I told him I’m gonna get it’

Intimate partner birth control communication among homeless young women

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ID15099415
AutoresOlivia N Kachingwe (0000-0002-2354-6386, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, autor correspondente), Danielle R Phillips (0000-0002-5487-1747, Department of Social Work, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA), Michelle Jasczynski (0000-0001-8479-6779, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA), Emily Hillig (Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA), Rebecca Chavez (Youth Outreach (YO!) Program, Waikiki Health, Honolulu, HI, USA), Jacqueline Tellei (Youth Outreach (YO!) Program, Waikiki Health, Honolulu, HI, USA), Elizabeth M Aparicio (0000-0001-8924-5757, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)
Ano2023
Volume25
Fascículo2
Páginas159-175
Data de publicação2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2021.2025431
PMID35020565
OpenAlexW4205112005
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas36

Homeless youth have disproportionately high rates of unintended pregnancy and STIs. Enhancing communication between sexual partners can improve sexual health outcomes, yet little is known about this topic among homeless youth; therefore, this study aimed to examine how homeless youth communicate with their partners about birth control. In-depth semi-structured interviews regarding intimate partner birth control communication were conducted with 10 homeless young women aged 14-22 years following their completion of a comprehensive sexual health program ( Wahine Talk ). We transcribed the interviews verbatim and used a structured, inductive analytic approach to identify themes. Analysis identified three themes: Getting the Conversation Started, Conversation Content, and Impact of Conversation. Birth control conversations were prompted by programme participation, birth control side effects, and family members' interest in homeless youth becoming pregnant. Barriers to communication included fear and mistimed conversations (e.g. during the initiation of sex). Homeless young people shared simultaneous desires to delay pregnancy and concerns about side effects of birth control use. Discussions about birth control with their partners may demonstrably improve homeless youth's intimate relationships and family planning efforts. Providers can support homeless young women by helping them plan conversation timing and addressing fear, including the risk of violence

Birth control · Conversation · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Family planning · Poison control · Population · Reproductive health · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology