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Presentation and application of a conceptual framework for women's and girls' empowerment in reproductive health

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ID4588824
AuthorsCary Karp (0000-0002-4050-7602, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Celia Karp, Shannon N Wood (0000-0003-4389-3526, Johns Hopkins University), Hadiza Galadanci (0000-0001-5810-2884, Bayero University Kano), Simon Peter Sebina Kibira (0000-0002-7385-423X, Makerere University), Fredrick Makumbi (0000-0002-6460-7325, Makerere University), Elizabeth Omoluabi (0000-0003-1754-5384, Development Research and Projects Centre), Solomon Shiferaw (0000-0002-9285-1480, Addis Ababa University), Assefa Seme (0000-0001-9667-4859, Addis Ababa University), Amy O Tsui (0000-0001-9158-0503, Johns Hopkins University), Amy Tsui, Claire Moreau (0000-0002-8637-6249, Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations), Caroline Moreau
Year2020
Volume258
Pages113086
Publication date2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113086
PMID32521413
OpenAlexW3029085816
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited38

The WGE-SRH framework is useful for exploring SRH empowerment, embracing the multilevel, dynamic nature of empowerment, as a process transitioning from existence of choice (autonomy) to exercise of choice (self-efficacy, decision-making, negotiation), and, ultimately, to achievement of choice. Future research and programs related to SRH empowerment should distinguish between existence and exercise of choices to promote the health and well-being of women and girls

Conceptualization · Economic growth · Empowerment · Environmental health · Focus group · Population · Qualitative research · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Sexual and reproductive health and rights · Social science · Sociology · Women's empowerment · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
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