Sexual Health Care, Sexual Behaviors and Functioning, and Female Genital Cutting: Perspectives From Somali Women Living in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 346-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Jo Connor ◽  
Shanda Hunt ◽  
Megan Finsaas ◽  
Amanda Ciesinski ◽  
Amira Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Genital Cutting ◽  
Sexual Health Care ◽  
Genital Cutting ◽  
Somali Women ◽  
Female Genital

Real Men Do…Real Men Don’t: Young Latino and African American Men’s Discourses Regarding Sexual Health Care Utilization

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Kalmuss ◽  
Karen Austrian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
African American ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
African American Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Sexual Health Care ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Relationship

There is growing recognition that men as well as women need sexual health care (SHC) services. Despite this, male friendly sexual health services are not readily available in the United States, and men are underutilizing the services that are available. This situation needs to be rectified to improve sexual health outcomes for men and women. In this study we conducted 10 focus groups with young adult Latino and African American men to examine their perceptions of the factors influencing SHC utilization among the men they know, with an emphasis on how notions of what it means to be a man affects health care seeking. The findings both amplify and complicate the relationship between masculinity and SHC seeking. They suggest new directions for public health efforts to enhance men’s SHC utilization.

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