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Exploring Women’s Perceptions About Their Role in Supporting Partners’ and Sons’ Reproductive Health Care
Arik V. Marcell*,
Terry Lee Howard,
Keith Plowden,
and
Catherine Watson
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: amarcell{at}jhsph.edu.
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Women serve as important health information sources for young men. No previous study has explored women’s perceptions about this role related to young men’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care. Twenty African American women recruited from two clinics participated in three focus groups to explore perceptions to engage young men in SRH care. Themes were identified that may facilitate and/or hinder women to engage young men in SRH care: 1) communication/ actions to provide support; 2) challenges in providing support; 3) traditional gender role perceptions and other access barriers; and 4) motivation, influence and control. Participants were interested and willing to support young men’s SRH including sharing information about clinics (95%), making appointments (90%), going to visits together (90%), and having joint appointments (67%). Findings provide a foundation for programs interested to engage women as health promotion agents to improve young men’s SRH care access. Future efforts should explore the generalizability of study findings.
First published on May 11, 2009
American Journal of Men's Health 2009, doi:10.1177/1557988309335822
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