A narrative-discursive analysis of abortion decision making in Zimbabwe:

Chiweshe, Malvern T; Macleod, Catriona I

Title: A narrative-discursive analysis of abortion decision making in Zimbabwe:
Creator: Chiweshe, Malvern T
Creator: Macleod, Catriona I
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143882
Identifier: vital:38291
Identifier: https://ischp.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ischp_2015_abstract_booklet.pdf
Description: The available research on abortion-decision-making tends to focus on the ‘factors’ or ‘influences’ that are seen to affect abortion decision-making. This approach is rarely able to account for the complex, multi-faceted nature of abortion decision-making, and is often not located within a framework that can unpick the complex array of power relations that underpin the ‘process’ of abortion decision-making. Data reported on in this paper were collected from three sites in Zimbabwe. Narrative interviews were conducted with 18 women who had terminated pregnancies (six at each site) and semi-structured interviews were conducted with six service providers. The women employed discursive resources around stigma, religion, health and culture in telling stories around abortion shame, abortion as justified and the fearful, secretive act of abortion. Comparisons of the way women positioned themselves and how they were positioned by health service providers point to the availability and embeddedness of social discourses and power relations that work to enable/constrain reproductive justice.
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP)
Relation: Chiweshe, M. and Macleod, C., 2015. A narrative-discursive analysis of abortion decision making in Zimbabwe. International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). 9th Biennial Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Relation: International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) volume 2015 number 0 2015
Rights: Publisher
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Chiweshe, Malvern Tatenda (Dr)

Macleod, Catriona Ida (Distinguished Professor)

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