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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.
- Authors
Dixon, Saharra L.; Salerno Valdez, Elizabeth; Chan, Jazmine; Weil, Mira; Fisher, Tiarra; Simoun, Alya; Egan, Justine; Beatriz, Elizabeth; Gubrium, Aline
- 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.
- Subjects
ETHNIC groups; INSTITUTIONAL racism; REPRODUCTIVE health; QUALITATIVE research; STEREOTYPES; HUMAN sexuality; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEX customs; CONCEPTUAL structures; SOCIAL networks; HUMAN voice; HEALTH equity; PUBLIC health; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); SEXUAL health; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2025, Vol 26, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1177/15248399241229641