Listening to the voices of Latina women: Sexual and reproductive health intervention needs and priorities in a new settlement state in the United States

Health Care Women Int. 2016 Sep;37(9):979-994. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2016.1174244. Epub 2016 Apr 6.

Abstract

Latina women in the United States are disproportionately affected by negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Our community-based participatory research partnership conducted in-depth interviews exploring sexual and reproductive health needs and priorities with 25 Latinas in North Carolina and identified themes through constant comparison, a grounded theory development approach. Participants described individual-, interpersonal-, and clinic-level factors affecting their sexual and reproductive health as well as potentially successful intervention characteristics. Our findings can be used to inform culturally congruent interventions to reduce sexual and reproductive health disparities among Latinas, particularly in new settlement states in the southeastern United States.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Female
  • Grounded Theory
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Priorities*
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Hispanic or Latino*
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Middle Aged
  • Needs Assessment
  • North Carolina
  • Qualitative Research
  • Reproductive Health / ethnology*
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Risk-Taking
  • Sexual Behavior / ethnology*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / ethnology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Social Support
  • Young Adult