The Role of Women in Health-Seeking Strategies

Penkala–Gawęcka, Danuta

doi:10.1515/9783112209271-012

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“…For gelins , reproduction—especially of sons (Baştuğ and Hortaçsu, 2000 [Turkmenistan]; Heyat, 2002 [Azerbaijan]; Hortaçsu and Baştuğ, 2000 [Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan]; Sattarov, 2012 [Azerbaijan])—is a source of status, power, and security in an insecure position (Demircioğlu, 2015 [Turkey]; Inhorn, 1995 [Egypt]; Kandiyoti, 1988 [classic patriarchy]). New gelins face immense pressure to become pregnant quickly (Baştuğ and Hortaçsu, 2000 [Turkmenistan]; Demircioğlu, 2015 [Turkey]; Harris, 2004 [Tajikistan]; Penkala-Gawęcka, 2017 [Kyrgyzstan]). Indeed, almost no new brides (0.6%) in Azerbaijan use contraception (Yüksel-Kaptanoğlu et al, 2014).…”

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“…With health information needs, gelins have traditionally sought information from their mothers-in-law, who are health gatekeepers (Penkala-Gawęcka, 2017 [Kyrgyzstan]). A mother-in-law’s involvement in and control over health information and decision-making is highest when reproductive health is at stake (Demircioğlu, 2015 [Turkey]; Inhorn, 1995 [Egypt]; Molchanova et al, 2018 [Kyrgyzstan]; Penkala-Gawęcka, 2017 [Kyrgyzstan]; Perelmutter, 2014 [Russia]; Peshkova, 2002 [Uzbekistan]). Mothers-in-law are highly engaged in fertility scrutiny: surveillance of pregnancy signs or the lack thereof (Anvar, 2015 [Uzbekistan]; Gürtin-Broadbent, 2016 [Turkey]).…”

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Online social support for infertility in Azerbaijan

Pearce¹,

Donohoe

Barta

et al. 2022

New Media & Society

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Online social support, with its novel opportunities for coping, is especially important for those experiencing isolation. Daughters-in-law in Azerbaijan are isolated and have inadequate support due to patriarchal and patrilocal norms, amplified when they experience infertility. This study considers an online community where supportive communication and resources are exchanged to mitigate infertility isolation. Using virtual ethnography and thematic analysis, three research questions related to different types of isolation are explored. We find support exchanges in this community can likely help women more efficiently and effectively cope with, and have more control over, the immediate stressor of infertility and associated uncertainty, which is profound given the lack of supportive resources they would otherwise have.

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