scholarly journals Exploring linkages between research, policy and practice in the Netherlands: perspectives on sexual and reproductive health and rights knowledge flows

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Billie de Haas ◽  
Anke van der Kwaak
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Policy And Practice

scholarly journals Intersectionality and the Struggle for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Analysis of UN Discursive Patterns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amie Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Normative Argument ◽  
Men’S Involvement

<p>This thesis makes the normative argument that intersectionality should be taken seriously by the United Nations in their efforts to address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). This work suggests that, in spite of widespread recognition of the value of intersectionality for approaching issues of SRHR, the UN has insufficiently adopted the theory into its policy and practice. At the international policy level, intersectionality is nearly absent as a paradigm, yet its central components are dominant within mainstream development discourse. These components include discourses of women's empowerment, human rights, and men's involvement. Drawing on critical feminist and race theory, I argue that a narrow gender vision of SRHR is not sufficient and that intersectionality should be recognized both in discourse and practice by UN agencies. This argument is examined along the parallel tracks of the population movement within the UN system and the evolution of the global women's movement (GWM). This study shows that the UN system has traditionally adopted the approaches and discourses of the global women's movement, as analysed over four decades of UN population movement discourse. However, a shift occurring at the new millennium, as well as significant political barriers barring a discussion of race and racism, have led to a break in this relationship, damaging the take-up of GWM discourse. The conclusion drawn from this argument is that SRHR is an intersectional issue and the new and emerging intersectional paradigm must be adopted by the UN in order to effectively address SRHR on a local and global scale.</p>

scholarly journals Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research, Policy, and Practice

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401985995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kammila Naidoo ◽  
Oluwafemi Adeagbo ◽  
Melanie Pleaner
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Diverse Range

Seventeen articles make up this special collection, covering a range of different, but cross-cutting themes. These highlight contemporary concerns in African research and scholarship about the factors configuring the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). The articles interrogate contextual and cultural impediments, problematic representations, perceptions of vulnerabilities and rights, experiences of gender-based violence, coercive sex, unplanned motherhood—and agency, resistance and strategic interventions. While a diverse range of issues, theories, and methodologies are evident, all the articles reflect on how the circumstances of young women in Africa can be effectively improved to engender empowerment, good health, and personal and sexual autonomy.

scholarly journals Primary care integration of sexual and reproductive health services for chlamydia testing across WHO-Europe: a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e031644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harumi Quezada-Yamamoto ◽  
Elizabeth Dubois ◽  
Nikolaos Mastellos ◽  
Salman Rawaf
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chlamydia Testing

ObjectiveTo identify current uptake of chlamydia testing (UCT) as a sexual and reproductive health service (SRHS) integrated in primary care settings of the WHO European region, with the aim to shape policy and quality of care.DesignSystematic review for studies published from January 2001 to May 2018 in any European language.Data sourcesOVID Medline, EMBASE, Maternal and Infant Care and Global Health.Eligibility criteriaPublished studies, which involved women or men, adolescents or adults, reporting a UCT indicator in a primary care within a WHO European region country. Study designs considered were: randomised control trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental, observational (eg, cohort, case–control, cross-sectional) and mixed-methods studies as well as case reports.Data extraction and synthesisTwo independent reviewers screened the sources and validated the selection process. The BRIGGS Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross-Sectional Studies, the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool 2011 and Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklists were considered for quality and risk of bias assessment.Results24 studies were finally included, of which 15 were cross-sectional, 4 cohort, 2 RCTs, 2 case–control studies and 1 mixed-methods study. A majority of the evidence cites the UK model, followed by the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Belgium only. Acceptability if offered test in primary healthcare (PHC) ranged from 55% to 81.4% in women and from 9.5% to 70.6% when both genders were reported together. Men may have a lower UCT compared with women. When both genders were reported together, the lowest acceptability was 9.5% in the Netherlands. Denmark presented the highest percentage of eligible people who tested in a PHC setting (87.3%).ConclusionsDifferent health systems may influence UCT in PHC. The regional use of a common testing rate indicator is suggested to homogenise reporting. There is very little evidence on integration of SRHS such as chlamydia testing in PHC and there are gaps between European countries.

scholarly journals Intersectionality and the Struggle for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Analysis of UN Discursive Patterns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amie Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Normative Argument ◽  
Men’S Involvement

<p>This thesis makes the normative argument that intersectionality should be taken seriously by the United Nations in their efforts to address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). This work suggests that, in spite of widespread recognition of the value of intersectionality for approaching issues of SRHR, the UN has insufficiently adopted the theory into its policy and practice. At the international policy level, intersectionality is nearly absent as a paradigm, yet its central components are dominant within mainstream development discourse. These components include discourses of women's empowerment, human rights, and men's involvement. Drawing on critical feminist and race theory, I argue that a narrow gender vision of SRHR is not sufficient and that intersectionality should be recognized both in discourse and practice by UN agencies. This argument is examined along the parallel tracks of the population movement within the UN system and the evolution of the global women's movement (GWM). This study shows that the UN system has traditionally adopted the approaches and discourses of the global women's movement, as analysed over four decades of UN population movement discourse. However, a shift occurring at the new millennium, as well as significant political barriers barring a discussion of race and racism, have led to a break in this relationship, damaging the take-up of GWM discourse. The conclusion drawn from this argument is that SRHR is an intersectional issue and the new and emerging intersectional paradigm must be adopted by the UN in order to effectively address SRHR on a local and global scale.</p>

scholarly journals Empowerment as a pre-requisite to managing and influencing health in the workplace: The sexual and reproductive health needs of factory women migrant workers in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 0143831X2110247
Author(s):  
Lilian Miles ◽  
Tim Freeman ◽  
Lai Wan Teng ◽  
Suziana Mat Yasin ◽  
Kelvin Ying
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Workplace Democracy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Normative Expectations ◽  
And Migration

Malaysia is a major importer of migrant labour within the ASEAN region, and migration has adverse implications for the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women migrant workers. Given the centrality of the workplace to the lives of such women, this article reports a qualitative analysis of interview data with women migrant workers ( N = 14) and wider stakeholders ( N = 10) and considers the extent to which they are able to effect change in workplace SRH policy and practice. Informed by Jo Rowlands’ typology of power and model of empowerment, the analysis considers the extent to which normative expectations of process and collective mobilisation upon which feminist empowerment models are predicated operate in such contexts, and discusses the implications of the findings for research to advance workplace democracy.

scholarly journals Using Data to Advance Educational Research, Policy, and Practice: Design, Content, and Research Potential of the Netherlands Cohort Study on Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 643-662
Author(s):  
Carla Haelermans ◽  
Timo Huijgen ◽  
Madelon Jacobs ◽  
Mark Levels ◽  
Rolf van der Velden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education

Abstract In many countries, the quality of (large-scale quantitative) educational research is threatened by data challenges. In this article, we present an innovative data research project from the Netherlands in which many of the challenges that come forward in previous literature are addressed. The Netherlands Cohort Study on Education [in Dutch abbreviated as NCO (Nationaal Cohortonderzoek Onderwijs)] uses longitudinal register data on track placement of cohorts of pupils in primary and secondary education from Statistics Netherlands, which will be combined with school admin data on pupils’ performance and data from the major (inter)national surveys. NCO maps pupils’ pathways and performances through primary and secondary education and their trajectory into tertiary education. NCO so far covers more than 10 complete cohorts and is complemented with the newest data every year. These registers are made available at Statistics Netherlands. A major contribution of NCO is that data from school administrative systems and additional research projects are linked with administrative register data, thereby creating a unique data set that enriches not only research, but also policy and practice. This data brief elaborates on the possibilities of this database by exploring and following one of the cohorts over time.

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