Advancing Reproductive Justice to Close the Health Gap: A Call to Action for Social Work
| Autor: | Margaret Mary Downey, Jaih B. Craddock, Emma Carpenter, Gretchen E. Ely, Stephanie Begun, Usra Leedham, Anu Manchikanti Gomez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Social Work Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Grand Challenges for Social Work Reproductive health and childbirth Criminology 03 medical and health sciences Dignity 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Social Justice Reproductive rights Behavioral and Social Science Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Social Change media_common Social movement health equity Oppression 030505 public health Social work Reproductive Rights Prevention Contraception/Reproduction reproductive justice Health Status Disparities Reproductive justice Health equity Call to action Female 0305 other medical science |
| Zdroj: | Social work, vol 65, iss 4 |
| Popis: | Reproductive justice is an intersectional social movement, theory, and praxis well aligned with social work’s mission and values. Yet, advancing reproductive justice—the right to have children, to not have children, to parent with safety and dignity, and to sexual and bodily autonomy—has not been a signature area of scholarship and practice for the field. This article argues that it is critical for social work to advance reproductive justice to truly achieve the grand challenge of closing the health gap. The article starts by discussing the history and tenets of reproductive justice and how it overlaps with social work ethics. The authors then highlight some of the ways by which social workers have been disruptors of and complicit in the oppression of individuals, families, and communities with regard to their reproductive rights and outcomes. The article concludes with a call to action and recommendations for social work to foreground reproductive justice in research, practice, and education efforts by centering marginalized voices while reimagining the field’s pursuit of health equity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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