Building a transformative agenda for accountability in SRHR: lessons learned from SRHR and accountability literatures

V Boydell, M Schaaf, A George… - Sexual and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Global strategies and commitments for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
underscore the need to strengthen rights-based accountability processes. Yet there are gaps …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing social accountability for contraceptive services: lessons from Uganda

V Boydell, N Nulu, K Hardee, J Gay - BMC Women's Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Growing evidence shows that social accountability contributes to improving health
care services, with much promise for addressing women’s barriers in contraceptive care. …

[HTML][HTML] Studying social accountability in the context of health system strengthening: innovations and considerations for future work

V Boydell, H McMullen, J Cordero, P Steyn… - Health research policy …, 2019 - Springer
There is a growing body of research on the role of social accountability in bringing about
more accessible and better-quality healthcare. Here, we refer to social accountability as “…

[HTML][HTML] Accountability strategies for sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights in humanitarian settings: a scoping review

M Schaaf, V Boydell, MC Sheff, C Kay, F Torabi… - Conflict and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Many of the 35 million women and girls aged 15–49 requiring humanitarian
assistance have inadequate access to the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to …

A rapid review of sexual pleasure in first sexual experience (s)

V Boydell, KQ Wright, RD Smith - The Journal of Sex Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
While researchers have thoroughly studied the who, what, and when of first sexual experiences,
we know much less about how people construct, experience, and proceed (or not) with …

Getting Intentional about Intention to Use: A Scoping Review of Person‐Centered Measures of Demand

V Boydell, C Galavotti - Studies in Family Planning, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, there has been much reflection on the measures used to assess and monitor
contraceptive programming outcomes. The meaning and measurement of intention‐to‐use (…

Unmasking power as foundational to research on sexual and reproductive health and rights

…, A George, A Amin, S Downe, V Boydell… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Relations of power are intrinsic to the social determinants of sexual and reproductive health
(SRH); they influence the content, quality and outcomes of SRH care; and they shape the …

[HTML][HTML] Accountability for SRHR in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

M Schaaf, V Boydell, S Van Belle… - Sexual and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Governments and international organisations are focused on COVID-19 crisis
decision-making. As a result, global and national health governance contexts are changing …

Social accountability: What are the lessons for improving family planning and reproductive health programs?

V Boydell, J Keesbury - 2014 - knowledgecommons.popcouncil.org
The concept of accountability is increasingly important in the family planning (FP) and
reproductive health (RH) field. While much recent discussion has focused on developing global or …

A summative content analysis of how programmes to improve the right to sexual and reproductive health address power

M Schaaf, V Boydell, SM Topp, A Iyer, G Sen… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Power shapes all aspects of global health. The concept of power is not only
useful in understanding the current situation, but it is also regularly mobilised in programmatic …