Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. You do not have permission under this licence to share adapted material derived from this article or parts of it. The need to advance the sexual and reproductive health SRH and rights of women with a disability is becoming more widely recognized. Regrettably, in low- and middle-income settings like Ethiopia, several barriers impede women with a disability WWDs from receiving SRH services and care.
This study aims to explore barriers and enablers for women with a disability to access sexual and reproductive health services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted among the purposively selected reproductive age 18β49 group of WWDs living in Addis Ababa who were members of the Ethiopian National Association of Persons with physical disabilities and the Ethiopian National Association for Blind.
Ten in-depth interviews, and 2 focus group discussions, were conducted using an interview guide. The analysis involved the use of both a priori codes from the theory and emergent inductive codes from the question guide. In this study, several barriers were identified as keeping participants from accessing SRH services, such as unfavorable community views, organizational barriers in health facilities [HFs], financial limitations, transportation problems, and a lack of knowledge about the SRH programs that are available.
The study reveals that financial problems brought on by inadequate health insurance coverage, economic hardship, the expense of transportation to the health facility, and the lack of preferential treatment at the health facility are some of the hurdles that WWDs face while accessing SRH services and care.
