Aronowitz Teri, Rennells Rachel E, Todd Erin
School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115-5000, USA.
J Community Health Nurs. 2006 Summer;23(2):113-22. doi: 10.1207/s15327655jchn2302_4.
African Americans make up the greater proportion of AIDS cases in adolescent girls but little is understood about the development of sexual risk behaviors during the early adolescent years. This article will explore ecological factors influencing adolescent sexual risk behaviors. In the focus groups, which were conducted using 28 African American mothers and their early adolescent daughters, 2 major themes emerged: exposure and support systems. Mothers described the impact community had on their daughters and how monitoring and support systems worked together to control exposure. The girls detailed the different ways they were impacted by the community. Attitudes the girls adopted from their exposures resulted in risk-taking behaviors or a determination to positively impact the community. Community was shown to be the context of the acquisition of sexual knowledge and attitudes. These findings support the development of interventions to address the impact of community on the participation of sexual risk behaviors.
非裔美国少女在艾滋病病例中占比更大，但对于青春期早期性风险行为的发展却知之甚少。本文将探讨影响青少年性风险行为的生态因素。在由28位非裔美国母亲及其青春期早期女儿参与的焦点小组中，出现了2个主要主题：接触和支持系统。母亲们描述了社区对女儿的影响，以及监督和支持系统如何共同作用以控制接触。女孩们详细讲述了她们受到社区影响的不同方式。女孩们从接触中所形成的态度导致了冒险行为，或者是积极影响社区的决心。社区被证明是获取性知识和态度的背景。这些发现支持开展干预措施，以应对社区对性风险行为参与的影响。
