Lanzarotti, Francesca;
Heren, Laura;
Noori, Savo;
Devkota, Hridaya;
Roll, Kate;
Hillman, Sara;
(2025)
The role of stigma on the pregnancy experiences of women with disabilities in Kathmandu: a qualitative study.
Disability & Society
, 40
(8)
pp. 2077-2101.
10.1080/09687599.2024.2411526.
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Abstract
Stigma impacts women with disabilities during their pregnancy experiences, specifically through its components; societal beliefs, stereotypes, and attitudes. Through an interpretivist approach, this study addressed how stigma’s components impact the pregnancy experiences of women with disabilities in Kathmandu, especially considering recent policy changes on Nepali disability healthcare. Twelve semi-structured interviews [SSIs] with women with physical or visual disabilities were conducted, with a supplementary focus group discussion [FGD] between mothers without disabilities. Through a Thematic Analysis, themes from the SSIs and FGD were identified. Societal beliefs on disability’s genetic inheritance, stereotypes that the women lack independence and the ability to give birth, and healthcare providers’ negative attitudes impacted the women with disabilities’ pregnancy experiences by socially alienating them. However, positive family attitudes and the women’s own self-empowered beliefs may indicate improvements from policy changes and a subsequent reduction of stigma.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The role of stigma on the pregnancy experiences of women with disabilities in Kathmandu: a qualitative study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09687599.2024.2411526 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2024.2411526 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Rehabilitation, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences - Other Topics, Women, disability, stigma, pregnancy, healthcare, Kathmandu, DISABLED WOMEN, HEALTH-CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, NEPAL, LEPROSY, GENDER, LIVES |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Inst for Innovation and Public Purpose UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10213188 |
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