@article{8a20fe855cb44d2f89149d0c30eb0219,
title = "What happens when we ask? A phenomenological focus group on HIV prevention and sexual health education among emancipated foster care youth",
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 = "Advocacy, Arts-based, Awareness, Foster care youth, HIV, Sexual health",
author = "Ijeoma Opara and Ashley Lizarraga and Lardier, {David T.} and Andriana Herrera and Pauline Garcia-Reid and Robert Reid",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Minority AIDS Initiative (Grant SP-15104). The first author is supported with funding from the National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director (1DP5OD029636) and partially supported by an education grant from the National Institute on Mental Health (R25-MH087217). Points of view, opinions, and conclusions in this paper do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Government. The authors would like to thank the youth that we worked with to execute this project. We thank them for their hard work in creating an art initiative and also for trusting us to tell their stories. We also would like to thank Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi, who provided thoughtful feedback on the conceptualization of this article to ensure that youth were truly centered in this work while also acknowledging the beauty of what happens when researchers ask and give youth the space to see their power. Funding Information: This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Minority AIDS Initiative (Grant SP-15104). The first author is supported with funding from the National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director (1DP5OD029636) and partially supported by an education grant from the National Institute on Mental Health (R25-MH087217). Points of view, opinions, and conclusions in this paper do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Government. The authors would like to thank the youth that we worked with to execute this project. We thank them for their hard work in creating an art initiative and also for trusting us to tell their stories. We also would like to thank Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi, who provided thoughtful feedback on the conceptualization of this article to ensure that youth were truly centered in this work while also acknowledging the beauty of what happens when researchers ask and give youth the space to see their power. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106583",
language = "English",
volume = "140",
journal = "Children and Youth Services Review",
issn = "0190-7409",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}
