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African American Teen Mothers and Reproductive Health Care Services: Gender and the Context of Intention

Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Populations: Patient and Provider Perspectives

ISBN: 978-0-76231-249-8, eISBN: 978-1-84950-372-3

Publication date: 3 November 2005

Abstract

Racial/ethnic minority, low-income teens represent a significantly underserved group in terms of reproductive health care including birth control and prenatal care. This paper provides patients’ perspectives through analysis of in-depth interviews with 51 African American teen mothers about their reproductive health care and focuses on the influence of gender ideologies and behavior expectations on teens’, and their perceptions of their mothers’, decisions around these issues. The findings suggest that attention to cultural influences of gender on teens’ decisions around sexuality and reproduction is critical to our theoretical and practical approaches to expanding health care services to underserved populations.

Citation

Brubaker, S.J. (2005), "African American Teen Mothers and Reproductive Health Care Services: Gender and the Context of Intention", Jacobs Kronenfeld, J. (Ed.) Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Populations: Patient and Provider Perspectives (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0275-4959(05)23002-8

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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