Sociocultural and religious influences on the normative contraceptive practices of Latino women in the United States

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Romo, Laura F ^a   Berenson, Abbey B ^b   Segars, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive practices; Cultural competence; Cultural stereotypes; Latino women; Path analysis; Religion; Sociocultural influences

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242351312     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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