title: An Implication of Health Sector Reform for Disadvantaged Women's Struggle for Birth Control: A Case of Kurdish Rural-Urban Migrant Women in Van, Turkey.
abstract: In this article, we examine how socioeconomically disadvantaged women are affected by health sector reform and family planning policy changes in Turkey through a case study of Kurdish women's struggles for birth control. In Turkey, a family planning program became relatively marginalized in primary health care services as a result of health sector reform as well as a shift of population policy toward a moderately pronatal approach. We argue that an emerging health care system would leave disadvantaged women unable to benefit from contraceptives and would perpetuate reproductive health inequalities between women in the country.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Sociology , Ondokuz Mayis University , Samsun , Turkey.
authors.forename: Miki Suzuki
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Him
authors.forename: Ayşe Gündüz
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Hoşgör
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014421:Turkey; D014505:Urban Population; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D014933:Women's Rights; D055815:Young Adult