Journal article
Stacked Up Against Us: Using Photovoice and Participatory Methods to Explore Structural Racism's Impact on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Inequities
Health promotion practice, v 26(1), pp 85-95
01 Jan 2025
PMID: 38374717
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Abstract
While structural racism has profound impacts on adolescent health, little is known about how youth synthesize racialized experiences and work to dismantle systems of oppression. This article provides an overview of a Youth Participatory Action Research study that used Photovoice and community mapping to explore how structural violence, like racism, impacts the sexual and reproductive health of historically excluded youth as they navigate unjust socio-political landscapes. Youth participants used photography and community maps to identify how the experience of bias, profiling, and tokenism impacted their ability to navigate complex social systems. With youth voices prioritized, participants explored ways to address structural racism in their lives. The importance of co-creating opportunities with and for youth in critical reflection of their lived experience is emphasized. Through an Arts and Cultural in Public Health framework, we provide an analysis of the ways structural racism functions as a gendered racial project and fundamental cause of adolescent sexual and reproductive health inequities, while identifying pathways toward liberation in pursuit of health and well-being.
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- Title
- Stacked Up Against Us: Using Photovoice and Participatory Methods to Explore Structural Racism's Impact on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Inequities
- Creators
- Saharra L. Dixon - University of Massachusetts AmherstElizabeth Salerno Valdez - University of Massachusetts AmherstJazmine Chan - University of Massachusetts AmherstMira Weil - University of Massachusetts AmherstTiarra Fisher - University of Massachusetts AmherstAlya Simoun - University of Massachusetts AmherstJustine Egan - Massachusetts Department of Public HealthElizabeth Beatriz - Massachusetts Department of Public HealthAline Gubrium - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Publication Details
- Health promotion practice, v 26(1), pp 85-95
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- 1901MASRAE / Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001166418100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85185247027
- Other Identifier
- 991021895714904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health