Reproductive Health of Urban Adolescents: Differences in the Behaviors, Cognitions, and Social Context of African-American and Puerto Rican Females
Reproductive Health of Urban Adolescents: Differences in the Behaviors, Cognitions, and Social Context of African-American and Puerto Rican Females
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城市青少年的生殖健康：非裔美国人和波多黎各女性的行为、认知和社会背景的差异
DOI：
10.1007/s10964-006-9084-z
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
J. Ickovics
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作者：
S. Milan;K. Ethier;Jessica B Lewis;T. Kershaw;L. Niccolai;J. Ickovics
虽然青少年生殖健康存在族裔和种族差异，但很少有研究探讨不同少数群体成员之间的差异。本文介绍了生殖健康行为，认知和社会背景的措施之间的差异非洲裔美国人（n=170）和波多黎各（n=150）的青春期女性生活在同一社区。在控制了社会经济因素后，出现了一些种族/民族差异。与非洲裔美国青少年相比，波多黎各青少年报告的行为（例如，增加性活动，减少避孕），认知（例如，对避孕套的负面态度更多，对怀孕的负面感觉更少），同伴影响（例如，同龄人中怀孕的人更多，同龄人对避孕的压力更小）和家庭影响（例如，父母对避孕的压力较小，父母价值观不太重要），这可能会增加她们产生不良生殖健康结果的风险，特别是少女怀孕的风险。在设计旨在减少青少年生殖健康方面现有差距的干预措施时，必须考虑到这些差异。
Although ethnic and racial disparities exist in adolescent reproductive health, few studies have examined differences between members of different minority groups. This paper describes differences in measures of reproductive health behaviors, cognitions and social context between African-American (n=170) and Puerto Rican (n=150) adolescent females living in the same communities. After controlling for socioeconomic factors, several racial/ethnic differences emerged. Compared to African-American adolescents, Puerto Rican adolescents reported behaviors (e.g., increased sexual activity, less use of contraception), cognitions (e.g., more negative attitudes about condoms, less negative feelings about pregnancy), peer influences (e.g., more pregnancy amongst peers, less peer pressure to use contraception) and family influences (e.g., less parental pressure to use contraception, less importance placed on parental values) that potentially increase their risk for negative reproductive health outcomes, particularly adolescent pregnancy. These differences are important to consider in designing interventions aimed at reducing existing disparities in adolescent reproductive health.