在无家可归的情况下月经:导航产品,空间和服务的访问
Andrea L DeMaria1, Rebecca Martinez2, Emily Otten3
1Department of Public Health, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. ademaria@purdue.edu.
BMC public health
|March 28, 2024
概括
无家可归者 (PEH) 面临着严重的月经健康挑战,原因是无法获得月经产品和服务. 随着COVID-19大流行,这些问题变得更加严重,突出了PEH之间支持和政策的关键差距.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在美国,无家可归者 (PEH) 面临着重大的月经健康挑战.
- 获得月经产品的限制,增加的耻辱和妇科问题加剧了PEH的困难.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,这些困难变得更加严重.
研究的目的:
- 探索PEH和服务提供商关于月经管理的经验.
- 确定PEH的月经健康服务的障碍和促进者.
- 为改善月经公平提供政策和计划制定信息.
主要方法:
- 在印第安纳州拉法耶特,对PEH (n=12) 和医疗保健/社会服务提供商 (n=12) 进行了半结构化的定性访谈.
- 使用专题分析来解释数据.
- 专注于理解社区环境中的生活经验.
主要成果:
- PEH面临着对基本产品,服务和月经管理安全空间的限制.
- 医疗保健系统的复杂性,耻辱和缺乏安全空间造成了重大障碍.
- 由于COVID-19大流行,公共空间关闭和资源紧张加剧了挑战.
结论:
- 在美国为PEH提供月经健康资源方面存在关键的组织和政策差距.
- 更好地将月经健康纳入福利计划是必不可少的.
- 解决这些差异对于生殖和公共健康至关重要,特别是对于像PEH这样的弱势群体.
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