TY - JOUR
T1 - The 'natural' body, God and contraceptive use in the southeastern United States
AU - Woodsong, Cynthia
AU - Shedlin, Michelle
AU - Koo, Helen
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the US National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development.
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - Data collected among African-American and Caucasian women and men in the southeastern USA indicate that participants' perceptions of nature, God's will and the human body influence reproductive health and decision-making. Attitudes about the health care system, pharmaceutical companies and government programmes for fertility regulation reinforce these views and may negatively affect willingness to use contraceptive methods consistently, and correctly.
AB - Data collected among African-American and Caucasian women and men in the southeastern USA indicate that participants' perceptions of nature, God's will and the human body influence reproductive health and decision-making. Attitudes about the health care system, pharmaceutical companies and government programmes for fertility regulation reinforce these views and may negatively affect willingness to use contraceptive methods consistently, and correctly.
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U2 - 10.1080/13691050310001611165
DO - 10.1080/13691050310001611165
M3 - Article
C2 - 21972833
AN - SCOPUS:1642564459
VL - 6
SP - 61
EP - 78
JO - Culture, Health and Sexuality
JF - Culture, Health and Sexuality
SN - 1369-1058
IS - 1
ER -