"Nobody told me nothin": Communication about menstruation among low-income African American women
"Nobody told me nothin": Communication about menstruation among low-income African American women
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DOI：
10.1300/j013v46n01_05
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
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影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Koch, Patricia Barthalow
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作者：
Cooper, Spring Chenoa;Koch, Patricia Barthalow
本研究的目的是探讨低收入非裔美国女性关于月经的沟通，以及这种沟通对她们对一生中将发生的月经事件的理解和态度的影响。这一点尤其重要，因为在美国，少数族裔妇女比多数族裔妇女面临更大的月经问题。本研究采用扎根理论设计。来自公共住房项目的 17 名非裔美国妇女接受了采访。定性数据中出现的核心主题是在女性一生中回避或负面讨论月经事件。这些妇女从学校、母亲和其他妇女那里获得的月经知识来源很少，而且也非常有限。这导致人们对月经、更年期以及与月经相关的健康状况产生混乱、不准确的认识和消极态度。虽然这些女性希望有更好的沟通，但她们在月经前后回避和消极讨论的历史可能会继续使她们很难在未来与他人进行积极和信息丰富的讨论，除非发生某种类型的教育干预。
The purpose of this study was to explore Communication about, menstruation among low-income African American women and the impact of this communication on their understanding of and attitudes toward the menstrual events that will occur throughout their lives. This is of particular importance since minority women disproportionately face greater menstrual problems than those experienced by majority women in the United States. A grounded theory design was used for this study. Seventeen African American women from a public housing project were interviewed. The core theme that emerged from the qualitative data was the avoidance or negative discussion of menstrual events throughout the women's lives. The women had few sources of and very limited menstrual learning from school, their mothers, and other women. This led to confusion and inaccurate beliefs about and negative attitudes toward menstruation, menopause, and menstrual-related health conditions. While these women desired to have better communication, their history of avoidance of and negative discussions Surrounding menstruation will likely continue to make it difficult for them to have positive and informative discussions with others in the future unless some type of educational intervention occurs.