ABSTRACT

Adolescence is a period of exploration of sexuality and of its integration into personality. Existing research on Latina adolescents, however, has been largely limited to disease and pregnancy prevention, ignoring the integration of sexual well-being with other aspects of health. Accordingly, this paper presents findings from a photovoice project with 11–12 year old Latina students, implemented to investigate topics related to cultural identity, gender and sexual health. The data were generated over a 12-week period in an urban middle school in Central Texas by 17 youth collaborators. Findings provide a platform for discussion of how Latina young people’s ideas align with or diverge from current sexual health discourses within a racial/ethnic context. We highlight opportunities and constraints with regard to identifying sexual health needs from young Latina students’ own perspectives, in an attempt to contribute to the body of literature on sexual health in middle school students, as well as the lessons learned through our efforts.

 抽象的

青春期是探索性并将其融入人格的时期。然而，现有对拉丁裔青少年的研究主要局限于疾病和怀孕预防，忽视了性健康与健康其他方面的整合。因此，本文介绍了针对 11-12 岁拉丁裔学生的照片语音项目的调查结果，该项目旨在调查与文化认同、性别和性健康相关的主题。这些数据是由 17 名青年合作者在德克萨斯州中部一所城市中学历时 12 周生成的。调查结果为讨论拉丁裔年轻人的想法如何与当前种族/民族背景下的性健康话语保持一致或分歧提供了一个平台。我们强调从年轻的拉丁裔学生自己的角度确定性健康需求的机会和限制，试图为中学生性健康的文献做出贡献，并通过我们的努力吸取经验教训。