Migrants in Swedish sexual and reproductive health and rights related policies: a critical discourse analysis.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown that migrants in Sweden are disadvantaged in terms of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). SRHR policies might play a crucial role in shaping migrants' SRHR outcomes. The purpose of the study was to critically examine: a) how migrants were represented in the discourses embedded within Swedish SRHR-related policies, and b) how migrants' SRHR-related issues were framed and addressed within these discourses. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) was used to analyze a total of 54 policy documents. Following Jäger's approach to CDA, discourse strands and entanglements between different discourse strands were examined. Our findings consisted of three discourse strands: 1) "Emphasizing vulnerability", 2) "Constructing otherness", and 3) "Prioritizing the struc

SUBMITTER: Amroussia N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446749 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature