@article{c3238abb9e8a4c2db0665a8b76a4cb44,
title = "Advocacy as a means to an end: Assisting refugee women to take ontrol of their reproductive health needs",
abstract = "Negotiating reproductive rights is particularly complex for resettling migrant women from refugee backgrounds. In our ongoing work with women who have fled from countries in Africa and the Middle East, and have resettled in Australia and New Zealand, subtleties of discrimination and perceptions of human rights discriminations were revealed through the complex interplay between research and advocacy. Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) has therefore been critical in assisting women to identify their needs and negotiate acceptable solutions with health services. This paper presents qualitative and quantitative findings of research with women from refugee backgrounds in Australia (n = 255) and New Zealand (n = 64). The research questions were a combination of community-driven and researcher initiated issues and the projects developed through a continuous iterative process involving feedback from women in the community. We highlight the essential role of advocacy in CBPR and how that can enhance research quality. We argue for the justification of this approach as not only valid and credible but essential in research with these and other communities.",
author = "Guerin, \{Pauline B.\} and Pascale Allotey and Elmi, \{Fatuma Hussein\} and Samio Baho",
note = "Funding Information: 3. This study was funded by a 3-year grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NH\&MRC 990360). Principal investigators were Lenore Manderson and Pascale Allotey. Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the members of the community advisory group of the Australian study, women from the communities who participated in the study and staff of the hospitals and agencies who were open to implementing changes on the basis of the data. They would also like to thank Professor Lenore Manderson for her enduring guidance and support over the duration of the study. The original study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and parts were conducted under a public health research fellowship from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. For the New Zealand study, the authors would like to thank all of the women who participated in the study and Professor Bernard Guerin for helpful comments on drafts of this document and ongoing advice and support for the research. Funding Information: 6. This work was supported by a grant from the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (UOWX0203, Strangers in Town: Enhancing Family and Community in a More Diverse New Zealand Society) and a small grant from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato.",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1300/J013v43n04\_02",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "43",
pages = "7--25",
journal = "Women and Health",
issn = "0363-0242",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "4",
}
