Borders of Fertility

Unplanned Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Burmese Women Migrating to Thailand

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8107633
AutoresSuzanne Belton (0000-0003-3418-2298, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen28
Número4
Páginas419-433
Fecha de publicación2007-03-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399330601180081
PMID17454186
OpenAlexW2132015199
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias 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