Exploring African American Adolescent Females’ Sexual Health Beliefs: A Qualitative Secondary Data Analysis

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI:10.1080/15546128.2022.2112794

J. Corcoran, Gwendolyn D. Childs, S. Davies, Candace C. Knight, R. Lanzi, Peng Li, S. Ladores

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Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to gain insight into the sexual beliefs of African American adolescent females and yield greater evidence for reframing the methods used to communicate sexual health education information to educators. Design and methods This is a secondary data analysis of a qualitative descriptive study. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 36 African American females ages 12–14. The qualitative data were analyzed using exploratory deductive thematic analysis. Results Three themes emerged from the analysis: (a) perceptions of sexual health education, (b) threat of adverse sexual health outcomes, and (c) perceptions of condom usage. Overall, adolescents had basic sexual health knowledge and accurately appraised their risk for adverse sexual health outcomes. Many adolescents perceived the biggest disadvantage of condom usage was condom ineffectiveness. The greatest barrier to condom usage was male opposition. Adolescents perceived the threat of adverse sexual health outcomes, but the perceived benefits of condom usage in preventing pregnancies and STIs may not outweigh the disadvantages and barriers described by the adolescents. Conclusion The adolescents in this study had knowledge about pregnancies and STIs but lacked the skills necessary to enact safer sex practices.

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探讨非裔美国青少年女性性健康信念:定性的二次数据分析

摘要目的了解非裔美国青少年女性的性观念，为构建教育者的性健康教育方法提供依据。设计与方法这是一项定性描述性研究的二次数据分析。对36名12-14岁的非裔美国女性进行了一对一访谈。采用探索性演绎主题分析对定性数据进行分析。结果分析产生了三个主题:(a)对性健康教育的认识，(b)对不良性健康结果的威胁，以及(c)对避孕套使用的认识。总体而言，青少年具有基本的性健康知识，并能准确地评估其不良性健康结果的风险。许多青少年认为使用避孕套的最大缺点是避孕套无效。使用避孕套的最大障碍是男性的反对。青少年意识到不良性健康后果的威胁，但他们认为使用避孕套在预防怀孕和性传播感染方面的好处可能不会超过青少年所描述的缺点和障碍。结论本研究的青少年对怀孕和性传播感染有一定的了解，但缺乏实施安全性行为所需的技能。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.