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Adult Male Involvement in Reproductive Health: An Ethnographic Study in a Community of São Paulo City, Brazil

University of São Paulo

Ana C. Alcântara, RN

Hospital Sírio Libanes

Vivian M. de Lima, RN

Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Limeira

The purpose of this research was to explore the involvement in reproductive health of adult men in a low-income community in São Paulo City, Brazil. The ethnonursing research method was used and data were collected through interviews with seven key and eight general informants. Lack of common sex education was found and informants’ knowledge depended on their own families’ involvement and individual life experience with machismo. Informants’ behaviors and attitudes toward women were constructed by their own male-centered values. Leininger’s culture care modes were used to explain culturally meaningful nursing care actions and decisions.

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 12, No. 2, 107-114 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/104365960101200204


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