Culture and religious beliefs in relation to reproductive health

Arousell, Jonna; Carlbom, Aje

doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.08.011

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“…Arousell & Carlbom's suggest that future research needs to move beyond simplified and generalised idea of Muslims as "one group", to recognise religious heterogeneity and acknowledge individuals' ability to negotiate Islamic mandates [111].…”

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Factors influencing sexual and reproductive health of Muslim women: a systematic review

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Background: In Islamic societies, issues related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) are rarely discussed and considered sensitive subjects. This review aimed to identify any personal, religious, cultural, or structural barriers to SRH service and education among Muslim women worldwide. Methods: A search for qualitative and quantitative studies was conducted on seven electronic databases. A narrative synthesis using thematic analysis was conducted. Results: Fifty-nine studies were included from 22 countries: 19 qualitative, 38 quantitative and two mixed methods. Many Muslim women have poor SRH knowledge, and negative attitudes which influence their access to, and use of SRH services. Barriers to contraception use among Muslim women included a lack of basic reproductive knowledge, insufficient knowledge about contraception, misconceptions, and negative attitudes. Women had negative attitudes towards family planning for limiting the number of children but not for child spacing, which reflected religious views towards family planning. Religious and cultural beliefs were barriers to contraception use and access to SRH services and information. Family and the community have a significant impact on women's contraceptive use and access to SRH services. Husband and family opposition played a significant role in contraception access and use. Fear of stigmatization and being labelled as having premarital sexual relations among unmarried women acted as the main barrier to accessing contraception and seeking SRH information and services. Conclusion: The findings reveal that there are multiple levels of factors that influence Muslim women's SRH. Poor SRH knowledge and practices among Muslim women is complex matter that is affected by personal, community, cultural, religious factors and existing policies and regulations. All these factors overlap and are affected by each other. There is an urgent need for interventions addressing modifiable barriers to SRH education and services to improve knowledge, informed choice and access to services to facilitate better sexual and reproductive wellbeing for Muslim women. It is important to note that while this review aimed to report findings on Muslim women, we acknowledge that significant variations exist within every culture and religion.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

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Factors influencing sexual and reproductive health of Muslim women: a systematic review

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“…Negative attitudes typically associated with culture and ethnicity in Asian countries [27,28], while in various ethnics across United States, horizontal-individualism (HI) and horizontal-collectivism (HC) that emphasizing equality were associated with more positive attitudes [16]. Religion is very strong predictor in attitudes towards sexuality in ID, especially many statements are exploring very sensitive issues regarding the religious norms and values that associated with immorality and social judgment [20,21].…”

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“…All statements (5 statements) in non-reproductive sexual behavior were comprised of homosexuality and masturbation, and 3 statements in self-control were composed of sexual desires and feelings. Catholic and Islam have similar attitudes, norms and values against homosexuality while masturbation was more acceptable [20,23]. Maintaining virginity until marriage is an important norms and values, thus, sexual behavior expression such as sexual feeling and desire should be regulated.…”

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“…Negative or conservative attitudes may resulted in some factors i.e. limited access to health information, limited access to sex education programs, knowledge and education, cultural norms, religious beliefs, and familiarity [17][18][19][20][21]. In addition, sexual and reproductive health services toward individual with ID facing with the spectrum of discrimination and exclusion in low and middle-income countries besides their vulnerabilities [9,22].…”

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Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Males and Females with Intellectual Disabilities: Indonesia Setting

Winarni

Hardian

Suharta

et al. 2018

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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Abstract:Introduction: sexual and reproductive rights in individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), particularly in developing countries, are often neglected. Although affected individuals never complained, the problems were found augmented from the affected families. Over the last two decades, parents and professionals acknowledged sexual and reproductive right and try to accommodate these needs. Indonesia, a developing country with a strong religious and culture beliefs may has different perspectives on attitudes towards sexuality in individuals with ID which respect the sexual and reproductive right augmented from the affected family. The aimed of this study was to explore the attitudes towards sexuality on individuals with ID. The findings are expected to contribute to the movement in recognizing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in individuals with ID. Methods: thirty participants were included in this study consisted of supporting staffs of rehabilitation center for disabled individual, parents, religious leaders and community. Participants fulfilled the two sets of Attitude to Sexuality Questionnaires towards individuals with ID (ASQ-ID).Results: the attitudes towards sexuality in males were found similar with females with ID, age did not play a role in the attitude towards sexuality in ID. Indonesian attitudes towards sexuality in individuals with ID was found the most conservative compared to other countries with the mean of sexual right was 3.7±0.22, parenting was 3.5±0.30, nonreproductive sexual behavior was 3.4±0.49, and self-control was 3.4±0.73.Conclusion: the attitudes towards sexuality in individual with ID is somewhat negative, strong culture and religious beliefs /and values may have strong influence.

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“…This concept of subjective wellbeing will mean that public health practitioners as a whole will need to be able to understand and measure specific needs of specific populations 12 . This has implication for SRH programing, as it is well established that there is a broad range of sociocultural, economic and religious factors that influence sexual and reproductive health choices that individuals make 15,16 . As such, the need for us to be able to capture disaggregated data that would allow for identifying areas and/or populations of the most need, their type(s) of need and how best to implement interventions that address those needs.…”

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Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa

Kumar

Banke-Thomas

2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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Despite efforts, sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve many key Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) targets under the Millennium Development Goals. In the post 2015 era, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will frame decisions on donor priorities and resource allocations. Successfully addressing SRH challenges in sub-Saharan Africa have been blunted due to fragmentation of SRH interventions in planning and implementation, lack of coherence between policies and program implementation, resulting in poor program performance and lack of accountability. We suggest the Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework offers a strategic approach for sub-Saharan Africa in support of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SRH programs given its capacity to capture social and economic impacts, stakeholder participation, and sensitivity towards key human rights concerns relevant to SRH. SROI disrupts a -business as usual‖ approach for one that is systematic, participatory, and supportive of economic and human rights needs for success in the SDG era. RésuméMalgré les efforts, l'Afrique subsaharienne n'a pas atteint beaucoup d'objectifs clés de santé sexuelle et de la reproduction (SSR) dans le cadre des objectifs du millénaire pour le développement. Dans l'ère post-2015, les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) encadreront les décisions sur les priorités des donateurs et les allocations de ressources. Aborder avec succès les défis de SSR en Afrique sub-saharienne a été émoussée en raison de la fragmentation des interventions SSR dans la planification et la mise en oeuvre, le manque de cohérence entre les politiques et la mise en oeuvre du programme, ce qui entraîne une mauvaise 'exécution du programme et un manque de responsabilité. Nous suggérons que le retour social sur le cadre de l'investissement (RSSI) offre une approche stratégique pour l'Afrique subsaharienne à l'appui de la mise en oeuvre, le suivi et l'évaluation des programmes de SSR compte tenu de sa capacité à capter les impacts sociaux et économiques, la participation des parties prenantes, et la sensibilité envers les préoccupations clés des droits de l'homme relatives à la SSR. Le RSSI perturbe une approche de « la vie continue comme si de rien n'est» pour celui qui est systématique, participatif et solidaire par rapport aux besoins économiques et des droits de l'homme pour réussir dans l'ère des ODD. (Afr J Reprod Health 2016 (Edition Spéciale); 20[3]: 85-93).Motsclés: Objectifs de développement durable, retour social sur l'investissement; SROI, santé sexuelle et de la reproduction,' Afrique sub-saharienne, droits de l'homme.

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Culture and religious beliefs in relation to reproductive health

Cited by 88 publications

References 72 publications

Factors influencing sexual and reproductive health of Muslim women: a systematic review

Factors influencing sexual and reproductive health of Muslim women: a systematic review

Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Males and Females with Intellectual Disabilities: Indonesia Setting

Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa

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