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Grounded Theory : A Methodology Choice to Investigating Labia Minora Elongation Among Zambians in South Africa
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- Perez, Guillermo Martinez (author)
- Univ Zaragoza, Fac Hlth Sci, Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Mubanga, Mwenya (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Molekylär epidemiologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- Aznar, Concepcion Tomas (author)
- Univ Zaragoza, Fac Hlth Sci, Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Bagnol, Brigitte (author)
- Univ Witwatersrand, Dept Anthropol, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Univ Zaragoza, Fac Hlth Sci, Zaragoza, Spain Molekylär epidemiologi (creator_code:org_t)
- 2015-11-22
- 2015
- English.
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In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods. - : SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. - 1609-4069. ; 14:4
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Abstract
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- A study on how Zambian migrants living in Cape Town perceive and experience the implications of labial elongation on women's health was conducted. Labia minora elongation (LME) is a genital modification that some women in east and southern Africa practice. This tradition is not common in Western Cape province (southwestern part of South Africa). The aim of this article is to discuss the methodological choices made in the design and conduct of this study, in which a White European male interviewed the female study participants on the health implications of a practice that is considered a woman's private issue. Constructivist grounded theory informed by a feminist perspective was chosen as the most suitable methodological approach to enable cogeneration of knowledge with the female participants. The methods and tools used by the lead investigator facilitated access to the participants' emic views. Grounded theory methodology holds the potential to be an appropriate methodological approach for researchers who seek to erode the power imbalances influencing research processes that aim to explore the associated meanings and health implications of female genital modifications, such as LME, as narrated by the women who practice them.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Africa
- sub-Saharan
- grounded theory
- interviews
- research
- qualitative
- women's issues
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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