No te tratan bien porque eres Mexicana”

Intersectional systemic violence and precarity in Latina adolescent life in the U.S. South

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12439615
AutoresGwendolyn Ferreti (0000-0003-4136-097X, Spelman College, autor correspondente), Mercedes M Morales-Alemán (0000-0002-6104-6147, Community Health Center), Carlos Alemán (0000-0003-4462-6075, National Hispanic Media Coalition), Carlos E Alemán
Ano2020
Volume26
Fascículo2
Páginas126-135
Data de publicação2020-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPeace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1078-1919 • E-ISSN: 1532-7949
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/pac0000416
PMID33776399
OpenAlexW3020844073
IdiomaES
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas17

Young Latina women (YLW) in Alabama are disproportionately affected by sexual health disparities. However, to access needed reproductive services, YLW must navigate a healthcare landscape that restricts access for youth. YLW also face racialized immigration enforcement in their communities which is designed to attrition the region's emergent Latina/o/x immigrant population. This paper describes the intersectional, structural forces that contribute to experienced systemic violence for YLW as they try to access sexual healthcare services. In 2017, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 20 YLW and 24 key stakeholders (parents, providers, Latino/a/x community leaders etc.) in West Alabama to examine attitudes and perceptions about sexual health and healthcare access (HCA) among YLW in the region. We used purposeful convenience sampling and snowballing to recruit a community-based sample. That is, we purposefully recruited YLW, adjusting through the recruitment period for a diverse sample, who represented the various voices that we were trying to capture in the study (i.e., younger and older adolescents, adolescents born in the U.S. and those born in other countries etc.). Through a focus on YLW's access to sexual/reproductive healthcare, we conclude that YLW experience systemic violence and resulting precarity because laws and health policies restrict access to evidence-based sexual health education and reproductive healthcare services. We discuss implications for future research and policy recommendations

Criminology · Focus group · Health care · Immigration · Law enforcement · Lesbian · Political science · Population · Precarity · Qualitative research · Reproductive health · Sexual minority · Sexual violence · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology