Nesef Doctora'-When mothers are considered to be 'half-doctors
Self-medication with antibiotics and gender roles in the Arab society in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maram Khazen (0000-0003-3165-3496, Department of Communication Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel, corresponding author), Nurit Guttman (Department of Communication Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 408-423 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.13229 |
| PMID | 33635549 |
| OpenAlex | W3129846257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 44 |
This qualitative study focuses on self-medication with antibiotics as it relates to gender roles and traditions in the Arab society in Israel, a collectivist minority with defined traditional gender norms. Its findings draw on the analysis of 116 face-to-face interviews with 60 pharmacists, 27 primary care physicians and 29 community members, mainly mothers and unmarried women, from different geographical localities. The findings describe how mothers are assigned the role of the family health caretakers, expected to abide to a hierarchical power structure, and listen to the advice of 'senior mothers'. These expectations can lead to mothers self-medicating their children and themselves with antibiotics. Traditional constraints associated with sexuality were also found to compel unmarried women to self-medicate. The findings point to a duality of power in family relations: women submit to having limited power in traditional gender roles but are accorded power as medical experts in health-care decision-making. The study concludes with recommendations for considering sociocultural factors of hierarchy, traditions and collectivist orientation when researching self-care patterns and developing interventions to curtail antibiotics overuse. It also points to the importance of recognising pressures exerted on unmarried women and enabling them to use health-care resources in their community for managing sexual health
Collectivism · Family medicine · Health care · Hierarchy · Individualism · Political science · Power (physics) · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Self-medication · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Antibiotic Use and Resistance · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |