Understanding fear of childbirth among underrepresented populations in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 135910532092230
Author(s):  
Lee K Roosevelt ◽  
Lisa Kane Low
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Fear Of Childbirth ◽  
Underrepresented Populations ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Individual Provider

The purpose of this study was to expand our understanding of fear of childbirth (FOC) by examining the interplay between individual, provider, identity, and culture among women historically underrepresented in FOC research to develop a deeper understanding of FOC. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 22 participants into three different focus groups, each with a unique demographic makeup. The results provide evidence that people’s birth experiences and their experiences with fear surrounding childbirth are affected by many other social mechanisms, including relationships with providers, birth setting, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.

The Empire of Disgust

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Change Point ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Swimming Pools ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Group Resistance

All known societies exclude and stigmatize one or more minority groups. Frequently these exclusions are underwritten with a rhetoric of disgust: people of a certain group, it is alleged, are filthy, hyper-animal, or not fit to share such facilities as drinking water, food, and public swimming pools with the ‘clean’ and ‘fully human’ majority. But exclusions vary in their scope and also in the specific disgust-ideologies underlying them. In this volume, interdisciplinary scholars from the United States and India present a detailed comparative study of the varieties of prejudice and stigma that pervade contemporary social and political life: prejudice along the axes of caste, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, transgender, disability, religion, and economic class. In examining these forms of stigma and their intersections, the authors present theoretically pluralistic and empirically sensitive accounts that both explain group-based stigma and suggest ways forward. These forward-looking remedies, including group resistance to subordination as well as institutional and legal change, point the way towards a public culture that is informed by our diverse histories of discrimination and therefore equipped to eliminate stigma in all of its multifaceted forms.

Cross Cultural Perceptions on Privacy in the United States, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Taiwan

2009 ◽  
pp. 284-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Chiou
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Single System ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Different Cultures

In this chapter, the authors will briefly discuss some cross cultural concerns regarding Internet privacy. The authors believe that due to the cross cultural nature of the Internet itself, different cultures will tend to result in different concerns regarding Internet privacy. As such, there is no single system of protecting Internet privacy that may be suitable for all cultures. The authors also utilize focus groups from various countries spanning Asia and the United States to discover the differences between cultures. Hopefully an understanding of such differences will aid in future research on Internet privacy to take a more culture sensitive approach.

Brief Report

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-196
Author(s):  
Sean G Massey ◽  
Richard E. Mattson ◽  
Mei-Hsiu Chen ◽  
Melissa Hardesty ◽  
Ann Merriwether ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Trend Study ◽  
Attraction Behavior ◽  
Survey Responses

This trend study analyzed 9 years (2011–2019) of cross-sectional survey responses to Klein’s Sexual Orientation Grid to explore changes in sexual orientation among emerging adult college students. Categorical regression models based on ordinal responses revealed that participants were moving away from exclusive heterosexuality on attraction, behavior, and identity subscales at a rate of approximately 6% per year. This trend augments for women after 2014, coinciding with increased advocacy efforts related to U.S. marriage equality, but attenuates for men. Participants’ race also related to variations in sexual orientation: Black participants were less likely than White participants to identify as exclusively heterosexual, whereas the pattern reversed for Asian participants relative to White participants. These findings suggest that changes in sexual orientation are occurring among emerging adults in the United States, potentially in response to changing social and political contexts, but these changes are more pronounced in women and Black emerging adults.

The Meaning of Social Inclusion to Players With and Without Intellectual Disability in Unified Sports Teams

Inclusion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy McConkey ◽  
Cheryl Peng ◽  
Marie Merritt ◽  
Amy Shellard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis

Abstract Sport can be a means for promoting social inclusion but to date, the perspectives of participants have been rarely sought. Focus groups interviews were held with 6 Special Olympic, Unified Sports teams in the United States as well as one each in Germany and India. In all, 49 athletes with intellectual disability and 39 team-mates without disability participated. From a thematic content analysis, a core concept of togetherness emerged, with five subthemes of equality, friendships, participation, connections, and assistance. Four main feelings were associated with togetherness: happy, relaxed, confident, and cared for. The players gave specific examples of how these outcomes were realised in sport and community settings. Their insights could guide future attempts to promote social inclusion in sports and the wider community.

scholarly journals Association Between Sexual Orientation and Lifetime Prevalence of Skin Cancer in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 156 (4) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Singer ◽  
Elizabeth Tkachenko ◽  
Rebecca I. Hartman ◽  
Arash Mostaghimi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lifetime Prevalence
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