About this Research Topic
Reproductive health affects everyone and yet we see massive disparities in engagement, outcomes and access to care. With this Research Topic, we aim to provide a platform for some of the most important inequity issues across the reproductive health field, including gender, ethnicity and social determinants, but we also aim to highlight field-specific challenges and research in each of our specialties. We welcome quantitative and qualitative research as part of this Topic, alongside perspective pieces and case studies.
In HIV and STIs we highlight, but are not limited to, the below challenges:
• The inclusion of pregnant women in studies
• Research from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
• Women of color have the worst reproductive health outcomes, this needs to be addressed within research
• Identifying, measuring and address disparities in order to achieve effective coverage in HIV/STI programs
• Meeting the unmet broader health needs of adolescent girls and young women
• Low rates of diagnostic skills and implementation on the part of practitioners
• Women in sub-Sahara Africa remain disadvantaged in the provision of SRH services.
• STI management is syndromic and this means that STI are not accurately diagnosed nor correctly managed. This needs to be addressed
• Gender inequality
• The lack of education on reproductive health for boys and girls at their early age
• Resource mobilization for this cause
• Publication from a diverse group of investigators and settings
• Access to prevention technologies for LMICs (pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, vaccines, diagnostics)
• Inequitable access, quality and utilization of service for key populations
• Social drivers of inequities and disparities in society.
• HIV and STI among Sex workers in LMICs
• Discrimination among People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in LMICs
• Disability inclusion programmes/policies for PLWHA – inclusion of people with disabilities in studies
• Meeting the unmet broader health needs of adolescent girls and young women – menstrual health needs, Menstrual health needs of women in the workplace?
• Women’s sexual autonomy – key in prevention of HIV and STIs
• Availability of digital health tools or mobile application for seeking of support among PLWHA
• HIV testing and counselling services in LMICs
In HIV and STIs we highlight, but are not limited to, the below challenges:
• The inclusion of pregnant women in studies
• Research from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
• Women of color have the worst reproductive health outcomes, this needs to be addressed within research
• Identifying, measuring and address disparities in order to achieve effective coverage in HIV/STI programs
• Meeting the unmet broader health needs of adolescent girls and young women
• Low rates of diagnostic skills and implementation on the part of practitioners
• Women in sub-Sahara Africa remain disadvantaged in the provision of SRH services.
• STI management is syndromic and this means that STI are not accurately diagnosed nor correctly managed. This needs to be addressed
• Gender inequality
• The lack of education on reproductive health for boys and girls at their early age
• Resource mobilization for this cause
• Publication from a diverse group of investigators and settings
• Access to prevention technologies for LMICs (pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, vaccines, diagnostics)
• Inequitable access, quality and utilization of service for key populations
• Social drivers of inequities and disparities in society.
• HIV and STI among Sex workers in LMICs
• Discrimination among People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in LMICs
• Disability inclusion programmes/policies for PLWHA – inclusion of people with disabilities in studies
• Meeting the unmet broader health needs of adolescent girls and young women – menstrual health needs, Menstrual health needs of women in the workplace?
• Women’s sexual autonomy – key in prevention of HIV and STIs
• Availability of digital health tools or mobile application for seeking of support among PLWHA
• HIV testing and counselling services in LMICs
Keywords: Inequities, disparities, HIV, STIs, access to care, reproductive health, gender, ethnicity, social determinants
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