Collection
Disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health services
- Submission status
- Closed
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for progress towards a just and equitable society. SDG 3, “Good health and wellbeing,” and SDG 5, “Gender equality,” each include a target to “ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health services.” While progress has been made towards this target, universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is far from being achieved.
BMC Women’s Health and BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth are launching a new Collection, “Disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health services,” to focus on barriers to universal access to SRH services and possible solutions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, disparities related to race, ethnicity, age, dis/ability, sexual orientation, and geographical and socioeconomic factors. Good practices and case studies highlighting interventions to promote access will be of interest to the global audience.
In addition to baseline disparities in access to SRH care, the Collection is interested in research highlighting how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected these disparities, both positively and negatively.
Articles (24 in this collection)
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Utilizing maternal healthcare services: are female-headed households faring poorly?
Authors
- Subhasree Ghatak
- Meghna Dutta
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 22 April 2024
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 299
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Are populations of postpartum women differentially served by community health worker programs: an observational cohort study from Zanzibar, Tanzania
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Michelle Olakkengil
- Samira Said
- Isabel Fulcher
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 07 March 2024
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 183
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Socioeconomic factors influence surgical wait times for non-emergent gynecologic surgical procedures: a retrospective analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Elizabeth Trevino Kinsey
- Anne Hardart
- Lois Brustman
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 February 2024
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 115
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Programs and practices that support pregnant people who use drugs’ access to sexual and reproductive health care in Canada: a scoping review
Authors
- Holly Mathias
- Lesley Ann Foster
- Ashleigh Rushton
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 22 January 2024
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 72
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Knowledge, practices and barriers to access sexual health of women in the menopausal stages: a cross-sectional study with Brazilian gynecologists
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Amanda Oliveira de Carvalho
- Lucas Barrozo de Andrade
- Lizanka Paola Figueiredo Marinheiro
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 January 2024
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 52
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Global burden of potentially life-threatening maternal conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Fitiwi Tinsae Baykemagn
- Girmatsion Fisseha Abreha
- Alemayehu Bayray Kahsay
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 January 2024
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 11
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence, healthcare utilization, and outcomes of retained placenta among delivery hospitalizations in the United States, 2016–2019
Authors
- Wen Jiang
- Wei Chen
- Dong Li
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 11 November 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 783
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Are pregnancy outcomes affected by the lack of legal status? A demographic study based on 850,288 live births in Switzerland
Authors
- Caterina Montagnoli
- Philippe Wanner
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 05 August 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 567
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Understanding feasibility and acceptability of implementation of linking delivery of family planning and infant vaccination care in rural Maharashtra, India: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Sarah Averbach
- Edwin Elizabeth Thomas
- Nandita Bhan
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 July 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 519
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Gender norms and access to sexual and reproductive health services among women in the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Hajar Ouahid
- Adil Mansouri
- Latifa Adarmouch
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 June 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 407
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Indigenous birth support worker (IBSW) program evaluation: a qualitative analysis of program workers and clients’ perspectives
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mamata Pandey
- Leanne Smith
- JoLee Sasakamoose
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 June 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 367
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An online survey on coping methods for genitourinary syndrome of menopause, including vulvovaginal atrophy, among Japanese women and their satisfaction levels
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Hiroaki Ohta
- Mariko Hatta
- Stefano Salvatore
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 May 2023
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 282
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Disparities by race/ethnicity in unplanned cesarean birth among healthy nulliparas: a secondary analysis of the nuMoM2b dataset
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Nicole S. Carlson
- Madelyn S. Carlson
- Alexis Dunn Amore
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 May 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 342
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Inequity of antenatal influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in Australia: the Links2HealthierBubs record linkage cohort study, 2012–2017
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Lisa McHugh
- Annette K Regan
- Michael J Binks
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 May 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 314
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Indigenous maternal health and health services within Canada: a scoping review
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Meagan Bacciaglia
- Hannah Tait Neufeld
- Kyla Wright
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 May 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 327
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Prevalence and factors associated with sexual and reproductive health services use among reproductive age women with disabilities: a community based cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Bayew Kelkay Rade
- Animut Tagele Tamiru
- Mengstu Melkamu Asaye
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 May 2023
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 215
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Disparities and barriers of health facility delivery following optimal and suboptimal pregnancy care in Nigeria: evidence of home births from cross-sectional surveys
Authors
- Oyewole K. Oyedele
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 25 April 2023
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 194
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Disparities and determinants of maternal health services utilization among women in poverty-stricken rural areas of China: a cross-sectional study
Authors
- Yuxuan Yang
- Min Yu
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 February 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 115
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Where, why and who delivers our babies? Examining the perspectives of women on utilization of antenatal and delivery services in a developing country
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Edmund Ndudi Ossai
- Irene Ifeyinwa Eze
- Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 January 2023
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 1
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Experiences of mothers and significant others in accessing comprehensive healthcare in the first 1000 days of life post-conception during COVID-19 in rural Uganda
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mary-Grace Nakate
- Sean Mackay
- Valerie Fleming
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2022
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 938
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Antenatal care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online cross-sectional survey among Filipino women
Authors
- Glaiza S. de Guzman
- Maria Jesusa B. Banal-Silao
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2022
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Article: 929
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COVID-19 vaccine and menstrual conditions in female: data analysis of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Bing Zhang
- Xiao Yu
- Pengfei Liu
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2022
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 403
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Using implementation science frameworks to translate and adapt a pregnancy app for an emerging Latino community
Authors
- Anabel F. Castillo
- Alexander L. Davis
- Tamar Krishnamurti
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 September 2022
- BMC Women's Health
- Article: 386