title: Understanding the Effects of Mental Health on Reproductive Health Service Use: A Mixed Methods Approach.
abstract: Appropriate and woman-led health care for displaced women is essential to respecting basic human rights. In this article, we describe the results of an analysis of the association between mental health and reproductive health service use from a sample of Congolese refugee women residing in short- and long-term camps in Rwanda, with a post-hoc qualitative potion added to expand upon the data-based results. Our findings suggest that structural factors including health policy initiatives affect or even inhibit individual care choices.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Sue Anne
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Jody
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lori
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Redman
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , School of Nursing; and Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008603:Mental Health; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D034121:Reproductive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012432:Rwanda; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health