scholarly journals Perceived reproductive health needs among Muslim women in the southern US

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sondous Eksheir ◽  
Jessamyn Bowling
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Southern Us ◽  
The Us ◽  
Gynecological Care

Despite growing rates of Muslims in the United States, we know little about the health of Muslim women in this country. Due to the stigma surrounding sex, sexuality, and the cultural beliefs of this population, there may be unique and unknown challenges regarding access to reproductive health care for Muslims in the US. Purpose: This study aims to examine variables that promote and impede access to reproductive health care for Muslim women in the southern US. Methods: This multi-method study included in-person semi-structured interviews (n=15) and an anonymous online survey (n=76). Findings: Participants generally had low rates of gynecological care and cervical cancer screening. The cultural (e.g. waiting for marriage to receive gynecological care) and contextual aspects (e.g. gender) that increased or restricted access to care in terms of screening, providers and education are discussed. We also identified some misconceptions related to screening and contraception. Conclusions: Influences on reproductive health care experienced by participants in this study have similarities yet are distinct from Muslim populations in other countries as well as other groups of women in the US. This study points to a need for more population-focused education of providers, as well as awareness about reproductive health and health care recommendations and access for Muslim women.

Calling for a Pro-Love Movement: A Contextualized Theo-Ethical Examination of Reproductive Health Care and Abortion in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Jeanie Whitten-Andrews
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Suggested Approach ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Political Debates

In the midst of extreme and dualistic religio-political debates regarding women’s sexual wellness and abortion, one begins to wonder what a new theo-ethical approach might look like which rejects overly-simplistic, harmful understandings of such crucial issues. What might it look like to truly centre women’s full human experiences, loving each other in a way that addresses harm and meets tangible needs? This article examines the complex inequitable structural and institutional realities of sexual wellness and abortion through an intersectional theo-ethical lens. The article then proceeds to suggest a new socio-religio-political ‘Pro-Love’ philosophy, undergirded by foundational theological understandings of justice-oriented love, and situated within the broad fields of Feminist, Liberation, Process, and Queer Theologies, within the Christian tradition. The suggested approach requires systematically addressing root issues affecting the lack of equitable access to sexual wellness and the racist/sexist/classist structures forcing women into under-resourced and unsafe environments, leading to high demand for abortion services.

scholarly journals The Continuing Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Findings from the 2021 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura D. Lindberg ◽  
◽  
Jennifer Mueller ◽  
Marielle Kirstein ◽  
Alicia VandeVusse
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fertility Preferences ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Health Experiences ◽  
Core Areas

In this report, we analyze the 2021 data, focusing on how respondents feel the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced their sexual and reproductive health in two core areas: fertility preferences and access to care, including use of telehealth. We note disparities according to individuals’ race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, income level and economic well-being. To assess the ongoing scope and magnitude of the impacts of the pandemic, we also examine findings on comparable measures from the 2020 and 2021 GSRHE studies. These data provide four key findings: The pandemic has continued to shift fertility preferences and impede access to sexual and reproductive health care, including contraceptive services. The impacts reported in the summer of 2021 are smaller than those reported earlier in the pandemic but remain pervasive. The pandemic continues to have disproportionate effects on the sexual and reproductive health of those already experiencing systemic social and health inequities. Telehealth services are bridging gaps in sexual and reproductive health care resulting from pandemic-related upheaval, particularly for those who already experience barriers to accessing health care.

Neurotrauma From Border Wall Jumping: 6 Years at the Mexican–American Border Wall

Neurosurgery ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. E502-E508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wyatt L Ramey ◽  
Christina M Walter ◽  
Jeffrey Zeller ◽  
Travis M Dumont ◽  
G Michael Lemole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Clinical Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spinal Injuries ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Radiographic Findings ◽  
Southern Us ◽  
The Us

Abstract BACKGROUND The border between the United States (US) and Mexico is an international boundary spanning 3000 km, where unauthorized crossings occur regularly. We examine patterns of neurotrauma, health care utilization, and financial costs at our level 1 trauma center incurred by patients from wall-jumping into the US. OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical and socioeconomic consequences from neurotrauma as a result of jumping over the US–Mexico border wall. METHODS Medical records of patients at (Banner University of Arizona Medical Center - Tucson) were retrospectively reviewed from January 2012 through December 2017. Demographics, clinical status, radiographic findings, treatment, length of stay, and financial data were analyzed for all patients suffering neurotrauma during that time. RESULTS Over 6 yr, 64 patients sustained cranial or spinal injuries directly from jumping or falling onto US soil from the border wall. Fifty (78%) suffered spinal injuries, 15 (23%) experienced cranial injury, and 1 patient had both. Total medical charges were available in 36 patients and summed $3.6 M, of which 22% was reimbursed, an amount significantly lower than expected from more conventional trauma. Neurotrauma steadily declined over the 6-yr observation period, dropping in 2017 to 6% of rates observed in 2012. CONCLUSION In the Southern US, neurotrauma from unauthorized border crossings occurs commonly as a result of wall-jumping. These injuries represent a clinical and costly extreme of border-related trauma, and future efforts from both sides of the border wall are needed to decrease the detrimental impacts felt both by immigrants and surrounding health care systems.

Health Care and Reproductive Politics

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rickie Solinger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reproductive Politics ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Care Reform Act

What does the federal health care reform act of 2010 say about pregnancy, contraception, abortion, and reproductive health care generally? The United States has the most expensive health care system of any country in the world. Medical costs per person and the percentage of...

“Making a Way Out of No Way:” Understanding the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Experiences of Transmasculine Young Adults of Color in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110500
Author(s):  
Madina Agénor ◽  
Dougie Zubizarreta ◽  
Sophia Geffen ◽  
Natasha Ramanayake ◽  
Shane Giraldo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Health Care Experiences

Research focusing on the specific and unique sexual and reproductive health care experiences of transmasculine young adults of color are extremely scarce. We conducted five focus group discussions with 19 Black, Latinx, Asian, Native, and other transmasculine individuals of color aged 18–25 years in the greater Boston area. Using thematic analysis, we found that transmasculine young adults of color experienced cissexism, heterosexism, and racism in accessing and utilizing sexual and reproductive health services. These multiple forms of discrimination undermined participants’ receipt of high-quality sexual and reproductive health information and care from competent health care providers who shared their lived experiences. Participants relied on support from their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer peers to obtain needed sexual and reproductive health resources and minimize harm during clinical encounters. Multilevel interventions are needed to promote access to person-centered and structurally competent sexual and reproductive health care among transmasculine young adults of color.

Social Logics in Reproduction Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Social Logic ◽  
And Child Health

The issue that underlies a worrying question of maternal and child health in Côte d'Ivoire is that of social logic. Social logic is perceived as "cultural constructions of actors with regard to morbidity that cause to adopt reproductive health care". Based on this understanding, the concept of social logic in reproductive health is similar to a paradigm that highlights the various factors that structure and organise sociological resistance to mothers' openness to healthy reproductive behaviours; that is, openness to change for sustainable reproductive health. Far from becoming and remaining a prisoner of blind culturalism with the social logic that generates the health of mothers, new-borns and children, practically-relevant questions are raised. Issues of "bad governance", socio-cultural representations and behaviours in conflict with modern epidemiological standards are addressed in a culturally-sensitive manner, an important issue for the provision of care focused on the needs of mothers seeking answers to health problems. Developing these original community characteristics helps to orient a reading list in a socioanthropological perspective with a view to explaining and understanding different problems encountered, experiences acquired by social actors during the implementation of antenatal, postnatal and family planning care. This context of building logic with regard to reproductive health care is key to identifying real bottlenecks in maternity services and achieving efficient management of maternal, new-born and child health care for the benefit of populations and actors in the public health sector.

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