‘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

Chiweshe, Malvern T; Macleod, Catriona I

Title: ‘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
Creator: Chiweshe, Malvern T
Creator: Macleod, Catriona I
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2017
Date: 2017
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444200
Identifier: vital:74205
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-017-9694-8"
Description: Health service providers play a crucial role in providing post abortion care in countries where abortion legislation is restrictive and abortion is stigmatised. Research in countries where these factors apply has shown that health service providers can be barriers to women accessing post abortion services. Much of this research draws from attitude theory. In this paper, we utilise positioning theory to show how the ways in which Zimbabwean health service providers’ position women and themselves are rooted in cultural and social power relations. In light of recent efforts by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and foreign organisations to improve post abortion care, we explore the implications that these positionings have for post abortion care.
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Format: online resource
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Format: 1 online resource (8 pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: SpringerLink
Language: English
Relation: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Relation: Chiweshe, M. and Macleod, C., 2017. ‘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. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24, pp.856-863
Relation: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine volume 24 p. 856 2017 1532-7558
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