Contraceptive decision-making in sexual relationships

Young men's experiences, attitudes and values

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098655
AutoresTina Raine (University of California, San Francisco, autor correspondente), Tina R Raine (University of California, San Francisco), Jennifer Gard (RTI International), Jennifer C Gard (Research Triangle Institute International), Cherrie B Boyer (0000-0002-8554-0334, University of California, San Francisco), Sadia Haider (0000-0003-4411-0618, Harvard Medical School), Beth A Brown (University of California, San Francisco), F Antonio Ramirez Hernandez (Centro de Capacitación para Erradicar la Violencia Intrafamiliar Masculina), Cynthia C Harper (0000-0002-5587-6398, University of California, San Francisco)
Ano2010
Volume12
Fascículo4
Páginas373-386
Data de publicação2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691050903524769
PMID20169479
PMCIDPMC2854868
OpenAlexW2111288647
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas16

Much attention has been focused on efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy by improving contraceptive use among high-risk women; however, there is limited information to guide interventions to engage young men in contraceptive decision-making. We conducted focus groups of young men, aged 19-26, from diverse racial backgrounds from low-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area to examine social norms about sexual relationships and how they impact on contraceptive use. The data were analysed using content analysis. A range of relationships were described, however casual relationships predominated. While young men expressed strong desires to avoid pregnancy in casual relationships, the unpredictable nature of relationships, together with low communication and regard for the women involved, made stressing consistent contraceptive use among partners unlikely. The themes expressed by these young men about sex and behaviour in different relationships illustrate a spectrum of decision-making dilemmas and illustrate the inherent difficulty in fully engaging young men in contraceptive decision-making. A strategy is needed to address relationship values, dynamics and condom use beyond STI-prevention frameworks and young women's ability to make appropriate contraceptive choices in light of the inherent difficulties and uncertainty associated with casual relationships

Casual · Condom · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Family planning · Focus group · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Research methodology · Sociology · Unintended pregnancy · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology