Borders of Fertility

Unplanned Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Burmese Women Migrating to Thailand

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8107633
AutoresSuzanne Belton (0000-0003-3418-2298, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume28
Fascículo4
Páginas419-433
Data de publicação2007-03-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399330601180081
PMID17454186
OpenAlexW2132015199
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas8

Burmese women are forced to migrate to find work and security in Thailand due to the social, political, and economic disarray present in Burma. Unplanned pregnancies are common in this area, and one third of pregnancy loss is self-induced. Poverty, lack of employment rights, and domestic violence are important factors in deciding to terminate the pregnancy. Women face multiple barriers in managing their fertility and use traditional techniques often with the help of lay midwives. The research methods include a retrospective review of medical records held in Thai and Burmese-led health facilities, as well as semistructured interviews and group discussions with Burmese women experiencing a pregnancy loss, Burmese traditional and modern health workers, and their husbands and community members

Abortion · Burmese · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Political science · Population · Poverty · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unsafe abortion · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Demography · Gender Studies