Sudha S, Morrison Sharon, Zhu Limei
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6170, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2007 Mar;28(3):268-84. doi: 10.1080/07399330601180164.
In this article we examine factors associated with women's self-reports of reproductive ill health symptoms and factors associated with seeking and receiving treatment for the symptoms. We focus on indicators of women's societal position, especially empowerment (indicated by experience of and attitudes toward violence against women), autonomy, and education. We used data from the National Family Health Survey-2 from Kerala state in Southern India. Based on our results we suggest that violence against women, whether actually experienced or internalized as acceptance of its justification, is associated with increased ill health symptoms, and the acceptance of violence is associated with decreased chance of treatment. Women's higher formal education appeared to reduce treatment seeking for reproductive ill health, perhaps due to the stigma associated with sexually transmitted disease (STD) in this cultural setting. Women's work participation had no significant impact, nor did indicators of women's economic and personal autonomy.
在本文中，我们研究了与女性生殖健康不良症状自我报告相关的因素，以及与这些症状寻求和接受治疗相关的因素。我们关注女性社会地位的指标，特别是赋权（以对暴力侵害妇女行为的经历和态度为指标）、自主权和教育程度。我们使用了来自印度南部喀拉拉邦的全国家庭健康调查-2的数据。根据我们的研究结果，我们认为，暴力侵害妇女行为，无论是实际经历还是内化并接受其正当性，都与健康不良症状的增加有关，而接受暴力行为则与接受治疗的机会减少有关。女性较高的正规教育似乎会减少对生殖健康不良问题的治疗寻求，这可能是由于在这种文化背景下与性传播疾病（STD）相关的耻辱感所致。女性的工作参与没有显著影响，女性经济和个人自主权指标也没有显著影响。
