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- Title
Emotional Health Work of Women With Female Genital Cutting Prior to Reproductive Health Care Encounters.
- Authors
Jacobson, Danielle; Grace, Daniel; Boddy, Janice; Einstein, Gillian
- Abstract
We used institutional ethnography to explore the social relations that shaped the reproductive health care experiences of women with female genital cutting. Interviews with eight women revealed that they engaged in discourse that opposed the practices of cutting female genitals as a human-rights violation. This discourse worked to protect those affected by the practices, but also stigmatized female genital cutting, making participants anticipate experiencing stigmatization during health care. Women's engagement in this discourse shaped their emotional health work to prepare for such encounters. This work included navigating feelings of worry, shame, and courage to understand what to expect during their own appointment; learning from family/friends' experiences; and seeking a clinic with the reputation of best care for women with female genital cutting. It is important to strive for more inclusive health care in which women do not have to engage in emotional health work to prepare for their clinical encounters.
- Subjects
MINORITIES; FEMALE genital mutilation; RESEARCH methodology; INTERVIEWING; CULTURAL competence; RESEARCH funding; EMOTIONS; DATA analysis software; ETHNOLOGY; WOMEN'S health; HEALTH promotion; REPRODUCTIVE health
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 1, p108
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10497323211049225