Body Mapping to Explore Reproductive Ethno-Physiological Beliefs and Knowledge of Contraception in Timor-Leste

Maternal mortality remains a significant public health challenge for Timor-Leste. Although access to quality family planning measures may greatly reduce such deaths, consideration of indigenous perceptions, and how they influence reproductive health decision-making and behavior, is crucial if health services are to provide initiatives that are accepted and helpful in improving reproductive health outcomes. We aimed to demonstrate that body mapping is an effective method to traverse language and culture to gain emic insights and indigenous worldviews. The authors’ two qualitative research projects (2013 and 2015) used a decolonizing methodology in four districts of Timor-Leste, body mapping with 67 men and 40 women to illuminate ethno-physiology and indigenous beliefs about conception, reproduction, and contraception. Body mapping provided a beneficial conduit for identifying established indigenous reproductive perceptions, understandings, and vocabulary, plus fears surrounding contraception. This may inform health service provision and engagement, ultimately improving the reproductive health of community members.

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Adolescent Male Reproductive Health: Awareness and Behavior among Peri-Urban and Rural Boys in West Bengal, India

International Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.3149/jmh.0602.79 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 79-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Bhubon Das ◽

Subha Ray

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

West Bengal ◽

Adolescent Male ◽

Health Awareness ◽

And Behavior ◽

Male Reproductive Health

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Reproductive health in individuals with homozygous β-thalassemia: knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

Fertility and Sterility ◽

10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02933-8 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 77 (1) ◽

pp. 119-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Vicki Psihogios ◽

Christine Rodda ◽

Elizabeth Reid ◽

Malcolm Clark ◽

Caroline Clarke ◽

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Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

And Behavior ◽

Attitudes And Behavior

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Reproductive Health Decision-Making in Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young Adults

Maternal and Child Health Journal ◽

10.1007/s10995-012-1070-3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 797-808 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Cynthia Fair ◽

Lori Wiener ◽

Sima Zadeh ◽

Jamie Albright ◽

Claude Ann Mellins ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Young Adults ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Adolescents And Young Adults ◽

Health Decision Making ◽

Health Decision

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Looking ahead in the COVID-19 pandemic: emerging lessons learned for sexual and reproductive health services in low- and middle-income countries

Reproductive Health ◽

10.1186/s12978-021-01307-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas ◽

Sanni Yaya

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Service Provision ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Safe Abortion ◽

Middle Income ◽

Health Service Provision ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Published Evidence ◽

Low And Middle Income

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruption to essential health service provision globally, including in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Recognising the criticality of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, we review the actual reported impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SRH service provision and evidence of adaptations that have been implemented to date. Across LMICs, the available data suggests that there was a reduction in access to SRH services, including family planning (FP) counselling and contraception access, and safe abortion during the early phase of the pandemic, especially when movement restrictions were in place. However, services were quickly restored, or alternatives to service provision (adaptations) were explored in many LMICs. Cases of gender-based violence (GBV) increased, with one in two women reporting that they have or know a woman who has experienced violence since the beginning of the pandemic. As per available evidence, many adaptations that have been implemented to date have been digitised, focused on getting SRH services closer to women. Through the pandemic, several LMIC governments have provided guidelines to support SRH service delivery. In addition, non-governmental organisations working in SRH programming have played significant roles in ensuring SRH services have been sustained by implementing several interventions at different levels of scale and to varying success. Most adaptations have focused on FP, with limited attention placed on GBV. Many adaptations have been implemented based on guidance and best practices and, in many cases, leveraged evidence-based interventions. However, some adaptations appear to have simply been the sensible thing to do. Where evaluations have been carried out, many have highlighted increased outputs and efficiency following the implementation of various adaptations. However, there is limited published evidence on their effectiveness, cost, value for money, acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability. In addition, the pandemic has been viewed as a homogenous event without recognising its troughs and waves or disentangling effects of response measures such as lockdowns from the pandemic itself. As the pandemic continues, neglected SRH services like those targeting GBV need to be urgently scaled up, and those being implemented with any adaptations should be rigorously tested.

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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: DYAD AND UNITY

MGIMO Review of International Relations ◽

10.24833/2071-8160-2013-6-33-248-253 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 248-253

Author(s):

A. L. Semenov ◽

V. I. Ershov ◽

D. A. Gusarov

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Groups ◽

Cultural Knowledge ◽

Point Of View ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Leading Role ◽

Honorary Doctor ◽

The Individual ◽

And Behavior

This paper deals with the concept of the translation approach to the problem of interaction of language and culture in terms of determination of the translation solutions by linguoethnic factors. The authors pay main attention to the analysis of the notion of culture. The concept proceeds from the views and opinions regarding the culture and its role in shaping the identity of the person introduced by the honorary doctor (doctor honoris cause) of the MGIMO-University Federico Major in his book «New page». Sharing the point of view of F. Major , the authors come to the conclusion that culture is a knowledge, based on which an individual perceives and evaluates his performance and behavior. Projecting such a position on the verbal behavior, the authors highlight the leading role of culture in the process of producing a speech act played when choosing the individual models of behavior on the basis of the knowledge of the communicative situation. Based on F. Mayor`s opinion that culture unites rather than divides people, the authors note the presence of universal and unique linguoethnic elements in the cultural knowledge of the representatives of various ethnic groups which determine the degree of similarities and differences in the ways of expressing knowledge in different languages. In this paper the authors reasonably use the term «linguoethnic» to describe the cultural-cognitive peculiarities inherent to individuals as representatives of different ethnic groups, as well as give comparison of the terms «linguoethnic» and «linguocultural».

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