Social scripts and stark realities
Kenyan adolescents' abortion discourse
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 15098533 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Edna M Mitchell (0000-0002-2824-3499, Mitchell College, autor de correspondencia), Ellen M H Mitchell, Carolyn T Halpern (0000-0003-4278-5646, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Eva Muthuuri Kamathi (GoCare Health Solutions Limited), Shirley Owino |
| Año | 2006 |
| Volumen | 8 |
| Número | 6 |
| Páginas | 515-528 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691050600888400 |
| PMID | 17035171 |
| OpenAlex | W2171623661 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 13 |
| Referencias citadas | 28 |
This study explores students' narratives and discourses about adolescent pregnancy and abortion elicited via internet-based open-ended questions posed in response to a cartoon vignette. We report on content analysis of recommendations and strategies for how to manage the unplanned pregnancy of a fictional young couple and in their own personal lives. The responses of 614 young people were analysed. Strategies vary widely. They include giving birth, adoption, running away, abortion, denial, and postponement until discovery. Young people were also queried about unplanned pregnancy resolution among their peers. Discourse analysis reveals competing social scripts on abortion. Florid condemnation of abortion acts in the hypothetical cases contrasts with more frank and sober description of peers' real life abortion behaviour. Students' language is compared with that found in official curricula. The rhetorical devices, moralizing social scripts and dubious health claims about abortion in students' online narratives mirror the tenor and content of their academic curricula as well as Kenyan media presentation of the issue. The need for factual information, dispassionate dialogue and improved contraceptive access is considerable
Abortion · Narrative · Pregnancy · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
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| Obras citantes distintas | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,72 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 13 |