Practicing of Women Reproductive Health Rights: A Road Map for HIV Prevention


Authors

  • Kanwal Asghar Department of Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
  • Ashfaq Ahmad Maann Department of Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
  • Muhammad Iqbal Zafar Department of Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
  • Tanvir Ali Directorate of Counting Education and Agriculture Extension, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2010.250.254

Keywords:

Reproductive health, reproductive health rights, reproductive health security

Abstract

Denying of reproductive health rights encompasses the problems of HIV and STDs/STIs, unintended pregnancy and abortion and infertility. The present study was designed to identify vulnerability (towards HIV/AIDS) and violence against women due to lack of knowledge at reproductive health rights. It was found that those married women who were agreed that HIV/AIDS and STD/STIs are preventable had ‘highly consistent’ attitude towards the RHR practice. Similarly, statistically highly significant positive relationship was observed from the correlation coefficient Somers’d (p<0.0001) between the perception of married women about the RH-Security and their attitude towards the practices of RHR. It was suggested that in addition to the information that HIV/AIDS and STD/STIs are preventable diseases married women must have information and knowledge about the preventive measures. Only then they can insist for the adoption of any RH-Service to her partner or spouse.

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Published

15.02.2010

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

Asghar, K., Maann, A. A., Zafar, M. I., & Ali, T. (2010). Practicing of Women Reproductive Health Rights: A Road Map for HIV Prevention. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 9(3), 250–254. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2010.250.254