Conspiracy Beliefs About Birth Control: Barriers to Pregnancy Prevention Among African Americans of Reproductive Age

This article examines the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about birth control (e.g., the belief that birth control is a form of Black genocide) and their association with contraceptive attitudes and behavior among African Americans. The authors conducted a telephone survey with a random sample of...

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Published in:	Health education & behavior Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 474 - 487
Main Authors:	Thorburn, Sheryl, Bogart, Laura M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.08.2005 SAGE Publications Sage SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult African Americans African Americans - education African Americans - psychology Attitudes Beliefs Biological and medical sciences Birth control Black women Childbirth & labor Conspiracy Contraception Contraception Behavior - ethnology Contraception Behavior - psychology Contraceptives Cultural Characteristics Data Collection Factor Analysis, Statistical Family Planning Services - utilization Female Genocide Health Health behavior Health beliefs Health care industry Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health services Homicide - ethnology Humans Interviews as Topic Male Medical personnel Medical sciences Minorities Minority & ethnic groups Miscellaneous Paranoid Behavior - ethnology Paranoid Behavior - psychology Pregnancy Pregnancy, Unplanned Prevention Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine REGULAR ARTICLES Respondents Safety Sexual behavior Sexual Behavior - ethnology Social aspects Telephone surveys United States Women Youth United States African Americans family planning birth control pregnancy prevention conspiracy beliefs contraception Human Family planning Social perception Accessibility Contraception Ethnic group Pregnancy Prevention Birth control Female Woman Public health African American Sexually active period
ISSN:	1090-1981, 1552-6127
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