title: Listening to the voices of Latina women: Sexual and reproductive health intervention needs and priorities in a new settlement state in the United States.
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.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Lilli
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: b Department of Public Health Education , University of North Carolina Greensboro , Greensboro , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Amanda E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.affiliation: c School of Community Health, Portland State University , Portland , Oregon , USA.
authors.forename: Christina J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: b Department of Public Health Education , University of North Carolina Greensboro , Greensboro , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer Toller
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Erausquin
authors.affiliation: d El Pueblo, Inc. , Raleigh , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Florence M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Simán
authors.affiliation: a Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.affiliation: a Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rhodes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D066296:Grounded Theory; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009657:North Carolina; D036301:Qualitative Research; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult