The Experience of Pregnancy and Childbirth Overshadowed by Obstetric Violence and Structural Barriers of the Israeli Health System from the Perspective of Arab and Jewish Women

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ID4634286
AutoresRaghda Alnabilsy (0000-0002-5326-6051, Ruppin Academic Center, autor correspondente), Dganit Sharon (0000-0003-3622-3727, Ruppin Academic Center)
Ano2023
Volume33
Fascículo7
Páginas647-659
Data de publicação2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10497323231173814
PMID37137486
OpenAlexW4367836181
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas39

The aim of this study was to give a voice to Arab and Jewish women in Israel who had suffered obstetric violence during various stages of fertility treatments, pregnancy, and childbirth and also to learn from the women about their experiences of obstetric violence subject to the barriers of the Israeli health system, and their recommendations of possible solutions. The study underlines the unique gender, social, and cultural context in Israel concerning pregnancy and childbirth, and was based on the feminist approach that strives to promote human rights, and eradicate phenomena of gender-related, patriarchal, and social structures. The study used a qualitative-constructivist methodology. Twenty semi-structured interviews with ten Arab women and ten Jewish women were thematically analyzed, and five main themes emerged: first, the women's experience of becoming pregnant and pregnancy overshadowed by physical and emotional barriers from caregivers and the close environment; second, the women's awareness of their bodies and needs during pregnancy dominated by the challenges of the health services; third, the women's awareness of their bodies and needs during childbirth alongside incompatible expectations and nonattentive medical staff; fourth, the women's descriptions of experiences and types of obstetric violence; and fifth, the women's recommendations to eradicate obstetric violence

Childbirth · Environmental health · Fertility · Judaism · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Qualitative research · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology