Hatherall, B, Newell, JN, Emmel, N orcid.org/0000-0002-2154-5814 et al. (2 more authors) (2019) “Who Will Marry a Diseased Girl?” Marriage, Gender, and Tuberculosis Stigma in Asia. Qualitative Health Research, 29 (8). pp. 1109-1119. ISSN 1049-7323
Abstract
In a qualitative study on the stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB), involving 73 interviews and eight focus groups conducted in five sites across three countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan), participants spoke of TB’s negative impact on the marriage prospects of women in particular. Combining the approach to discovering grounded theory with a conceptualization of causality based on a realist ontology, we developed a theory to explain the relationships between TB, gender, and marriage. The mechanism at the heart of the theory is TB’s disruptiveness to the gendered roles of wife (or daughter-in-law) and mother. It is this disruptiveness that gives legitimacy to the rejection of marriage to a woman with TB. Whether or not this mechanism results in a negative impact of TB on marriage prospects depends on a range of contextual factors, providing opportunities for interventions and policies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Tuberculosis, stigma, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, qualitative research, grounded theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC ES/E01304X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2018 16:45 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2019 17:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1049732318812427 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:138769 |