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Culture, Health & Sexuality
An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care
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Social scripts and stark realities: Kenyan adolescents' abortion discourse

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Pages 515-528 | Published online: 19 Feb 2007

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Alicia Mills. (2023) 'It's no problem!': perspectives on inclusion, parenting girls and education. Comparative Education 59:2, pages 214-238.
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Shelly Makleff, Rebecca Wilkins, Hadassah Wachsmann, Deepesh Gupta, Muthoni Wachira, Wilson Bunde, Usha Radhakrishnan, Beniamino Cislaghi & Sarah E Baum. (2019) Exploring stigma and social norms in women’s abortion experiences and their expectations of care. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 27:3, pages 50-64.
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Heather M Marlow, Sylvia Wamugi, Erick Yegon, Tamara Fetters, Leah Wanaswa & Sinikiwe Msipa-Ndebele. (2014) Women’s perceptions about abortion in their communities: perspectives from western Kenya. Reproductive Health Matters 22:43, pages 149-158.
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ChimaraokeO. Izugbara, Rhoune Ochako & Chibuogwu Izugbara. (2011) Gender scripts and unwanted pregnancy among urban Kenyan women. Culture, Health & Sexuality 13:9, pages 1031-1045.
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ChimaraokeO. Izugbara, KennedyJ. Otsola & Alex Chika Ezeh. (2009) Men, Women, and Abortion in Central Kenya: A Study of Lay Narratives. Medical Anthropology 28:4, pages 397-425.
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Suzanne Belton, Andrea Whittaker, Zulmira Fonseca, Tanya Wells-Brown & Patricia Pais. (2009) Attitudes towards the legal context of unsafe abortion in Timor-Leste. Reproductive Health Matters 17:34, pages 55-64.
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S. J. Y. Teoh, P. K. Low & J. E. Ramsay. (2023) In Search of Safe Spaces: An Exploratory Study of the Anticipated Help-Seeking Needs and Preferences of Protestant Christian Women in Singapore with Respect to a Hypothetical Abortion Scenario. Journal of Religion and Health 62:2, pages 819-838.
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Hanna Chidwick, Andrea Baumann, Patricia Ogba, Laura Banfield & Deborah D. DiLiberto. (2022) Exploring adolescent engagement in sexual and reproductive health research in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda: A scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health 2:10, pages e0000208.
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Clémentine Rossier, Angela Marchin, Caron Kim & Bela Ganatra. (2021) Disclosure to social network members among abortion-seeking women in low- and middle-income countries with restrictive access: a systematic review. Reproductive Health 18:1.
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Olujide Arije, Temitope Ojo, Rachel Titus, Oluwatoyin Alaba, Abiodun Adegbenro, Fatou Jah, Scott Connolly & Adedeji Onayade. (2020) Young people’s perceptions about abortion in Southwest Nigeria: Findings from formative audience research. AAS Open Research 3, pages 2.
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Carolien J. Aantjes, Andrew Gilmoor, Elena V. Syurina & Tamaryn L. Crankshaw. (2018) The status of provision of post abortion care services for women and girls in Eastern and Southern Africa: a systematic review. Contraception 98:2, pages 77-88.
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Ruvani T. Jayaweera, Felistah Mbithe Ngui, Kelli Stidham Hall & Caitlin Gerdts. (2018) Women’s experiences with unplanned pregnancy and abortion in Kenya: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 13:1, pages e0191412.
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Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Carolyne P. Egesa, Caroline W. Kabiru & Estelle M. Sidze. (2017) Providers, Unmarried Young Women, and Post-Abortion Care in Kenya. Studies in Family Planning 48:4, pages 343-358.
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Amelia S. Knopf, Kim R. McNealy, Halima Al-Khattab, Lisa Carter-Harris, Ukamaka Marian Oruche, Violet Naanyu & Claire Burke Draucker. (2017) Sexual learning among East African adolescents in the context of generalized HIV epidemics: A systematic qualitative meta-synthesis. PLOS ONE 12:3, pages e0173225.
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Michael M. Mutua, Beatrice W. Maina, Thomas O. Achia & Chimaraoke O. Izugbara. (2015) Factors associated with delays in seeking post abortion care among women in Kenya. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 15:1.
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Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Carolyne Egesa & Rispah Okelo. (2015) ‘High profile health facilities can add to your trouble’: Women, stigma and un/safe abortion in Kenya. Social Science & Medicine 141, pages 9-18.
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Tonye Telema Wokoma, Malathi Jampala, Helen Bexhell, Kate A Guthrie & Stephen W Lindow. (2015) Reasons provided for requesting a termination of pregnancy in the UK. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 41:3, pages 186-192.
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Annabelle Gourlay, Gerry Mshana, Isolde Birdthistle, Grace Bulugu, Basia Zaba & Mark Urassa. (2014) Using vignettes in qualitative research to explore barriers and facilitating factors to the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services in rural Tanzania: a critical analysis. BMC Medical Research Methodology 14:1.
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Michelle J. Hindin. (2013) Adolescent Childbearing and Women’s Attitudes Towards Wife Beating in 25 Sub-Saharan African Countries. Maternal and Child Health Journal 18:6, pages 1488-1495.
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Maggie Kirkman, Heather Rowe, Annarella Hardiman, Shelley Mallett & Doreen Rosenthal. (2009) Reasons women give for abortion: a review of the literature. Archives of Women's Mental Health 12:6, pages 365-378.
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Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Ellen M.H. Mitchell, Tilda Farhat & Phil Bardsley. (2008) Effectiveness of web-based education on Kenyan and Brazilian adolescents' knowledge about HIV/AIDS, abortion law, and emergency contraception: Findings from TeenWeb. Social Science & Medicine 67:4, pages 628-637.
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Chimaraoke Otutubikey Izugbara. (2007) Home-Based Sexuality Education. Youth & Society 39:4, pages 575-600.
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