UC San Francisco
For Support Of Research On Abortion Stigma
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Amount$155,800
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Program
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Date Awarded11/16/2011
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Great progress has been made in expanding gay rights in part as a result of individual gay people "coming out" and talking to their close acquaintances about the fact that they are gay. This has reduced stigma and ultimately increased support for gay marriage. It is possible that a similar culture change strategy may be promising with abortion. This grant would enable Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a program of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to test a model for reducing abortion stigma by supporting women in telling their stories about abortion and documenting the impact on speaker and listener. The project will involve a discussion in women's book clubs of a book that includes stories from women who have had abortions, births and miscarriages. Attitudes will be measured before and after the sessions via online surveys, and in-depth interviews of selected participants will be used to evaluate the impact of the project on participants and particularly its impact on abortion stigma and political views about abortion.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
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Address
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco c/o Office of Sponsored Research
490 Illinois Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0000, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
This grant will support the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California at San Francisco, which promotes reproductive health, family planning, and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases through research, evaluation, training, and policy analysis in the United States and globally. The Bixby Center is a leader in bringing together clinical and social science research and disseminating it in forms that reach professional, policy, and lay audiences. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for support of the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program
This grant will support Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a program of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California at San Francisco, to conduct rigorous, multidisciplinary research on complex issues related to people’s sexual and reproductive lives. ANSIRH’s research is designed to be utilized to inform and advance evidence-based policy, practice, and public discourse to improve reproductive well-being. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for support of the post-Roe Turnaway Study project
This grant will support the “end of Roe” study, a longitudinal, observational cohort study examining the consequences of restricting legal abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The study will document the immediate consequences of this decision by determining who was turned away from abortion services after the law change and how their characteristics compare to people who were served just prior to the law change. It will follow a subset of people who are willing to participate in order to learn who was able to get an abortion and who gave birth, and the consequent impact of these pregnancy outcomes on their health, financial well-being, and families. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
