Jamaican mothers' influences of adolescent girls' sexual beliefs and behaviors
| Autor: | M. Katherine Hutchinson, Pansy I. Hamilton, Julie A. Cederbaum, Norman K. Waldron, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Hermi H. Hewitt, Cerese Hepburn Brown, Joyette Aiken, Eulalia Kahwa, Emily Alter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Jamaica Adolescent Sexual Behavior Population Developing country HIV Infections Interpersonal communication Article Developmental psychology Interpersonal relationship Risk-Taking Sexual communication Humans education Maternal Behavior General Nursing Qualitative Research education.field_of_study Child rearing Urban Health Focus Groups Middle Aged Focus group Mother-Child Relations Attitude Socioeconomic Factors Adolescent Behavior Female Psychology Attitude to Health Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. 44(1) |
| ISSN: | 1547-5069 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to identify the ways in which urban Jamaican mothers influence their adolescent daughters' sexual beliefs and behaviors in order to incorporate them into the design of a family-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk reduction intervention program.Focus groups were conducted with 46 14- to 18-year-old adolescent girls and 30 mothers or female guardians of adolescent girls recruited from community-based organizations in and around Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica. Separate focus groups were held with mothers and daughters; each included 6 to 10 participants. Focus group sessions were scripted, led by teams that included trained Jamaican and American facilitators and note-takers, and audio-taped to ensure data accuracy. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.Four major maternal influences were identified: mother-daughter relationship quality, mother-daughter sexual communication, monitoring or supervision, and maternal sexual role modeling. Mothers' and daughters' reports were consistent; both groups identified positive and negative influences within each category.Some maternal influences were positive and health promoting; others were negative and promoted unsafe sexual activity and risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. These influences were incorporated into the design of a culture-specific family-based HIV risk reduction intervention tailored to the needs of urban Jamaican adolescent girls and their mothers.In order to be effective, family-based HIV risk reduction interventions should be theory based and tailored to the target audience. The four maternal influences identified in this formative study were incorporated into the subsequent intervention design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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