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dc.contributor.authorThi, Vinh Nguyen
dc.contributor.authorKing, Julie
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Niki
dc.contributor.authorCong, Tuan Pham
dc.contributor.authorDunne, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T01:18:41Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T01:18:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0146-1044
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11195-019-09564-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397695
dc.description.abstractThis article reports on the outcomes of a comprehensive review of qualitative research using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines to guide a systematic approach addressing women with physical disabilities (WWPD)’s access to and utilization of maternal health care services in low and middle-income countries. The article specifically examines existing literature on the experiences and challenges facing WWPD in accessing and utilization of these services during pregnancy, childbirth and the post-natal period. Fifteen studies that met inclusion criteria were identified. Findings from the review highlight that pregnancy and motherhood are meaningful for WWPD in both individual and socio-cultural ways. Multiple challenges facing WWPD were identified, including low self-esteem and confidence, negative responses and lack of family support, problematic experiences of transport, health and other social systems for maternal healthcare of WWPD, and social unacceptance and discrimination from the community. Addressing barriers in accessing healthcare services was perceived as an individual responsibility of WWPD and their families, rather than perceptions that society had a responsibility to act. The reproductive rights of WWPD, particularly expression of sexuality and the right to motherhood needs to be conceptualized beyond individual responsibility. Society needs to eliminate attitudinal and environmental barriers to ensure WWPD can choose to be mothers without threat of discrimination or negative social consequences.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom175
dc.relation.ispartofpageto201
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSexuality and Disability
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAllied health and rehabilitation science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGender studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4405
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsRehabilitation
dc.subject.keywordsWomen with physical disabilities
dc.subject.keywordsPregnancy
dc.titleMaternal Healthcare Experiences of and Challenges for Women with Physical Disabilities in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Qualitative Evidence
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationThi, VN; King, J; Edwards, N; Cong, TP; Dunne, M, Maternal Healthcare Experiences of and Challenges for Women with Physical Disabilities in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Qualitative Evidence, Sexuality and Disability, 2019, 37 (2), pp. 175-201
dc.date.updated2020-09-20T23:41:41Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPham, Tuan


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