Culture-Specific Factors Contributing to HIV Risk Among Jamaican Adolescents

References 

1. Allen C. Social science approaches to sexually transmitted diseases in the Caribbean. In:  Howe G,  Cobley A editor. The Caribbean AIDS epidemic: Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago. Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press; 2000;
2. Ajzen I. From intentions to actions: A theory of planned behavior. In:  Kuhl J,  Beckmann J editor. Action control: From cognition to behavior. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag; 1985;p. 11–39
3. Ajzen I. The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 1991;50:179–211
   • CrossRef
4. Ajzen I, Fishbein M. Understanding attitudes and predicting social behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1980;
5. Bandura A. Self-Efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman; 1997;
6. Beck CT. Qualitative research: The evaluation of its credibility, fittingness, and auditability. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 1993;15:263–266
   • MEDLINE
   • CrossRef
7. Camara B. An overview of the AIDS/HIV/STD situation in the Caribbean. In:  Howe G,  Cobley A editor. The Caribbean AIDS epidemic: Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago. Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press; 2000;
8. Chenitz W, Swanson J. Qualitative research using grounded theory. In:  Chenit W,  Swanson J editor. From practice to grounded theory. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; 1986;p. 3–15
9. Chevannes B. Learning to be a man: Culture, socialization, and gender identity in five Caribbean communities. Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press; 2001;
10. Chevannes B, Gayle H. Adolescent and young male sexual and reproductive health study—Jamaica (Report for PAHO). Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies. UNICEF and UNFPA; 2000;
11. DeSantis L, Ugarriza DN. The concept of theme as used in qualitative nursing research. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2000;22:351–372
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
12. DiClemente R, Wingood G. Expanding the scope of HIV prevention for adolescents: Beyond individual-level interventions. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2000;26:377–378
13. Downe-Wamboldt B. Content analysis: Methods, applications, and issues. Health Care for Women International. 1992;13:313–321
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
14. Figeroa JP. An overview of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: Strengthening the response. West Indian Medical Journal. 2004;53:227–282
15. Fishbein M. The role of theory in HIV prevention. AIDS Care. 2000;12:273–278
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
16. Fishbein M, Middlestadt S. Using the theory of reasoned action as a framework for understanding and changing AIDS-related behaviors. In:  Mays V,  Albee G,  Schneider S editor. Primary prevention of AIDS: Psychological approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1989;p. 93–110
17. Granheim UH, Lundman B. Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: Concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness. Nurse Education Today. 2004;24:105–112
    • Abstract
    • Full Text
    • Full-Text PDF (227 KB)
    • CrossRef
18. Halcón LL, Beuhring T, Blum RW. A portrait of adolescent health in the Caribbean. 2006 WHO Collaborating Centre on Adolescent Health, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota; 2000;
19. Halpern-Felsher BL, Kropp RY, Boyer CB, Tschann JM, Ellen JM. Adolescents’ self-efficacy to communicate about sex: Its role in condom attitudes, commitment, and use. Adolescence. 2004;39:443–456
    • MEDLINE
20. Hseih HF, Shannon SE. Three approaches to qualitative content analysis. Qualitative Health Research. 2005;15:1277–1288
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
21. Hutchinson, M. K. (2000, April). Ecological modeling in sexual risk research. Paper presented at the Proseminar in Health Outcomes Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia.
22. Hutchinson, M. K. (2003, April). Ecology of adolescent risk behaviors: Theoretical models and family-based approaches. Invited seminar presentation at the Center for Health Promotion, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI.
23. Hutchinson MK. The parent-teen sexual risk communication scale (PTSRC-III): Instrument development and psychometrics. Nursing Research. 2007;56(1):1–8
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
24. Hutchinson MK. Sexual risk communication with mothers and fathers: Influence on the sexual risk behaviors of adolescent daughters. Family Relations. 2002;51:238–247
25. Hutchinson, M. K., Davis, B., Jemmott, L., Gennaro, S., Tulman, L., Montgomery, A., et al. (in press). Promoting research partnerships to reduce health disparities among vulnerable populations: Sharing expertise between majority institutions and historically black universities In A. Nyamathi and D. Koniak Griffin (Eds.), Vulnerable Populations Research.
26. Hutchinson MK, Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Braverman P, Fong G. Mother-daughter sexual communication and the sexual risk behaviors of urban adolescent females. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2003;33:98–107
27. Hutchinson, M. K., & Wood, E. (in press). Reconceptualizing adolescent sexual risk using a parent-based expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
28. Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Spears H, Hewitt N, Cruz-Collins M. Self-efficacy, hedonistic expectancies, and condom-use among inner-city black adolescent women: A social cognitive approach to aids behavior. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1992;13:512–519
29. Jemmott LS, Jemmott JB. Increasing condom-use intentions among sexually active inner-city Black adolescent women: Effects of an AIDS prevention program. Nursing Research. 1992;41:273–279
    • MEDLINE
30. Jemmott LS, Jemmott JB, Hutchinson MK. HIV/AIDS: Prevention needs and strategies for a public health emergency. In:  Braithwaite R editors. Health issues in the Black community. 2nd ed.. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2001;p. 309–346
31. Kempadoo K, Dunn L. Factors that shape the initiation of early sexual activity among adolescent boys and girls: A study of three communities in Jamaica (A report to UNICEF and UNFPA). Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies, Centre for Gender Development Studies; 2001;
32. Kennedy C, Kools S, Krueger RA. Methodological considerations in children’s focus groups. Nursing Research. 2001;50:184–187
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
33. Kitzinger J. The methodology of focus groups: The importance of interaction between research participants. Sociology of Health & Illness. 1994;16:103–121
34. Kohler CL, Grimley D, Reynolds K. Theoretical approaches guiding the development and implementation of health promotion programs. In:  Raezynski J,  DiClemente R editor. Handbook for health promotion and disease promotion. New York: Plenum; 1999;p. 230–490
35. Krippendorff K. Content analysis: An introduction to its methodology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage; 1980;
36. Krueger RA, Casey MA. Focus groups: A practical guide for applied research. 3rd ed.. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2000;
37. Madden TJ, Ellen PS, Ajzen I. A comparison of the theory of planned behavior and the theory of reasoned action. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 1992;18:3–9
    • CrossRef
38. National AIDS Committee. (2003). The national AIDS committee, Jamaican Ministry of Health. Retrieved October 22, 2004, from: http://www.nacjamaica.com/aids_hiv/didyouknow.htm
39. Norman LR, Uche C. Prevalence and determinants of sexually transmitted diseases: An analysis of Jamaican males. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2002;29:126–132
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
40. Olenick I. Among young Jamaicans, sex and childbearing often begin during adolescence. International Family Planning Perspectives. 1999;25:206–207
    • CrossRef
41. Olukoga IA. Epidemiologic trends of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. Rev Panam salud Publica /Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2004;15:358–363
42. Pequegnat W, Szapocznik J. The Role of families in preventing and adapting to HIV/AIDS: Issues and answers. In:  Pequegnat W,  Szapocznik J editor. Working with families in the era of HIV/AIDS. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2000;p. 3–26
43. Roberts AB, Oyun C, Batnasan E, Laing L. Exploring the social and cultural context of sexual health for young people in Mongolia: Implications for health promotion. Social Science & Medicine. 2005;60:1487–1498
44. Sandelowski M. The problem of rigor in qualitative research. Advances in Nursing Science. 1986;8:27–37
45. Sandelowski M. Theory unmasked: The uses and guises of theory in qualitative research. Research in Nursing & Health. 1993;16:213–218
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
46. Simeon DT, Bain B, Wyatt G, LeFranc E, Rickets H, Chambers CC, et al. Characteristics of Jamaicans who smoke marijuana before sex and their risk for sexually transmitted diseases. West Indian Medical Journal. 1996;45:9–13
47. Smikle MF, Dowe G, Hylton-Kong T, Williams E, Baum M. Risky sexual behavior in Jamaican adolescent patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic. West Indian Medical Journal. 2000;49:327–330
48. Stallworth J, Roofe M, Clark LF, Ethiri JE, Mukherjee S, Person S, et al. Predictors of sexual involvement among adolescents in rural Jamaica. International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health. 2004;16:165–178
49. UNAIDS. (2004). Report on the global AIDS epidemic. Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_pdf/UNAIDSGlobalReport2004_en.pdf
50. UNAIDS & World Health Organization. (2004). Epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. Jamaica. Joint United Nations Programmes on HIV/AIDS Retrieved October 20, 2005, from www.unaids.govhttp://www.unaids.gov
51. Willgerodt MA. Using focus groups to develop culturally relevant instruments. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2003;25:798–814
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
52. World Bank. HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: Issues and options. Washington, DC: Author; 2001;