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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Adv Nurs. 2024 Jul 5;81(4):2136–2147. doi: 10.1111/jan.16304

Table 2.

Characteristics of Conceptual Frameworks Applicable to the Reproductive Health of Women People with Physical Disabilities

Conceptual framework Source Purpose Constructs included PubMed citations
A Perinatal Health Framework for Women with Physical Disabilities Mitra et al. (2015) To address perinatal health disparities among women with physical disabilities by employing a life-span approach that takes into consideration individual, environmental, and health-care system factors on maternal and infant health outcomes
  • Individual factors

  • Mediating factors

  • Environmental context

  • Short/long-term maternal and child outcomes

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A Conceptual Framework of Reproductive Health in the Context of Physical Disabilities Kalpakjian et al. (2020) To address reproductive health disparities among women with physical disabilities by supporting the development of theoretically-based patient-reported outcome measures
  • Knowledge about reproductive health

  • Communication about reproductive health

  • Self-advocacy & identity

  • Reproductive health environment

  • Relationships

  • Reproductive health issues

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