TY - JOUR
T1 - Birth Control Sabotage Motivation and Measurement
T2 - A Mixed-Methods Analysis among Latina Women
AU - Grace, Karen Trister
AU - Glass, Nancy E.
AU - Miller, Elizabeth
AU - Alexander, Kamila A
AU - Holliday, Charvonne N.
AU - Decker, Michele R
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding support for K. Grace: American College of Nurse Midwives Fellowship for Graduate Education, American Nurses Foundation (Anne Zimmerman, RN, FAAN Nursing Research Grant and Dorothy A. Cornelius Nursing Research Grant), the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment (Belfer-Aptman Scholars Award), the National League for Nursing (NLN Foundation Scholarship Award), the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science/Southern Nursing Research Society Nursing Science Advancement (NSA) Dissertation Grant Award, and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (Number: T76MC00003 Title: Training Program in Maternal and Child Health).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Reproductive coercion (RC) is a type of intimate partner violence that includes birth control sabotage (BCS). We explored the perceived intent behind BCS to refine RC measurement, using a mixed-methods design with a clinic-based sample of Latina women (13 interviews; 482 surveys). Women perceived partners used BCS for reasons beyond pregnancy promotion. Specifically, 16.8% of participants reported any past-year RC; this decreased to 9.5% when asked if their partner used BCS with the sole intent of getting them pregnant. RC measures and assessment should separate behavior from intent in BCS questions to not underestimate the prevalence and to guide clinical response.
AB - Reproductive coercion (RC) is a type of intimate partner violence that includes birth control sabotage (BCS). We explored the perceived intent behind BCS to refine RC measurement, using a mixed-methods design with a clinic-based sample of Latina women (13 interviews; 482 surveys). Women perceived partners used BCS for reasons beyond pregnancy promotion. Specifically, 16.8% of participants reported any past-year RC; this decreased to 9.5% when asked if their partner used BCS with the sole intent of getting them pregnant. RC measures and assessment should separate behavior from intent in BCS questions to not underestimate the prevalence and to guide clinical response.
KW - birth control sabotage
KW - intimate partner violencea
KW - mixed methods
KW - reproductive coercion
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U2 - 10.1177/10778012221145292
DO - 10.1177/10778012221145292
M3 - Article
C2 - 36567608
AN - SCOPUS:85145457740
SN - 1077-8012
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
ER -