Summative Content Analysis for Understanding of Romantic Relationships Among Rural Mexican American Adolescent Women.
Jane Dimmitt Champion, Jennifer L Collins, Amy Papermaster
PMID 30917067WHAT IT FOUND
Rural Mexican-American adolescent females said male partners wanted sex and physical appearance, while they valued respect, honesty and being treated well.
These perceptions are what culturally tailored sexual health education may need to address.
Key findings
01Eighty-two adolescent females participated, and 62.2% reported previous sexual activity.
02When discussing relationship characteristics, participants said men wanted sex most often: 61% of those who had sex and 45.1% of those who had never had sex.
03For themselves, participants named psychosocial characteristics most often: 82% of those who had sex and 69% of those who had not.
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What it does not show
The study used a convenience sample from one rural health clinic, so findings may not apply to other rural or urban Mexican-American adolescents. Participants were English-speaking and self-identified as Mexican-American, so adolescents who speak Spanish only or have different identities were not represented. The study reports perceptions, not measured behaviors or health outcomes, and does not test whether sexual health interventions work. All sexually active participants had sex with men, limiting understanding of perceptions in same-sex or bisexual relationships.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these themes as proof that a sexual health intervention works. The study asked adolescent females about perceptions and did not test an intervention or measure sexual health outcomes.