Forced Migration and Adolescent Reproductive Health

Description: 

"This article combines findings from a study on reproductive health in three populations along the Thailand-Burma border and research conducted on adolescent pregnancy in camps for Burmese refugees in Thailand. The data show that adolescents in three populations—communities in eastern Burma (isolated rural villages, conflict-affected areas, and internally displaced person (IDP) areas in eastern Burma), migrant communities and refugee camps in Thailand—face difficulties in gaining access to reproductive health information and services. One key reason for gaps in service is community attitudes towards adolescent sexual health and reproduction. The impact of community attitudes on access to care is most striking in refugee camps, where populations may access camp-based clinics for reproductive health services, and arguably face the fewest structural barriers to access (for example, barriers to access that exist as part of one?s external environment, such as security and freedom of movement)..."

Creator/author: 

SU-ANN OH AND MARGARET HOBSTETTER

Source/publisher: 

"Gender Perspectives" (Vol. 3, Issue 2, December 2011) INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES (ISEAS)

Date of Publication: 

2011-12-00

Date of entry: 

2012-02-23

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  • Individual Documents

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Language: 

English

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