Reproductive Health Care Through the Eyes of Latina Women: Insights for Providers

Caal, Selma; Guzman, Lina; Renteria, Rose Ann; Manlove, Jennifer; Garcia, Kaylor; Rodrigues, Katherine; Wildsmith, Elizabeth

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“…These findings can be used to further inform sexual health prevention programs targeting Mexican adolescents (Guilamo-Ramos et al, 2007). This is important as Latinx adolescents have high rates of unplanned pregnancies and STIs (Caal et al, 2012). Leveraging family and cultural factors to promote positive sexual health will be important for future research and intervention.…”

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“…Lastly, the findings from the present study have implications for understanding how differential experiences and socialization by sex play a role in sexual health. For example, findings may inform health care providers on how to talk with Latinas about their sexual health, given the social barriers, Latinas may face related to topics about sex (Caal et al, 2012; Wilkinson-Lee et al, 2006). This may be difficult to achieve given the strict cultural attitudes toward more traditional Latinx families may have toward talking about sex, especially with their daughters (Wilkinson-Lee et al, 2006).…”

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“…CULTURAL VALUES, MONITORING, AND SEXUAL BEHAVIORS lived experiences (e.g., nativity, length of time in the United States/ Mexico, acculturation) will continue to provide insight to reduce risky sexual behaviors and promote positive sexual health. These findings can used to further inform sexual health prevention programs targeting Mexican adolescents (Guilamo-Ramos et al, This is important as Latinx adolescents have high rates of unplanned pregnancies and STIs (Caal et al, 2012). Leveraging family and cultural factors to promote positive sexual health will be important for future research and intervention.…”

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“…Other studies with U.S. high school students reported that among Latinx students, those who reported engaging in sexual intercourse ranged from 23% (Ma et al, 2014) to 41.1% (Kann et al, 2018). Although sexual behaviors are considered normative (Espinosa-Hernández et al, 2016; Lefkowitz et al, 2016) for Mexican youth living in Mexico and Mexican youth in the United States who were both born in Mexico and born in the United States, existing research also indicates that engaging in sexual behaviors during this developmental period increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies (Caal et al, 2012; Centers for Disease and Prevention, 2016). Thus, in order to reduce risky sexual behaviors, it is important to understand the underlying familial and cultural processes for Latinx adolescents, particularly adolescents living in Mexico, who have received less attention in this area of research.…”

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Processes underlying Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions: Examining the roles of familial cultural values and parental monitoring.

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives: The study examined the associations between familial cultural values of familismo (familism) and respeto (respect), parental monitoring, and Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors. Method: The sample consisted of 1,024 Mexican adolescents (12–18 years) from two urban schools in Puebla, Mexico. Results: Findings indicated that respeto was associated with paternal and maternal monitoring, sexual responsibility, sexual intention, and sexual behavior. Further, through indirect effects, among males, respeto was associated with paternal monitoring, which was, in turn, associated with sexual intentions. Conclusions: Findings highlight the relevance of caregivers and cultural values in Mexican adolescents’ sexual health.

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Exploring experiences and expectations of prenatal health care and genetic counseling/testing in immigrant Latinas

Garza

Hodges‐Delgado

Hoskovec

et al. 2020

Journal of Genetic Counseling

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As the Latino population of the United States continues to increase, the specific needs of Latinos in genetic counseling continue to be unmet. Using culturally tailored genetic counseling responsive to the needs of the patient can assist in building rapport in genetic counseling sessions. We aimed to investigate the relationship between acculturation, prenatal care, genetic testing experiences, and expectations for prenatal care in an immigrant Latino population. A total of 20 Spanish‐speaking, pregnant Latinas from various Latin American countries were interviewed after completing a prenatal genetic counseling session. The semi‐structured phone interview included questions about the participants’ experiences with genetic counseling/testing, prenatal health care in their home country, their current prenatal care in the United States, and information they felt to be important to know during their pregnancy. Although this study showed no statistically significant associations between acculturation, prenatal care, and genetic counseling/testing experiences, six significant content domains were identified as relevant to the participants. Overall, we found that immigrant Latinas desire to know prenatal risk information to help them prepare, relieve guilt, and help make screening/testing/family planning decisions. These Latinas reported the genetic counselor provided confidence, a sense of autonomy, and empowerment, for them to make their own decisions regarding prenatal screening/testing. The participants also spoke about stressors unique to the immigrant population, most notably being away from their older children and other family members. Identifying relevant factors about the lived experience of this population can help genetic counselors better address possible needs, feelings of guilt, and/or isolation and identifying women who could benefit from group‐based prenatal care, support groups, or referrals to social work.

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Reproductive Health Care Through the Eyes of Latina Women: Insights for Providers

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Processes underlying Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions: Examining the roles of familial cultural values and parental monitoring.

Processes underlying Mexican adolescents’ sexual behaviors and intentions: Examining the roles of familial cultural values and parental monitoring.

Exploring experiences and expectations of prenatal health care and genetic counseling/testing in immigrant Latinas

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