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01-12-2017

Women’s Reproductive Health in Sociocultural Context

Authors: Yael Benyamini, Irina Todorova

Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 6/2017

Abstract

Purpose

The special issue on Women’s Reproductive Health in Cultural Context covers multiple dimensions of women’s reproductive health and how it might be shaped by cultural meanings, social and gender inequities, and power differentials, employing a variety of methodological approaches. On the one hand, it aims to bring to the forefront the conversation about how women’s health is uniquely experienced and constructed in local settings, and on the other hand, it aims to draw broader conclusions from a perspective of interconnectedness of women and the shared issues that they face.

Methods and Results

The special issue was initiated through a call for submissions and includes ten articles on the topic of women’s reproductive health in cultural context.

Conclusions

The articles provide many insights into how the context in which they live can disadvantage women and endanger their health, as well as offer perspectives on women’s resistance to disempowering and stigmatizing discourses and practices. It aims to be of interest to scholars in behavioral medicine, psychology, and other social sciences

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Taut D. Breastfeeding (un) covered: narratives of public breastfeeding on Romanian discussion forums. Int J Behav Med. 2017(This issue). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9687-7.

Warmoth K, Cheung B, You J, Yeung NCY, Lu Q. Exploring the social needs and challenges of Chinese American immigrant breast cancer survivors: a qualitative study using an expressive writing approach. Int J Behav Med. 2017(This issue). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9661-4.

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Patrao AL, McIntyre TM. Socio-demographic, marital, and psychosocial factors associated with condom use negotiation self-efficacy among Mozambican women at risk for HIV infection. Int J Behav Med. 2017(This issue). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9681-0.

Chiweshe MT, Macleod C. “If you choose to abort, you have acted as an instrument of Satan”: Zimbabwean health service providers negative constructions of women presenting for post abortion care. Int J Behav Med. 2017(This issue).

Duerksen KN, Lawson KL. “Not brain-washed, but heart-washed”: a qualitative analysis of benevolent sexism in the anti-choice stance. Int J Behav Med. 2017(This issue). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9633-8.

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Benyamini Y, Gozlan M, Weissman A. Normalization as a strategy for maintaining quality of life while coping with infertility in a pronatalist culture. Int J Behav Med. 2017(This issue). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9656-1.

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Title: Women’s Reproductive Health in Sociocultural Context
Authors: Yael Benyamini
Irina Todorova
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 1070-5503
Electronic ISSN: 1532-7558
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9695-7

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Women’s Reproductive Health in Sociocultural Context

Abstract

Purpose

Methods and Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Purpose

Methods and Results

Conclusions

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Exploring the Social Needs and Challenges of Chinese American Immigrant Breast Cancer Survivors: a Qualitative Study Using an Expressive Writing Approach

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