Dune Tinashe, Mapedzahama Virginia
Western Sydney University, School of Science and Health & Centre for Health Research, Campbelltown, Australia; University of New England, Collaborative Research Network for Mental Health and Wellbeing - Sexuality, Identity and Social Exclusion, Armidale, Australia.
Western Sydney University, School of Science and Health, Campbelltown, Australia & University of Sydney, Sydney Nursing School, Sydney, Australia.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2017 Mar;21(1):18-29. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2017/v21i1.1.
This paper discusses the influence of cross-cultural modes of communication on perceptions of sexual health and wellbeing for Shona (Zimbabwean) women living in Australia and their children. Data was collected using focus groups in South Australia with fourteen women, between the ages of 29 and 53. Transcripts were analysed thematically. The women primarily constructed sexual health and wellbeing in customary Shona ways, which not only maintain secrecy about sexual health and wellbeing discourse, but also prohibit parents from talking to children about sexual health as such talk is reserved for particular kin and non-kin relationships. These constructions however became more fluid the longer the women resided in Australia. For these women the notions of sexual health and wellbeing are a negotiation between Australian constructs and those from Shona culture, especially when applied to their children. This research highlights the potential influence of various cultural world views on sexual health communication among African migrant women and their children and questions the appropriateness of sexual health and wellbeing campaigns and their responsiveness for cross-cultural youth.
本文探讨了跨文化交流模式对生活在澳大利亚的绍纳族（津巴布韦）妇女及其子女的性健康和幸福观念的影响。研究通过在南澳大利亚对14名年龄在29岁至53岁之间的妇女进行焦点小组访谈来收集数据，并对访谈记录进行了主题分析。这些妇女主要以绍纳族的传统方式构建性健康和幸福观念，这种方式不仅对性健康和幸福话题保持保密，还禁止父母与子女谈论性健康，因为此类话题只适用于特定的亲属和非亲属关系。然而，随着这些妇女在澳大利亚居住时间的延长，这些观念变得更加灵活。对这些妇女来说，性健康和幸福观念是澳大利亚观念与绍纳族文化观念之间的一种协商，尤其是在涉及到她们的子女时。这项研究突出了各种文化世界观对非洲移民妇女及其子女之间性健康交流的潜在影响，并质疑了性健康和幸福宣传活动的适宜性及其对跨文化青年的响应能力。
