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
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia
This study explored the views and experiences of young women from migrant and/or refugee backgrounds regarding the contraceptive implant and related decision-making. Interviews were conducted with 33 women, aged 15-24, living in New South Wales, Australia, who spoke a language other than English and had some experience of the implant. Three themes were developed from the data as follows: 'Finding your own path': contraception decision-making (in which participants described sex and contraception as being taboo in their community, yet still made independent contraceptive choices); Accessing 'trustworthy' contraception infor...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianna M L Robbers Natalie Cousins Yen Li Lim Jane Estoesta Jessica R Botfield Source Type: research
