Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women.
ObjectiveTo describe the reproductive and mental health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women, an understudied population.MethodsData from the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were analyzed to determine the 1) prevalence of female sterilization among a nationally r...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt14h800rr 2023-05-15T16:55:29+02:00 Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. Cackler, Christina JJ Shapiro, Valerie B Lahiff, Maureen 168 - 175 2016-03-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/14h800rr unknown eScholarship, University of California qt14h800rr https://escholarship.org/uc/item/14h800rr public Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, vol 26, iss 2 Humans Sterilization Reproductive Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence Health Behavior Mental Health Adult Middle Aged African Continental Ancestry Group Indians North American Inuits European Continental Ancestry Group Hispanic Americans United States Female Young Adult Alaska Natives Alaskan Natives Public Health Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine Public Health and Health Services article 2016 ftcdlib 2021-01-24T17:36:32Z ObjectiveTo describe the reproductive and mental health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women, an understudied population.MethodsData from the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were analyzed to determine the 1) prevalence of female sterilization among a nationally representative sample of reproductive age AI/AN women and 2) the association of female sterilization and poor mental health among AI/AN women compared with non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women.ResultsNearly 25% of AI/AN women reported female sterilization, a prevalence higher than the comparison racial/ethnic groups (p < .005). Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, AI/AN women reporting female sterilization had nearly 2.5 times the odds of poor mental health compared with AI/AN women not reporting female sterilization (p = .001). The same magnitude of relationship between female sterilization and poor mental health was not found for non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women.ConclusionsThe prevalence of female sterilization is greater among AI/AN women compared with non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women, and AI/AN women reporting female sterilization have higher odds of reporting poor mental health. Common cultural experiences, such as a shared ancestral history of forced sterilizations, may be relevant, and could be considered when providing reproductive and mental health services to AI/AN women. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuits Alaska University of California: eScholarship Indian |
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Humans Sterilization Reproductive Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence Health Behavior Mental Health Adult Middle Aged African Continental Ancestry Group Indians North American Inuits European Continental Ancestry Group Hispanic Americans United States Female Young Adult Alaska Natives Alaskan Natives Public Health Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine Public Health and Health Services |
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Humans Sterilization Reproductive Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence Health Behavior Mental Health Adult Middle Aged African Continental Ancestry Group Indians North American Inuits European Continental Ancestry Group Hispanic Americans United States Female Young Adult Alaska Natives Alaskan Natives Public Health Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine Public Health and Health Services Cackler, Christina JJ Shapiro, Valerie B Lahiff, Maureen Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. |
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ObjectiveTo describe the reproductive and mental health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women, an understudied population.MethodsData from the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were analyzed to determine the 1) prevalence of female sterilization among a nationally representative sample of reproductive age AI/AN women and 2) the association of female sterilization and poor mental health among AI/AN women compared with non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women.ResultsNearly 25% of AI/AN women reported female sterilization, a prevalence higher than the comparison racial/ethnic groups (p < .005). Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, AI/AN women reporting female sterilization had nearly 2.5 times the odds of poor mental health compared with AI/AN women not reporting female sterilization (p = .001). The same magnitude of relationship between female sterilization and poor mental health was not found for non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women.ConclusionsThe prevalence of female sterilization is greater among AI/AN women compared with non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women, and AI/AN women reporting female sterilization have higher odds of reporting poor mental health. Common cultural experiences, such as a shared ancestral history of forced sterilizations, may be relevant, and could be considered when providing reproductive and mental health services to AI/AN women. |
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Cackler, Christina JJ Shapiro, Valerie B Lahiff, Maureen |
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Cackler, Christina JJ Shapiro, Valerie B Lahiff, Maureen |
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Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. |
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Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. |
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Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. |
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Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. |
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Female Sterilization and Poor Mental Health: Rates and Relatedness among American Indian and Alaska Native Women. |
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female sterilization and poor mental health: rates and relatedness among american indian and alaska native women. |
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Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, vol 26, iss 2 |
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