Unmasking power as foundational to research on sexual and reproductive health and rights
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### Summary box Relations of power are intrinsic to the social determinants sexual and reproductive health (SRH); they influence content, quality outcomes SRH care; shape negotiation realisation rights (SRHR) more broadly. Power dynamics pervade how SRHR is understood, studied acted on, in ways that distinct from other issues.1 For example, deeply held personal beliefs about women’s sexuality childbearing, cultural mores regarding adolescent state goals related fertility all mark as a sphere with contested dynamics. Unmasking central element research therefore crucial developing agenda can produce …
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Global Health
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2059-7908']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005482