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The socio-ecology of sexual and reproductive health care use among young urban minority males
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Jan 05 2017
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Source: J Adolesc Health. 60(4):402-410.
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Alternative Title:J Adolesc Health
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Description:Purpose
To explore perceptions of facilitators/barriers to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care use among an urban sample of African American and Hispanic young men aged 15–24, including sexual minorities.
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Focus groups were conducted between April 2013 and May 2014 in one mid-Atlantic U.S. city. Young men aged 15–24 were recruited from 8 community settings to participate in 12 groups. Moderator guide explored facilitators/barriers to SRH care use. A brief pre-group self-administered survey assessed participants’ sociodemographics and SRH information sources. Content analysis was conducted and three investigators independently verified the themes that emerged.
Results
Participants included 70 males: 70% were aged 15–19, 66% African American, 34% Hispanic, 83% heterosexual and 16% gay/bisexual. Results indicated young men’s perceptions of facilitators/barriers to their SRH care use come from multiple levels of their socio-ecology, including cultural, structural, social and personal contexts, and dynamic interrelationships existed across contexts. A healthcare culture focused on women’s health and traditional masculinity scripts provided an overall background. Structural level concerns included cost, long visits, and confidentiality; social level concerns included stigma of being seen by community members and needs regarding healthcare provider interactions; and personal level concerns included self-risk assessments on decisions to seek care and fears/anxieties about STI/HIV testing. Young men also discussed SRH care help-seeking sometimes involved family and/or other social network members and needs related to patient-provider interactions about SRH care.
Conclusions
Study findings provide a foundation for better understanding young men’s SRH care use and considering ways to engage them in care.
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Pubmed ID:28065520
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6083861
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