Factors Influencing Women's Reproductive Health

Nasrin Zahan

Lecturer of Applied Sociology

ASA University Bangladesh

Title: Factors influencing women’s reproductive health

Abstract: Women in developing countries are often in poor health and overburdened with work; most are anemic, many suffer from malnutrition and parasitism and chronic ill health from lack of personal attaint iron and adequate health care especially during pregnancy and childbirth. Older women and men have distinct reproductive and sexual health issues which are often inadequately addressed. Mainly women’s health status is affected by complex biological, social and cultural factors which are interrelated and can only be addressed in a comprehensive manner. Reproductive health is determined not only by the quality and

Women in the Asia and Pacific Region active in the area of health have adopted a broad approach to women’s health problems and issues. It is recognized that the roots of disease and health hazards are in the social and economic structures of our society and until and unless the socio – economic condition changes, women will continue to suffer. The state of women’s health in the region is generally poor. The actual health status varies from country to country, and within countries, according to class, race, occupation and location of women at different level. The length of life of women as an overall indicator of health, for example, varies enormously. The average Japanese woman now lives to 80 years, almost the same as the life expectancy for Australian women of 79 years. Women of Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Democratic Kampuchea, however,

The factors are economic, demographic, cultural, political, environmental etc. These factors influence everyone’s health. But particularly repercussions for women.

Biological Factors

Although human sexuality has come to many functions in addition to reproduction, its biological basis remains fundamental to the sexual experience. Sexual response involves psychological processing of information, which is influenced by learning, physiological responses and brain mechanisms which link the information processing to the physiological response. Although there is much that is not well understood about this complex sequence, it is understood that individuals vary considerably in their capacity for physical sexual response. This variability can be explained only in part by cultural factors.

Poverty

Poverty of course affects the health of every one, not just woman. Especially very poor people who live at slum area have not enough food or the right kinds of food, no