A Framework for Incorporating a Disability Lens in Women’s Reproductive Health Research and Practice for Healthy Life Trajectories
We present a framework developed through disability and reproductive health expert consensus to guide the adaptation of interventions for healthy life trajectories to meet the needs of women with disabilities. We conducted a scoping review of support available for women with disabilities, in-depth interviews with experts from the disability and reproductive health sectors, and a group consensus-building process for framework development with expert participants from the disability and reproductive health sectors. Findings identified challenges to disability-inclusive care in reproductive health services. Recommendations include tailored actions to specific stakeholders within their scope of practice to work toward disability-inclusive health care for persons with disabilities.
Authors
- Hilary K. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8690-5841)
- Daniella Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6353-7495)
- Kumar Gavali Suryanarayana
- Catherine Elizabeth Draper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2885-437X)
- Jean-Patrice Baillargeon Baillargeon
- Mark T. Carew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1377-2910)
- Stephen J. Lye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3305-4406)
- Michelle Pentecost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8647-6533)
- Sara Rotenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6164-8877)
- Shane Anthony Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3788)
- Callista Kahonde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3902-4213)
- Tracey Smythe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-7362)
- Kalyanaraman Kumaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6107-8608)
- Neusa Fernanda Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7568-9971)
- M. Khare
- Caitlin Victoria Gardiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7867-4051)
- WD Fraser
- Lerato Mohlomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2532-2782)
- Zohra S. Lassi
- Jianxia Fan
- Noreth Muller-Kluits
- Tsakani Hlungwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-4439)
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (CA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Aga Khan Development Network (PK)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CA)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Vivekananda Memorial Hospital (IN)
- International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital (CN)
- Swami Vivekanand College of Pharmacy (IN)
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital (IN)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Women s Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2025.2585459
- Primary Topic
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- South African Medical Research Council
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council