From Research to Policy Change

Addressing Disparities Among Low-Income Women Seeking Abortion in Oregon

Bibliographic Data

ID14834883
AuthorsB Ostrach (0000-0003-2803-3747, Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice, Boston University School of Medicine Master's Program), Jessica Matthews (Center Coordinator, Firland Northwest Tuberculosis Center, Seattle, Washington)
Year2015
Volume37
Issue1
Pages30-34
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePracticing Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/praa.37.1.tv0552536h231811
OpenAlexW2011133153
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Women seeking abortion frequently encounter barriers that may be socioeconomic, logistical, or social. Of particular concern for policy development, women of lower socioeconomic status are more affected by these barriers (Jones and Weitz 2009). The focus of this article is to describe the process by which applied medical anthropology research was transformed into a joint medical anthropology/public health effort to reduce these barriers. The desired outcome was to create policy change to improve reproductive health care access for low-income women in Oregon. Working in the traditions of applied and critical medical anthropology to improve access to reproductive health care, we sought to utilize data to effect policy improvements and to offer women a tool to advocate on their own behalf

Abortion · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Public policy · Reproductive health · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies