Women’s well-being and reproductive health in Indian mining community: need for empowerment

Reproductive Health

Ramesh Venkatesaperumal³  Ganesha Somayaji²  Subrahmanya Nairy Karkada¹  Melba Sheila D’Souza³ 

[1] Department of Business Studies, Higher College of Technology, Al Khuwair, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman;Department of Sociology, Goa University, Taleigao Platuea, India;Department of Adult Health and Critical Care, PO 66, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman

关键词: Nursing;    Qualitative design;    Marital relationship;    Domestic violence;    Gender preference;    Reproductive health status;    Well-being;   

Others  :  811619
DOI  :  10.1186/1742-4755-10-24

 received in 2012-07-10, accepted in 2013-04-04,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

This paper is a qualitative study of women’s well-being and reproductive health status among married women in mining communities in India. An exploratory qualitative research design was conducted using purposive sampling among 40 selected married women in a rural Indian mining community. Ethical permission was obtained from Goa University. A semi-structured indepth interview guide was used to gather women’s experiences and perceptions regarding well-being and reproductive health in 2010. These interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, verified, coded and then analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Early marriage, increased fertility, less birth intervals, son preference and lack of decision-making regarding reproductive health choices were found to affect women’s reproductive health. Domestic violence, gender preference, husbands drinking behaviors, and low spousal communication were common experiences considered by women as factors leading to poor quality of marital relationship. Four main themes in confronting women’s well-being are poor literacy and mobility, low employment and income generating opportunities, poor reproductive health choices and preferences and poor quality of martial relationships and communication. These determinants of physical, psychological and cultural well-being should be an essential part of nursing assessment in the primary care settings for informed actions. Nursing interventions should be directed towards participatory approach, informed decision making and empowering women towards better health and well-being in the mining community.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 D’Souza et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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