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Fulltext Barriers of modern contraceptive practices among Asian women: a mini literature review

Najafi-Sharjabad F, Zainiyah Syed Yahya S, Abdul Rahman H, Hanafiah Juni M, Abdul Manaf R

Glob J Health Sci, 2013 Sep;5(5):181-92.

PMID: 23985120 DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v5n5p181

Family planning has been cited as essential to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Family planning has a direct impact on women's health and consequence of each pregnancy. The use of modern contraception among Asian women is less than global average. In Asia a majority of unintended pregnancies are due to using traditional contraceptive or no methods which lead to induced unsafe abortion. Cultural attitudes, lack of knowledge of methods and reproduction, socio demographic factors, and health service barriers are the main obstacles to modern contraceptive practice among Asian women. Culturally sensitive family planning program, reforming health system, and reproductive health education through mass media to create awareness of the benefits of planned parenthood are effective strategies to improve modern contraceptive practice among Asian women.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights

Women and the media in Malaysia

Adnan MH

Media Asia, 1987;14(4):194-203.

PMID: 12281076

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Pointers from the Americas

Aragon-choudhury P

MARHIA, 1992 Jan-Mar;5(1):8-9, 12.

PMID: 12288567

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Feminism in Malaysia: a historical and present perspective of women's struggles in Malaysia

Ariffen R

Womens Stud Int Forum, 1999;22(4):417-23.

PMID: 22593983

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights/economics; Women's Rights/education; Women's Rights/history; Women's Rights/legislation & jurisprudence

Fulltext "Righting the wrongs": addressing human rights and gender equality through research since Cairo

Khosla R, Amin A, Allotey P, Barroso C, George A, Hardon A, et al.

Sex Reprod Health Matters, 2019 Dec;27(1):1676529.

PMID: 31746277 DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2019.1676529

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Family migration and the economic status of women in Malaysia

Chattopadhyay A

Int Migr Rev, 1997;31(2):338-52.

PMID: 12292875 DOI: 10.1177%2F019791839703100204

"The impact of family migration on women's economic position in a developing country setting is an area that has received relatively little research attention. Incorporating a lifetime perspective, this study makes use of the retrospective migration histories of husbands and wives from the second round of the Malaysian Family Life Survey to estimate how joint migration with the husband affects women's socioeconomic achievement. The findings show that family migration depresses the chances of working, but it does not significantly reduce socioeconomic attainment of those who do work. However, when a woman migrates with her husband she does forgo the substantial advantage she could have derived had she moved alone."

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Female labour force participation and fertility

Concepcion MB

Int Labour Rev, 1974;109(5-6):503-17.

PMID: 12307194

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Strategies of social and sexual control of Malaysian women in psychiatric institutional care

Crabtree SA

Health Care Women Int, 2004;25(6):581-95.

PMID: 15354623 DOI: 10.1080/07399330490444849

An ethnographic study of female psychiatric patients was undertaken in East Malaysia. Findings indicate that these service users were subject to a number of sexist and oppressive practices that militate against their freedom of movement on the wards as well as their social interaction in the wider context of the hospital. Stereotypic notions of female sexuality and morality act as forms of moral containment and are interpreted in the hospital context as requiring heavy custodial care by the hospital authorities.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights

Fulltext Challenges and priorities for delivering on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 25 years on

Allotey P, Denton F

Lancet, 2020 10 10;396(10257):1053-1055.

PMID: 32979937 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32004-3

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Migration of women to cities: the Asian situation in comparative perspective

Khoo SE, Smith PC, Fawcett JT

Int Migr Rev, 1984;18(4 Special Issue):1247-63.

PMID: 12340237

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Women and nursing in Malaysia: unspoken status

Birks MJ, Chapman Y, Francis K

J Transcult Nurs, 2009 Jan;20(1):116-23.

PMID: 18840886 DOI: 10.1177/1043659608325849

Since the emergence of nursing as a distinct discipline, its status has mirrored that of women in society in general. As a predominantly female profession, nursing has been subject to oppressive forces that have affected women at various stages of history. Despite improvements in the standing of both women and nursing during the past century, nursing has still failed to achieve its full potential. In Malaysia, sociocultural factors combine to further limit the development of the profession. This article explores how such factors merge with the oppression of nursing globally to influence the status of nursing in Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

[The social status of women. For a new world order]

Gauffenic A

Tiers Monde, 1985 Apr-Jun;26(102):273-81.

PMID: 12340318

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Women's autonomy and child survival: a comparison of Muslims and non-Muslims in four Asian countries

Ghuman SJ

Demography, 2003 Aug;40(3):419-36.

PMID: 12962056 DOI: 10.1353/dem.2003.0021

In this article, I evaluate the hypothesis that higher infant and child mortality among Muslim populations is related to the lower autonomy of Muslim women using data from 15 pairs of Muslim and non-Muslim communities in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Women's autonomy in various spheres is not consistently lower in Muslim than in non-Muslim settings. Both across and within communities, the association between women's autonomy and mortality is weak, and measures of autonomy or socioeconomic status are generally of limited import for understanding the Muslim disadvantage in children's survival.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights/statistics & numerical data*

For the sake of purity (and control). Female genital mutilation

Gilbert D

Links, 1993;9(5):6-8, 30.

PMID: 12159278

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

International labor migration and the family: some observations from Indonesia

Hugo G

Asian Pac Migr J, 1995;4(2-3):273-301.

PMID: 12320103

This article addresses two dimensions of the complex interrelationship between the family and international labor migration in Indonesia: the role of the family in influencing labor movements out of Indonesia; and the consequences of this movement on family well-being, structure, and functioning. Research on this topic in Indonesia is highly limited due mainly to the recency of large scale international labor migration, inadequate data collection systems, a high incidence of undocumented migration, and failure of available research to be sensitive to family related issues. Against a rapidly changing economic and social situation, two major overlapping systems of migration have developed. The official system is focused strongly on the Middle East (although other Asian destinations are increasing in significance) and is dominated by female migrants. The undocumented system is much larger in volume, is focused upon Malaysia, involves more males than females, and is becoming permanent in some cases. The role, status, and experiences of women migrants in relation to their families (decision making, networks, remittances) are discussed with recommendations for other areas needing further research attention.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Fulltext Nutritional status of women and children in Malaysian rural populations

Ali O, Isa ZM

Asia Pac J Clin Nutr, 1995 Sep;4(3):319-24.

PMID: 24394359

This study was conducted to investigate the nutritional status of the rural population in Malaysia, especially women and children. A total of 262 women aged 18 and over and 183 children aged 2-6 years were selected using multistage cluster sampling from four locations in rural areas. It was found that the prevalence of malnutrition among children 2-6 years old ranged between 25.5% in the Malays Felda settlement scheme to 80% in the Orang Asli settlement. Malnutrition was associated with worm infestations, bottle feeding and early weaning. More than 30% of Orang Asli women were malnourished compared to less than 15% of Malay Felda settlement women. On the other hand, Malay women in the land settlement scheme had a higher risk of developing overweight and diabetes. Goitre was found among 11.5% of children; however, no cretinism was found. Breast feeding was still a common practice among rural mothers, but inadequate health education tended to reduce the duration of breast feeding and increased early weaning. Upgrading women's status in the rural areas will ultimately improve the nutritional and health status of the children and community as a whole.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights

Malay divorce in Peninsular Malaysia: the near-disappearance of an institution

Tan PC, Jones GW

Southeast Asian J Soc Sci, 1990;18(2):85-114.

PMID: 12317142

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Women's autonomy in healthcare decision making: a systematic review

Idris IB, Hamis AA, Bukhori ABM, Hoong DCC, Yusop H, Shaharuddin MA, et al.

BMC Womens Health, 2023 Dec 02;23(1):643.

PMID: 38042837 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02792-4

OBJECTIVES: Although there are calls for women's empowerment and gender equity globally, there are still large disparities regarding women's autonomy in healthcare decision making. The autonomy of women is believed to be crucial in improving their health-related outcomes. This review discusses factors that influence autonomy among women in healthcare decision making.

DESIGN: Systematic review.

DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were searched from 2017-2022.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: The inclusion criteria include original articles, case studies and reports that has been written in the English Language, while manuscripts with no full article, reviews, newspaper reports, grey literatures, and articles that did not answer the review objectives were excluded.

DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: We carried out data extraction using a standardized data extraction form, that has been organized using Microsoft Excel. A narrative synthesis was carried out to combine the findings of all included articles.

RESULTS: A total of 70 records were identified and 18 were reviewed, yielding eight articles to be included in the accepted list of studies. All studies were conducted in developing countries and most of the studies were cross sectional. Factors that were associated with women's autonomy in healthcare decision making were age, women's education and occupation, husbands'/partners' education and occupation, residential location or region of residence, household wealth index as well as culture and religion.

CONCLUSIONS: Identification of these factors may help stakeholders in improving women's autonomy in healthcare decision making. Policymakers play a crucial role in healthcare decision making by enacting laws and policies that protect women's rights, promoting gender-sensitive healthcare services, ensuring access to comprehensive information, promoting health education, and supporting vulnerable populations. These efforts ensure women's autonomy including able to access to unbiased and effective healthcare services.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Bride burning

Kumar V, Kanth S

Lancet, 2004 Dec;364 Suppl 1:s18-9.

PMID: 15967137

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

Providing choices for a marginalized community. A community-based project with Malaysian aborigines

Kaur P

Plan Parent Chall, 1994;?(1):23-5.

PMID: 12345736

PIP:
In 1991, the Family Planning Association (FPA) of the Malaysian state of Perak initiated a community-based development project in the remote Aborigine village of Kampung Tisong. The community consists of approximately 34 households who survive on an average income of about US $37. Malnutrition is pervasive, even minor ailments cause death, more serious afflictions are prevalent, and the closest government clinic is 20 kilometers away and seldom used by the Aborigines. 70% of the children have access to education, but parental illiteracy is a serious educational obstacle. The goals of the FPA program are to 1) promote maternal and child health and responsible parenthood, 2) provide health education, 3) encourage women to seek self-determination, and 4) encourage the development of self-reliance in the community as a whole. The first step was to survey the community's culture, beliefs, and health status with the help of the Aborigines Department and the village headman. After a series of preliminary meetings with other agencies, the FPA began to provide activities including health talks, health courses and demonstrations, medical examinations and check-ups, and first aid training. Environmental protection and sanitation measures were included in the educational activities, and following the traditional "mutual aid system," a small plot of land was cleared for vegetable production. Vegetable gardens and needlecraft will become income-producing activities for the women. Attempts to motivate the women to use family planning have been hindered by the fact that the health of 2 women deteriorated after they began using oral contraceptives. Positive changes are occurring slowly and steadily, however, and the FPA has been instrumental in having the settlement included in a program for the hardcore poor which will provide new housing and farming projects.

Matched MeSH terms: Women's Rights*

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