and Praxis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
D. N. Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Rights

 Reproductive rights are fundamental rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world, but have a commonality about the protection, preservation and promotion of a woman‘s reproductive health rights. Reproductive rights include the right to autonomy and self-determination , the right of everyone to make free and informed decisions and have full control over their body, sexuality, health, relationships, and if, when and with whom to partner, marry and have children , without any form of discrimination, stigma, coercion or violence. The access and availability of reproductive health services are limited due to geography and other issues, non-availability and refusal of reproductive health services may lead to serious consequences. The State need to ensure accessibility, availability, safe and quality reproductive health services and address the lifecycle needs of women and girls and provide access of every young women and girls to comprehensive sexuality education based on their evolving capacity as their human rights, through its inclusion and proper implementation in school curriculum, community-based awareness program and youth led mass media. It is necessary for strengthening compliance, in a time-bound manner, with international human rights standards that Nepal has ratified that protect, promote, and fulfill the basic human rights and reproductive health rights in Nepal and also need to review standards and conventions that Nepal has had reservations about or those that have been poorly implemented in the country.

Pandemic will widen major gender gaps

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emergency Measures ◽  
Disproportionate Burden

Subject Gender costs of the pandemic. Significance COVID-19 emergency measures such as lockdowns and school closures have placed a disproportionate burden on women. Recovery efforts are becoming gender-sensitive in some, but by no means all, countries. Impacts Women are less likely than men to benefit from remote working options. Reproductive health services are likely to be doubly hit by an expected drop in foreign aid post-crisis. Civil society pressure will rise for more gender-representative health crisis management at the national and international levels.

scholarly journals Reproductive Health Right Practice among Preparatory School Female Students of Assela Town, Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Mesfin Tafa Segni ◽  
Tigist Tafa ◽  
Hailu Fekadu ◽  
Shimelis Adugna ◽  
Meselech Assegid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory School ◽  
Arsi Zone ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Health Rights

Introduction. Knowledge and practice toward reproductive health right (RHR) is critical to protect young women, especially school girls, from unwanted reproductive outcomes as improving access to reproductive health services. However, the majority of young people including female secondary school students in Ethiopia have very little knowledge on the youth’s reproductive health rights. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and practice toward reproductive health right among preparatory female students in Assela Town, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia. Methods. A study was conducted among 403 preparatory school female students in Assela Town. Simple random sampling was employed to select the subjects, and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data were entered using EPI Info version 3.5.4 and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis was carried out. Result. Sixty percent of girls discussed reproductive issues openly with their peers. About 94% of the respondents knew, at least, one contraceptive method; injectable (91.2%) was the most known type of contraceptives. Marital status, father occupation, discussion on sexual and reproductive issues, and having sexual partners were affecting the practice of reproductive health rights. Conclusions. Knowledge of the students was moderate on reproductive health right which was 70%. Practice of sexual and reproductive health rights was 22.6% among the study participants. It is recommended that promotion on sexual and reproductive health right through media is important.

Freedom of choice requires availability of choice options

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Birnbaum
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
North American ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North Americans ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Way

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe divergent recent developments in provision of reproductive health services to North Americans. Design/methodology/approach – Narrative review. Findings – Two North American countries with very different histories present similar governance challenges today. The challenge is to provide all women with the full range of reproductive health options to which they are legally entitled now. In Canada, those contraception and abortion options are covered under the medical service plan insurance but not always available in convenient locations. In USA, those options are not uniformly covered under health insurance plans due to statutory limitations. In Canada, where federal law limiting abortion was struck down as unconstitutional, the leader of one of its three major federal political parties sees the way forward being to limit his party to pro-choice candidates. In USA, where new laws limiting abortion have been introduced at an unprecedented rate, the judiciary is being asked to define the way forward. Originality/value – Clinical governance needs to balance the moral beliefs of individual providers against the rights of patients to have their lawful choices available within reasonable convenience. Progress has been made but needs are still not adequately met, in these North American examples.

ADOLESCENTS SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS ISSUES IN RURAL ZIMBABWE

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Health Rights

This study was aimed at examining the knowledge and perceptions of adolescents on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) rural Zimbabwe. Adolescents in Zimbabwe faces limited access to health information and services. Different factors like poverty, gender inequality, socio-cultural and economic status play a crucial role in determining adolescent’s access to ASRH knowledge. Qualitative research methodology was used in the study. Data was gathered through key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). The culture of communicating ASRH problems with parents was non-existent in most cases save for girls who indicated that they got information from their mothers during menstruation periods. Adolescents indicated that they had limited access to ASRH services available in their community. They further indicated that they were not utilising these services for various reasons such as social stigma, lack of information, poor quality service and the negative attitude displayed by some nurses and counsellors at the nearest health centre.

scholarly journals ATTITUDE OF YOUTH ABOUT HIV / AIDS PREVENTION AT SMA 4 KOTA BATAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Haivan Kusuma Aji ◽  
Agung Hadi Pramono
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
World Health ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Adolescent Attitudes ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background : According to the World Health Organization (WHO) HIV continues to be a public health problem globally, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far. In Indonesia since the beginning of the HIV-AIDS epidemic, nearly 78 million people have been infected with HIV and around 39 million people have died due to HIV. Adolescence is easily carried over to bad things such as smoking, having sex, drugs, or free sex and low levels of it. reproductive health knowledge including HIV / AIDS. The purpose of this study was to determine adolescent attitudes about HIV / AIDS prevention. Method : This study used a descriptive research design. The length of the study was 6 months with a population of all class X and XI students of SMA N 4 Batam as many as 353 students, the sampling was systematic random sampling with a sample size of 77 respondents. The research instrument used a questionnaire. Result : Research results Adolescents have a positive attitude as many as 50 respondents (64.9%) and 27 respondents (35.1%) have a negative attitude. Conclusion : The conclusion is that more than half of the respondents are positive. Suggestions for the school it is suggested to be able to collaborate with the BKKBN or puskesmas to establish reproductive health services for adolescents in schools, especially on how to prevent HIV / AIDS so that early students have good attitudes and behavior towards HIV / AIDS.

Equity in Health

2020 ◽  
pp. 307-326
Author(s):  
Terry McGovern ◽  
Aziza Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
National Level ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Rights Standards ◽  
Health Rights ◽  
Development Agendas

This chapter examines the evolution of international human rights standards for health equity, focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). A rich history of women’s rights advocacy informs the international commitments that define SRHR. Over time, sexual and reproductive health rights have been incorporated into development agendas, clarified by treaty bodies, expanded to include sexual minorities, and implemented (or not) at the national level. With the progressive trajectory of SRHR increasingly uncertain, there are continuing challenges to the realization of SRHR, including the continuing criminalization of those who seek out sexual and reproductive health services, the rise of right-wing populism in direct opposition to feminist advancements, and the pushback against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. Given rising opposition to sexual rights, safe abortion, and sexuality education, creative stealth advocacy will be required to advance SRHR.

s.Three Contemporary Applications, 14 Equity in Health: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
McGovern Terry ◽  
Ahmed Aziza
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
National Level ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Rights Standards ◽  
Health Rights ◽  
Development Agendas

This chapter examines the evolution of international human rights standards for health equity, focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). A rich history of women’s rights advocacy informs the international commitments that define SRHR. Over time, sexual and reproductive health rights have been incorporated into development agendas, clarified by treaty bodies, expanded to include sexual minorities, and implemented (or not) at the national level. With the progressive trajectory of SRHR increasingly uncertain, there are continuing challenges to the realization of SRHR, including the continuing criminalization of those who seek out sexual and reproductive health services, the rise of right-wing populism in direct opposition to feminist advancements, and the pushback against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. Given rising opposition to sexual rights, safe abortion, and sexuality education, creative stealth advocacy will be required to advance SRHR.

scholarly journals PEMENUHAN HAK KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI NAPI PEREMPUAN DI LEMBAGA PERMASYARAKATAN (LAPAS) PROVINSI RIAU

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Achmad Hidir ◽  
Rr Sri Kartikowati
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
Female Inmates ◽  
Standards Compliance ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring ◽  
Health Rights

It is suspected that there is a potential human rights abused against woman prisoner’s reproductive health in Riau Province’s prisons. This research aims to identify human rights abused related woman prisoner’s reproductive health and found the affort to reduce it. The methods used to collect the data are interviews, documentation and observation. While Focus Group Discussion (FGD) conducted as part of the analysis stage interactive model (Miles and Huberman). The results showed that there is a potential human rights abused related to woman prisoner’s reproductive health in Riau Province prisons. It is occurred because of limited prison infrastructure, including getting access to goods essential needs during menstruation like pads. Efforts to reduce human rights abused against women prisoners in the prisons while improving compliance and protection of human rights is conducting the capacity building for the staff of prisons, setting clear standards compliance for the health rights of women prisoners, operating system of evaluation and monitoring of the implementation of the health right, adding women prisons officers, and build prisons that were intended for female inmates.

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