FHI 360, Durham, NC, United States of America.
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 Jul 16;14(7):e0219617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219617. eCollection 2019.
Meeting the reproductive health needs of women in post-conflict settings is a global health priority. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, social norms perpetuate gender-based violence and contribute to low contraceptive use and high fertility. The Masculinité, Famille, et Foi (MFF) intervention is working with communities in Kinshasa to create normative environments supportive of modern contraception access and use. Our analysis uses survey data collected from 900 men and women in 17 community groups prior to the MFF intervention. We aimed to measure the extent to which social norms influence intentions to use modern contraception. Using multiple items to assess social norms and reference groups related to family planning and gender equity, we identified four distinct social norms constructs through factor analysis. Through structural equation modeling, we found that social norms influence intentions to use modern contraception overall, but that normative influence varies by gender.
满足冲突后环境下妇女的生殖健康需求是全球卫生重点。在刚果民主共和国，社会规范使基于性别的暴力永久化，并导致避孕措施使用率低和生育率高。Masculinité, Famille, et Foi（MFF）干预措施正在与金沙萨的社区合作，营造支持现代避孕措施获取和使用的规范性环境。我们的分析使用了 MFF 干预措施之前从 17 个社区团体中的 900 名男女收集的调查数据。我们旨在衡量社会规范在多大程度上影响使用现代避孕措施的意愿。我们使用多项评估与计划生育和性别平等相关的社会规范和参照群体的指标，通过因子分析确定了四个不同的社会规范结构。通过结构方程建模，我们发现社会规范总体上影响使用现代避孕措施的意愿，但规范性影响因性别而异。
