- 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, Macleod, Catriona I
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- 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.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (8 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- SpringerLink
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 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, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine volume 24 p. 856 2017 1532-7558
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the SpringerLink Terms of Use Statement ( https://link.springer.com/termsandconditions)
- Rights
- Closed Access
- Hits: 5
- Visitors: 3
- Downloads: 0
Collections
Macleod, Catriona Ida (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Psychology
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproductions Research (CSSR) Programme
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 10. Reduced Inequalities
SDG 05. Gender Equality
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details | SOURCE1 | ‘If you choose to abort, you have acted as an instrument of Satan’.pdf | 720 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details |