Publications by authors named "Saharra L Dixon"
Article Synopsis
- The article examines how structural racism affects adolescent health, particularly in the realm of sexual and reproductive health for marginalized youth.
- Youth Participatory Action Research methods, like Photovoice and community mapping, were utilized to help young people express their experiences with bias and navigate social systems.
- The study emphasizes the importance of including youth voices in addressing structural racism and explores pathways for achieving health equity through an Arts and Cultural in Public Health framework.
Health education and research has historically relied on partnerships between institutions that focus on prescribing interventions rather than working with communities to identify and address systemic violence and oppression as root causes of health inequity. This perpetuates harmful colonial paradigms in health education. We present an autoethnographic perspective of our experiences as Black women with Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors to reexamine harmful assumptions and practices underpinning the field.
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