“I don’t know if I have the courage”: reproductive choices in times of Zika

Autores

  • Ana Rosa Linde Arias University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
  • Elisa Tristan-Cheever Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
  • Grace Furtado University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA
  • Eduardo Siqueira University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.150807

Palavras-chave:

mulheres, Zika, direitos reprodutivos, aborto, escolhas reprodutivas

Resumo

Neste estudo transnacional, pretendemos fornecer informações sobre as opiniões e atitudes das mulheres em relação aos seus direitos reprodutivos durante a epidemia do Zika. Mulheres de diferentes nacionalidades e etnias foram recrutadas em vários locais do Brasil, Porto Rico e Estados Unidos. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas que sugerem que as decisões reprodutivas dos participantes estavam intimamente relacionadas às convicções pessoais e crenças culturais, e suas ações e pensamentos foram incorporados em suas normas socioculturais. A maioria das mulheres entrevistadas comunicou que é preciso coragem para tomar a decisão extrema, emocional e esmagadora de fazer um aborto. Os achados deste estudo sugerem que mulheres de diferentes países e regiões, e com diferentes níveis de capital social, enfrentam os mesmos conflitos relativos às decisões reprodutivas. Assim, defendemos a importância de considerar crenças e comportamentos culturais ao implementar medidas de prevenção ou proteção à saúde para controlar epidemias. Esta epidemia pode ser mais uma oportunidade para melhorar a saúde das mulheres, fortalecendo serviços de planejamento familiar culturalmente sensíveis e um amplo espectro de intervenções de saúde pública.

Biografia do Autor

  • Ana Rosa Linde Arias, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

    The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Community Development and Public Policy

  • Grace Furtado, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA

    The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Community Development and Public Policy

  • Eduardo Siqueira, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

    The School for the Environment

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2019-05-06

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