Gender inequity negatively
affects health in Central America. In 2011, we conducted 60 semistructured
interviews and 12 photovoice focus groups with young coupled men and women in
León, Nicaragua, to explore the ways in which social norms around marriage and
gender affect sexual health and gender-based violence.
Participants' depictions
of their experiences revealed gendered norms around infidelity that provided a
narrative to justify male expressions of jealousy, which included limiting
partner autonomy, sexual coercion, and physical violence against women, and
resulted in increased women's risk of sexually transmitted infections, including
HIV.
By understanding and taking account of these different narratives and
normalized beliefs in developing health- and gender-based violence
interventions, such programs might be more effective in promoting
gender-equitable attitudes and behaviors among young men and women in Nicaragua.
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By: Boyce S1, Zeledón P1, Tellez E1, Barrington C1.
- 1At the time of the study, Sabrina Boyce was a US Fulbright fellow in León, Nicaragua. Perla Zeledón and Ever Tellez were with el Centro de Investigación e Intervenciones en Salud, León, Nicaragua. Clare Barrington was with the Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Am J Public Health. 2016 Feb 18:e1-e8.
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