 What happens when we ask? A phenomenological focus group on HIV prevention and sexual health education among emancipated foster care youthIjeoma Opara, Ashley Lizarraga, David T. Lardier, Andriana Herrera, Pauline Garcia-Reid and Robert J. Reid Children and Youth Services Review, 2022, vol. 140, issue C Abstract: Youth of color who have recently been emancipated from foster care are among the most vulnerable group at risk for having poor sexual health outcomes. It is essential for researchers to understand how emancipated foster care youth receive messages about safe sex and HIV/STI prevention in order to tailor health promotion activities for this group. This study presents a strengths-based view of emancipated foster care youth of color who developed an empowering, arts-based campaign to prevent HIV in their community using Youth Participatory Action Research (Y-PAR) methods. The project was led by 10 emancipated foster care youth who participated in two focus groups that centered on understanding their knowledge of HIV. Five major themes emerged from the focus group. Implications for researchers include incorporating safe spaces for youth to develop ideas that can result in empowering activities relating to prevention. Keywords: HIV; Sexual health; Arts-based; Advocacy; Awareness; Foster care youth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:140:y:2022:i:c:s0190740922002195 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106583 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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