< em > 'If we take the engine out, how will the car go?': < /em > beliefs, understanding and access to vasectomy services in Timor-Leste
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 18:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2341847. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVasectomy is a safe, highly effective and affordable method of permanent contraception, and one of the few currently available contraceptive methods for men. Despite this, vasectomy uptake remains overall low, making up just 2% of the global contraceptive method mix. To better understand access to vasectomy in a country with negligible uptake, we conducted participatory and operational research in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste). We held 14 participatory group discussions with 175 community participants...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Helen Henderson Helio Afranio Soares Xavier Mariano da Silva Alexandrina Marques da Silva Silvina Amaral Mendonca Rui Maria de Ara újo Cathy Vaughan Meghan A Bohren Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
This study explored cultural practices and beliefs in a study area in Ghana that encourage teenage girls into motherhood unintendedly. An exploratory design was used. Thirty teenage mothers and twenty-two opinion leaders participated in fieldwork conducted between October 2018 and February 2019. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Four themes became apparent: fear of being cursed for having an abortion; sleeping arrangements; funerals and wakes; and practices of cohabitation in the study area. Cultural practices contribute to teenage motherhood in the Adaklu District of Ghana. Programmes, interventions and poli...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah Prisca Ama Anima Sabina Appiah-Boateng Source Type: research
