Female Condom Use in Bourgogne Franche-Comté: Contraception and Protection
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Thesis project exploring the use of female condoms in Bourgogne Franche-Comté, focusing on contraception, protection, and women's autonomy in health security.
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[...] What is the involvement of prescribers? Who are they on the territory and what promotion do they make? Who is the origin of the purchase process? Of the provision? As many questions that, in the phase of research problematization, will lead to others and allow to refine the doctoral study. Recent works by sociologists on French sexuality show how gendered sexual representations have evolved and how they have impacted the approach to contraception, whether it is an individual or couple decision. [...]
[...] Female Contraception: Low Use of the Female Condom - Thesis Project 1. Research Problem and Context The proposed thesis work will focus on the use of the female condom in the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region with a target population of women aged between 20 and 45 years residing in the regional territory. The initial idea stems from an observation1 of a low diffusion and use of the female condom in France. Since 2023, within the framework of the interministerial plan for gender equality 2023-2027, public health measures have been taken and have made contraception methods free for young people under 25 years old. [...]
[...] What are the main factors that can explain this reluctance to use a contraception that protects women from STIs? In what way can access to the female condom be considered an emancipatory act in sanitary protection? The goal is also to be interested in the evolution in access and especially the use of this form of female contraception and what it teaches us about women and their relationship to sexuality in a world that is evolving and where gendered norms of domination are still very entrenched. [...]
[...] By end of June-beginning of July: submission of the first part for review and correction. 2026-2027 October: submission of the second part for review and correction. January: submission of the third part for review and correction. May 2026: final submission for review and validation before scheduling the defense. September-October 2027: thesis defense. [...]
[...] 2024-2025 September to December 2024: state of the issue, readings and contacts in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (family planning, prescribers, women using contraception). First hypotheses, provisional problematisation. Sampling of the future respondents. Realisation of the interview and observation guides. January to May 2025: planning, realization and transcription of the interviews. June to September: analysis of interview data 2025-2026 September to December 2025: Additional interview phase based on preliminary results and parallel analysis of data if necessary for adjustments. Re-evaluation of the interview guides and initial hypotheses based on what precedes. [...]
