The EMeRGE theory of emerging adult-aged women's sexual and reproductive health self-management: A grounded theory study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To explore how emerging adult-aged women self-manage their sexual and reproductive health and to generate a grounded theory of these self-management processes.

Design

Grounded theory methods using a constructivist approach.

Methods

Between September 2019 and September 2020, 18- to 25-years-old women (n = 13) were recruited from a 4-year university, a 2-year community college, and neighbourhoods surrounding the institutions of higher education. Individual interviews were transcribed verbatim and qualitatively analysed using a constant comparative method and inductive coding.

Results

The theory purports that core processes of sexual and reproductive health self-management used by the women in this study included both passive and (re)active processes. These p

SUBMITTER: Schlegel EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10834842 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature