Darko Natasha A, Wilson Ciann L, Oliver Vanessa
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Child and Youth Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Canada.
Am J Community Psychol. 2024 Dec;74(3-4):196-209. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12753. Epub 2024 May 12.
In Canada, there is a lack of research that addresses the sexual health and well-being of African, Caribbean, and Black young women. This paper aims to gather perspectives of young Black women to address the social contexts of how young Black women navigate issues related to sex and sexual health. Young Black women experience unique dynamics in navigating their sexualities and sexual healthcare. The nuanced experiences stem from social contexts with historical underpinnings, such as the perception of Black women's bodies, Black identity, gender roles, and sexual double standards. This Community-Based Participatory Research study (N = 24) utilized focus groups to examine young Black women's experiences navigating sexual health. Employing a thematic analysis, participants identified four themes representing their narratives of navigating sexual health. The themes included the perceptions and hypersexuality of Black women's bodies, navigating sexual double standards and gender roles as Black women, diverse Blackness, and migration experiences concerning sexual health and surveillance of Black women's bodies. This paper is intended to add to scholarly discourse and will include practical strategies for use by researchers and community practitioners in sexual health within the Black community.
在加拿大，缺乏针对非洲、加勒比和黑人年轻女性性健康与福祉的研究。本文旨在收集黑人年轻女性的观点，以探讨黑人年轻女性在应对与性及性健康相关问题时的社会背景。黑人年轻女性在探索自身性取向和性健康护理方面经历着独特的动态变化。这些细微差别源于具有历史根源的社会背景，比如对黑人女性身体的认知、黑人身份、性别角色以及性双重标准。这项基于社区的参与性研究（N = 24）利用焦点小组来考察黑人年轻女性在性健康方面的经历。通过主题分析，参与者确定了四个主题，代表了她们在性健康方面的经历叙述。这些主题包括对黑人女性身体的认知和过度性化、作为黑人女性应对性双重标准和性别角色、多元的黑人身份，以及与性健康和对黑人女性身体的监管相关的移民经历。本文旨在丰富学术讨论，并将为黑人社区性健康领域的研究人员和社区从业者提供实用策略。
