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A Cross-Sectional Study From Turkey Regarding Stigmatizing Attitudes And Behaviors Towards Abortion

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 1 - 7, 31.12.2023

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Objective: The aim of the study is to investigate the perspective on the stigma of abortion within the scope of reproductive health services
Material and methods: This study was conducted between 01.02.2023 and 01.04.2023 in Giresun Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital. A survey form assessing sociodemographic characteristics and stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs and behaviourstowards abortion was administered face to face by the researchers to volunteers aged 18 and over. All analyses were evaluated for statistical significance with a threshold of p <0.05 and used IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows Version 26.0 (IBM, NY, USA). The difference between the scale and subscale score averages according to sociodemographic variables was determined by the Mann Whitney U test for two independent groups and the Kruskal Wallis test for more than two groups.
Results: A significant difference was found in total stigmatizing attitude scores and all sub-dimensions according to education level, household income and living in the province/ district (p<0.001). Stigmatizing attitudes were significantly lower in those with an educational level of university and above compared to other educational levels (p<0.001). Stigmatizing attitudes were significantly higher in those with a household income below minimum wage compared to those with a household income above minimum wage (p=0.01). Stigmatizing attitudes were significantly lower in those living in the city centre compared to those living in the districts (p<0.001).
Conclusion: In general, stigmatizing attitudes and behaviours towards abortion may differ in different segments of society, and their consequences may also vary. Stigmatizing attitudes towards abortion maintain their importance on issues such as the goal of reducing deaths, social awareness, respect for human rights, health and safety. A more comprehensive view of reproductive health may be helpful in changing this attitude.

Kaynakça

  • Casey SE, Isa GP, Isumbisho Mazambi E, Giuffrida MM, Jayne Kulkarni M, Perera SM. Community perceptions of the impact of war on unintended pregnancy and induced abortion in protection of civilian sites in Juba, South Sudan. Global Public Health 2022; 17(9): 2176-89.
  • Cullen P, Korolczuk E. Challenging abortion stigma: framing abortion in Ireland and Poland. Sexual and reproductive health matters 2019; 27(3): 6-19.
  • Goffman, E. Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. New York: Simon and Schusser. 1963.
  • Kumar A, Hessini L, Mitchell EM. Conceptualising abortion stigma. Culture, health & sexuality 2009; 11(6): 625-39.
  • Baysal GÖD. Damgalanma ve ruh sağlığı. Arşiv Kaynak Tarama Dergisi 2013; 22(2): 239-51.
  • Çobanoğlu N, Tunçay GY. Opinion of medicine faculty students about abortion (Gazi University Case). Gumushane University Journal of Health Sciences 2022; 11(3): 969 – 83.
  • Shellenberg KM, Hessini L, Levandowski BA. Developing a scale to measure stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs about women who have abortions: results from Ghana and Zambia. Women & Health 2014; 54(7): 599-616.
  • Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies. 2013 Türkiye demographic and health survey. Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, T.C. Ministry of Development and TUBITAK 2014; Ankara, Türkiye.
  • Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies. 2018 Türkiye demographic and health survey. Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, T.C. Ministry of Development and TUBITAK 2019; Ankara, Türkiye.
  • Zeren Öztürk G, Toprak D, Hurşitoğlu M, İpek Y. The knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of women applying to a family medicine center about cesarean section and curettage and their relationship with sociodemographic features. Turkiye Klinikleri J Gynecol Obst 2014; 24(1): 1-8.
  • Rehnström Loi U, Otieno B, Oguttu M, Gemzell Danielsson K, Klingberg Allvin M, Faxelid E, et al. Abortion and contraceptive use stigma: a cross-sectional study of attitudes and beliefs in secondary school students in western Kenya. Sex Reprod Health Matters 2019; 27(3): 20-31.
  • Yegon EK, Kabanya PM, Echoka E, Osur J. Understanding abortion-related stigma and incidence of unsafe abortion: experiences from community members in Machakos and Trans Nzoia counties Kenya. Pan Afr Med J 2016; 24-5.
  • Yılmaz B, Şahin N. Abortion and stigmatization: A systematic review. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Ethics-Law & History 2020; 28(3): 451-62.
  • Bakır N, Irmak Vural P, Demir C. Stigmatization in sexual health and reproductive health from the perspective of young women. Androl Bul 2021; 23: 146−51.
  • Bilge A, Çam O. Fight against stigma on mental illness. TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin 2010; 9(1): 71-8.
  • Shellenberg KM. Abortion stigma in the United States: Quantitative and qualitative perspectives from women seeking an abortion (Doctoral Dissertation). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University 2010; Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Shellenberg KM, Tsui AO. Correlates of perceived and internalized stigma among abortion patients in the USA: an exploration by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2012;118(2): 152-9.

KÜRTAJA YÖNELİK DAMGALAYICI TUTUM VE DAVRANIŞLAR İLE İLGİLİ OLARAK TÜRKİYE’DEN KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 1 - 7, 31.12.2023

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Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı üreme sağlığı hizmetleri kapsamında kürtajın damgalanmasına bakış açısını araştırmaktır.
Materyal ve metot: Bu çalışma 01.02.2023- 01.04.2023 tarihleri arasında Giresun Kadın Hastalıkları ve Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nde gerçekleştirilmiştir. 18 yaş ve üzeri gönüllülere sosyodemografik özellikleri ve kürtaja yönelik damgalayıcı tutum, inanç ve davranışları değerlendiren anket formu, araştırmacılar tarafından yüz yüze uygulanmıştır. Tüm analizler istatistiksel anlamlılık açısından p <0,05 eşiğiyle değerlendirilmiş ve IBM SPSS İstatistikleri Windows Sürüm 26.0 (IBM, NY, ABD) kullanılmıştır. Sosyodemografik değişkenlere göre ölçek ve alt ölçek puan ortalamaları arasındaki fark, iki bağımsız grup için Mann Whitney U testi, ikiden fazla grup için Kruskal Wallis testi ile belirlenmiştir.
Bulgular: Eğitim düzeyi, hane geliri ve il/ilçede yaşama durumuna göre toplam damgalayıcı tutum puanları ve tüm alt boyutlarda anlamlı farklılık bulunmuştur (p<0,001). Damgalayıcı tutumlar üniversite ve üzeri eğitime sahip olanlarda diğer eğitim düzeylerine göre anlamlı olarak daha düşük bulunmuştur (p<0,001). Hane geliri asgari ücretin altında olanlarda hane geliri asgari ücretin üzerinde olanlara göre damgalayıcı tutumların anlamlı olarak daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür (p=0,01). Damgalayıcı tutumlar ilçede yaşayanlara göre il merkezinde yaşayanlarda anlamlı düzeyde daha düşük tespit edilmiştir (p<0,001).
Sonuç: Genel olarak kürtaja yönelik damgalayıcı tutum ve davranışlar toplumun farklı kesimlerinde farklılık gösterebildiği gibi sonuçları da farklılık gösterebilmektedir. Kürtaja yönelik damgalayıcı tutumlar; ölümleri azaltma hedefi, toplumsal farkındalık, insan haklarına saygı, sağlık ve güvenlik gibi konular üzerinde önemini korumaktadır. Üreme sağlığına daha kapsamlı bir bakış açısı bu tutumu değiştirme konusunda faydalı olabilir.

Kaynakça

  • Casey SE, Isa GP, Isumbisho Mazambi E, Giuffrida MM, Jayne Kulkarni M, Perera SM. Community perceptions of the impact of war on unintended pregnancy and induced abortion in protection of civilian sites in Juba, South Sudan. Global Public Health 2022; 17(9): 2176-89.
  • Cullen P, Korolczuk E. Challenging abortion stigma: framing abortion in Ireland and Poland. Sexual and reproductive health matters 2019; 27(3): 6-19.
  • Goffman, E. Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. New York: Simon and Schusser. 1963.
  • Kumar A, Hessini L, Mitchell EM. Conceptualising abortion stigma. Culture, health & sexuality 2009; 11(6): 625-39.
  • Baysal GÖD. Damgalanma ve ruh sağlığı. Arşiv Kaynak Tarama Dergisi 2013; 22(2): 239-51.
  • Çobanoğlu N, Tunçay GY. Opinion of medicine faculty students about abortion (Gazi University Case). Gumushane University Journal of Health Sciences 2022; 11(3): 969 – 83.
  • Shellenberg KM, Hessini L, Levandowski BA. Developing a scale to measure stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs about women who have abortions: results from Ghana and Zambia. Women & Health 2014; 54(7): 599-616.
  • Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies. 2013 Türkiye demographic and health survey. Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, T.C. Ministry of Development and TUBITAK 2014; Ankara, Türkiye.
  • Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies. 2018 Türkiye demographic and health survey. Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, T.C. Ministry of Development and TUBITAK 2019; Ankara, Türkiye.
  • Zeren Öztürk G, Toprak D, Hurşitoğlu M, İpek Y. The knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of women applying to a family medicine center about cesarean section and curettage and their relationship with sociodemographic features. Turkiye Klinikleri J Gynecol Obst 2014; 24(1): 1-8.
  • Rehnström Loi U, Otieno B, Oguttu M, Gemzell Danielsson K, Klingberg Allvin M, Faxelid E, et al. Abortion and contraceptive use stigma: a cross-sectional study of attitudes and beliefs in secondary school students in western Kenya. Sex Reprod Health Matters 2019; 27(3): 20-31.
  • Yegon EK, Kabanya PM, Echoka E, Osur J. Understanding abortion-related stigma and incidence of unsafe abortion: experiences from community members in Machakos and Trans Nzoia counties Kenya. Pan Afr Med J 2016; 24-5.
  • Yılmaz B, Şahin N. Abortion and stigmatization: A systematic review. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Ethics-Law & History 2020; 28(3): 451-62.
  • Bakır N, Irmak Vural P, Demir C. Stigmatization in sexual health and reproductive health from the perspective of young women. Androl Bul 2021; 23: 146−51.
  • Bilge A, Çam O. Fight against stigma on mental illness. TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin 2010; 9(1): 71-8.
  • Shellenberg KM. Abortion stigma in the United States: Quantitative and qualitative perspectives from women seeking an abortion (Doctoral Dissertation). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University 2010; Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Shellenberg KM, Tsui AO. Correlates of perceived and internalized stigma among abortion patients in the USA: an exploration by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2012;118(2): 152-9.
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Beyin ve Sinir Cerrahisi (Nöroşirurji)
Bölüm Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar

Arzu Ayraler 0000-0002-5244-7571

Yayımlanma Tarihi 31 Aralık 2023
Gönderilme Tarihi 9 Aralık 2023
Kabul Tarihi 12 Aralık 2023
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2023 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

Vancouver Ayraler A. A Cross-Sectional Study From Turkey Regarding Stigmatizing Attitudes And Behaviors Towards Abortion. SMJ. 2023;1(1):1-7.