Are you seeing women who have been forced to get pregnant or continue their pregnancy by their partner?
Reproductive coercion is an under-recognised form of abuse experienced by Australian women and your help is needed to improve care.
The University of Melbourne is undertaking a project exploring GPs’ experiences responding to reproductive coercion. Reproductive coercion refers to a group of behaviours that intend to control a woman with regards to reproduction. Contraceptive sabotage, pregnancy coercion and controlling the outcome of a pregnancy are all forms of reproductive coercion and often occur alongside other forms of abuse in a relationship.
The University of Melbourne is aiming to understand how primary care clinicians identify and respond to this type of abuse. They would like any shared antenatal care GPs, or GPs who can prescribe medical termination of pregnancy medication, to participate in a confidential interview with a member of their team. The interview can be conducted either by telephone or face to face, at a time convenient to your busy schedule. Interviews take approximately 20 minutes and all interview data will be de-identified.
To register your interest in the project, or to gain more information about the project, please contact: [email protected]
Ethics ID:1853440.1