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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study
Global Public Health, Volume 6, No. SUPPL.1, Year 2011
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It is well recognised that unsafe abortions have significant implications for women's physical health; however, women's perceptions and experiences with abortion-related stigma and disclosure about abortion are not well understood. This paper examines the presence and intensity of abortion stigma in five countries, and seeks to understand how stigma is perceived and experienced by women who terminate an unintended pregnancy and influences her subsequent disclosure behaviours. The paper is based upon focus groups and semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with women and men in Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and the United States (USA) in 2006. The stigma of abortion was perceived similarly in both legally liberal and restrictive settings although it was more evident in countries where abortion is highly restricted. Personal accounts of experienced stigma were limited, although participants cited numerous social consequences of having an abortion. Abortion-related stigma played an important role in disclosure of individual abortion behaviour. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shellenberg, Kristen
United States, Chapel Hill
Ipas
Moore, Ann M.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Guttmacher Institute
Bankole, Akinrinola
United States, Washington, D.c.
Guttmacher Institute
Juarez, Fatima
Mexico, Mexico
El Colegio de Mexico, A.c.
Omideyi, Adekunbi Kehinde
Nigeria, Ife
Obafemi Awolowo University
Palomino, Nancy
Peru, Lima
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Sathar, Zeba
Pakistan, Islamabad
Population Council Islamabad
Singh, Susheela D.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Guttmacher Institute
Tsui, Amyong
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 157
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/17441692.2011.594072
ISSN:
17441692
e-ISSN:
17441706
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Exploratory Study
Narrative Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Nigeria
Participants Gender
Male
Female