Understanding the Effects of Mental Health on Reproductive Health Service Use: A Mixed Methods Approach. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bell, Sue Anne; Lori, Jody; Redman, Richard; Seng, Julia
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 37:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 75
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1061525
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

Abstract : Appropriate and woman-led health care for displaced women is essential to respecting basic human rights. In this article, we describe the results of an analysis of the association between mental health and reproductive health service use from a sample of Congolese refugee women residing in short- and long-term camps in Rwanda, with a post-hoc qualitative potion added to expand upon the data-based results. Our findings suggest that structural factors including health policy initiatives affect or even inhibit individual care choices.