Physician attitudes and practices related to providing reproductive and sexual health care to women with mobility disabilities

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Physician attitudes and practices related to providing reproductive and sexual health care to women with mobility disabilities Creighton, Zahra; Kuras, Martha; Vincze, Elizabeth

Abstract

Studies show that women with physical disabilities have significant barriers to sexual and reproductive health care. There are several contributing factors to this disparity: health care provider attitudes towards disability and sexuality; health care provider lack of knowledge about sexuality and disability; limited education regarding sexual health and disabilities for health care providers; and inaccessible facilities and equipment. Currently, much of the research on the subject has been based in the United States. Limited research has been done to identify barriers and physician knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality and disability in British Columbia and Canada.

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Title	Physician attitudes and practices related to providing reproductive and sexual health care to women with mobility disabilities
Creator	Creighton, Zahra; Kuras, Martha; Vincze, Elizabeth
Date Issued	2014
Description	Studies show that women with physical disabilities have significant barriers to sexual and reproductive health care. There are several contributing factors to this disparity: health care provider attitudes towards disability and sexuality; health care provider lack of knowledge about sexuality and disability; limited education regarding sexual health and disabilities for health care providers; and inaccessible facilities and equipment. Currently, much of the research on the subject has been based in the United States. Limited research has been done to identify barriers and physician knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality and disability in British Columbia and Canada.
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. NURS 344
Date Available	2014-03-12
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0084625
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46192
Affiliation	Applied Science, Faculty of; Nursing, School of
Campus	UBCV
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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