Exploring the Experience of African Immigrant Mothers Providing Reproductive Health Education to Their Daughters Aged 10 to 14 Years

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19461590
AutoresKafuli Agbemenu (0000-0001-7224-1899, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, autor correspondente), Jessica Devido (0000-0003-2979-509X, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Martha Ann Terry (0000-0001-5932-1536, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Margaret Hannan (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Julius Kitutu (0000-0001-7726-8054, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Willa M Doswell (University of Pittsburgh), Willa Doswell (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ano2018
Volume29
Fascículo2
Páginas123-130
Data de publicação2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Transcultural Nursing (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1043-6596 • E-ISSN: 1552-7832
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1043659616681848
PMID27956481
OpenAlexW2562468999
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas30

Introduction: Adolescents have disproportionate rates of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections when compared with all other age groups. Mothers are gatekeepers and providers of reproductive health education, which can prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Reproductive health education provided by African immigrant mothers is influenced by cultural experiences and cultural contexts that are not well understood and have not been studied. This study sought to describe the experience of African mothers living in the United States providing reproductive health education to their daughters aged 10 to 14 years. Method: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Twenty African immigrant mothers were interviewed in a community setting. Qualitative content analysis approach was used for analysis. Results: Three main themes emerged: (1) mothers’ reproductive health education in their country of origin, (2) mothers’ reproductive health communication with their daughters, and (3) changes due to the move to the United States. Discussion: Mothers believed daughters were too young for reproductive health education, leading to conversations with limited content that were frequently triggered by daughters’ exposure to reproductive health education outside the home. Implications: African immigrant mothers may benefit from culturally congruent discussions with health care providers about the reproductive health information they give their daughters

Environmental health · Geography · Health education · Immigration · Population · Public health · Qualitative research · Reproductive health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing