Perceived, anticipated and experienced stigma

Exploring manifestations and implications for young people’s sexual and reproductive health and access to care in North-Western Tanzania

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15098183
AutoresLaura Nyblade (0000-0001-8067-4192, Global Health, RTI International, Washington, DC, USA, autor de correspondencia), Melissa A Stockton (0000-0002-0737-7180, RTI International), Melissa Stockton (Global Health, RTI International, Washington, DC, USA), Daniel Nyato (0000-0002-2397-1390, Social Science, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Tanzania), Joyce Wamoyi (0000-0002-2956-8666, Social Science, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Tanzania)
Año2017
Volumen19
Número10
Páginas1092-1107
Fecha de publicación2017-10-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2017.1293844
PMID28276918
OpenAlexW2591291880
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas42

Young people - particularly girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa - face significant challenges accessing sexual and reproductive health information and services. These challenges are shaped in part by sociocultural factors, including stigma. This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that explored the micro-level social process of stigma surrounding young people's sexual and reproductive health in two communities in Tanzania. Respondents described an environment of pervasive stigma surrounding the sexual and reproductive health of unmarried young people. Stigma manifested itself in multiple forms, ranging from verbal harassment and social isolation to physical punishment by families, community members, peers and healthcare providers. Respondents perceived that stigma was a barrier to young people accessing sexual and reproductive health services and identified excessive questioning, scolding and requirements to bring sexual partners or parents to receive services at health facilities as obstacles to accessing care. The pervasiveness and complexities of stigma surrounding young people's sexual and reproductive health in the two study communities and its potential consequences for health suggest both a need for care in using the term stigma as well as further studies on the feasibility of incorporating stigma-reduction strategies into young people's sexual and reproductive health programmes

Environmental health · Family medicine · Harassment · Health care · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Reproductive health · Social stigma · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology