ERIC Number: EJ1351941
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-1981
EISSN: EISSN-1552-6127
"Post-'Roe'" Abortion Policy Context Heightens the Imperative for Multilevel, Comprehensive, Integrated Health Education
Rice, Whitney S.; Narasimhan, Subasri; Newton-Levinson, Anna; Pringle, Johanna; Redd, Sara K.; Evans, Dabney P.
Health Education & Behavior, v49 n6 p913-918 Dec 2022
The exceptionalism of abortion in public health education, due to social stigma, politicization, and lack of training, contributes to misinformation, policies unjustified by rigorous science, lack of access to person-centered health care, and systemic pregnancy-related inequities. Now that abortion access has vanished for large portions of the United States, following the Supreme Court decision in "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" ("JWHO"), health educators must work to eliminate abortion-related silos, destigmatize abortion education, and bring comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and evidence to the many audiences that will require it. We discuss consequences of abortion exceptionalism in health education for the public, health care providers, pregnant people, and health professionals in training--and opportunities to better and more accessibly provide sexual and reproductive health education to these audiences.
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Social Bias, Political Issues, Health Education, Misconceptions, Public Policy, Access to Health Care, Court Litigation, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Knowledge Level, Training
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH)
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