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Cultural Perceptions and Negotiations Surrounding Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Migrant and Non-migrant Indigenous Mexican Women from Yucatán, Mexico

verfasst von: Rebeca Espinoza, Isela Martínez, Matthew Levin, Alicia Rodriguez, Teresa Chan, Shira Goldenberg, María Luisa Zúñiga

Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

Information regarding sexual and reproductive health of indigenous women from Mexican sending and US receiving communities is limited. This research aims to explore the perceptions of indigenous women from US migrant receiving and Mexican migrant sending communities regarding their sexual health experiences and reproductive health practices. From January to March 2012, two key informant interviews and 31 in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted among women ages 18–55 in Tunkás, Yucatán and Anaheim and Inglewood, California. Women reported challenges to obtaining routine reproductive clinical care, including access to care barriers and lack of perceived power over their own sexual health. This was further compounded by migration processes and deficiencies in health care delivery systems. Socio-cultural beliefs and gendered power dynamics influence sexual and reproductive health decisions and behaviors of migrant and non-migrant women. Findings underscore existing gender-based reproductive health norms and serve to inform future transnational research and public health education to improve the health of indigenous migrant and non-migrant women in the US and Mexico.

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Titel: Cultural Perceptions and Negotiations Surrounding Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Migrant and Non-migrant Indigenous Mexican Women from Yucatán, Mexico
verfasst von: Rebeca Espinoza
Isela Martínez
Matthew Levin
Alicia Rodriguez
Teresa Chan
Shira Goldenberg
María Luisa Zúñiga
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2014
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-013-9904-7

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