Women's Views of Women: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Stigmatization Tendencies

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 305 - 313

Elif Dağlı , Feyza Aktaş Reyhan

https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.1514546

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the Sexual Health/Reproductive Health (SH/RH) stigmatization tendencies of young women and related factors.
Method: The study was conducted between April 3 and July 28, 2023. It is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The population of the study consisted of 327 women who applied to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Polyclinic of a training and research hospital, and 232 women constituted the sample. The data were collected by face-to-face interview method in the waiting room of the outpatient clinic. Data were collected using the Young Women's Sexual/Reproductive Health Stigma Scale (YWSRHSS).
Results: According to the YWSRHSS, it was determined that the stigmatizing attitudes of the young women participating in the study were above the moderate level (13.42±6.35). A significant difference was found between the mean scores of the YWSRHSS according to the women's socio-demographic variables of education (p=,000), employment status (p=,004) and relationship status (p=,002) (p<.05). In addition, a significant difference was found between the mean YWSRHSS scores and the obstetric characteristics of pregnancy (p=,002), birth (p=,016), abortion (p=,001), and family planning (p=,000) (p<.05).
Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that young women supported stigmatizing attitudes towards SH/RH and observed/felt SH/RH stigma in their environment. Changing women's attitudes about stigma should be one of the priorities of public health workers in combating stigma. It is recommended that public health professionals provide qualified, youth-friendly and school-integrated SH/RH training to adolescents/young people.

Keywords

Sexual health, Stigma, Women, Reproductive health

Kadının Kadına Bakışı: Genç Kadınların Cinsel Sağlık ve Üreme Sağlığı Damgalama Eğilimleri

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, genç kadınların Cinsel Sağlık/Üreme Sağlığı (CS/ÜS) damgalama eğilimlerini ve ilişkili faktörleri belirlemektir.
Yöntem: Çalışma 3 nisan-28 temmuz 2023 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı türde bir çalışmadır. Araştırmanın evrenini bir devlet hastanesinin Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Polikliniğine başvuru yapan 3270 kadın, örneklemini ise 232 kadın oluşturmuştur. Veriler, poliklinik bekleme salonunda yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Genç Kadınların Cinsel/Üreme Sağlığı Damgalama Ölçeği (GKCÜSDÖ) ile veriler toplandı.
Bulgular: GKCÜSDÖ göre, çalışmaya katılan genç kadınların damgalama tutumları orta düzeyin üzerinde (13,42±6,35) olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Kadınların sosyo-demografik değişkenlerinden eğitim durumu (p=,000), çalışma durumu (p=,004) ve ilişki durumuna (p=,002) göre GKCÜSDÖ puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı fark elde edilmiştir (p<,05). Yanısıra obstetrik özelliklerden gebelik (p=,002), doğum (p=,016), kürtaj (p=,001), aile planlaması (p=,000) değişkenleri ile GKCÜSDÖ puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı fark elde edilmiştir (p<,05).
Sonuç: Bu araştırmada, çaçalışmaya katılan genç kadınların CS/ÜS’e yönelik damgalayıcı tutumları destekledikleri, çevrelerinde CS/ÜS damgasını gözlemledikleri/hissettikleri belirlenmiştir. Damgalamayla ilgili kadınların tutumlarının değiştirilmesi, damgalamayla mücadelede halk sağlığı çalışanların önceliklerden biri olmalıdır. Halk sağlığı çalışanların, adölesan/gençlerin CS/ÜS konularında nitelikli, genç dostu ve okula entegre CS/ÜS eğitimleri vermeleri önerilir.

Keywords

Cinsel sağlık, Damgalama, Kadın, Üreme sağlığı

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