title: Attitudes and Beliefs of African Immigrant Mothers Living in the US Towards Providing Comprehensive Sex Education to Daughters Aged 12-17 Years: A Pilot Study.
abstract: The literature currently contains no comprehensive sex education (CSE) interventions targeting the African immigrant population. African immigrant mothers have been inhibited by several factors from providing their daughters with CSE. The primary aim of this study was to identify attitudes and beliefs of Sub-Saharan immigrant mothers living in the United States towards providing comprehensive sex education to their daughters aged 12-17 years. The study utilized a one-time anonymous nine-question survey. Fifteen women who met the inclusion criteria completed the study survey online or via paper format. African immigrant mothers are willing to allow comprehensive sex to be taught in schools and at home. Accepted education appears to range from religious and moral teaching to some factual information. This research will potentially assist in the designing of more culturally appropriate comprehensive sex education programs for African immigrant mothers and their daughters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family, Community, and Health Systems Sciences, School of Nursing, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Room 201D, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA. agbemenu@buffalo.edu.
authors.forename: Kafuli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Agbemenu
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 222 Parran Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
authors.forename: Martha Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Terry
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 239 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
authors.forename: Julius
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitutu
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Development, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 440 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
authors.forename: Willa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Doswell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012736:Sex Education; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Adolescents; Africa south of the Sahara; Emigration and immigration; Mothers; STIs; Sex education