Communities in which adolescent pregnancy and safe abortion care are taboo may benefit from culturally appropriate information, education, and communication. The Community Engagement team led by Saw San Soe and Ladda Kajeechiwa used participatory-action to get community members’ perceptions to adolescent pregnancy, contraception, and choice in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. The information gathered informed development of dialogue-drama presented in Burmese and Karen for undocumented migrants on the Thailand-Myanmar border. The dialogue-drama augmented discussion of traditionally taboo issues. This ethnographic method is potentially useful for similar global health settings.
Dialogue drama on adolescent pregnancy in a marginalised migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border
20 November 2024
A participatory-action approach involving community members and adolescents resulted in a dialogue-drama on adolescent pregnancy, contraception, and choice in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. The dialogue-drama augmented discussion of traditionally taboo issues and this ethnographic method is potentially useful for similar global health settings.