Journal of Interprofessional Care
Volume 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-415

Realidad Latina: Latino adolescents, their school, and a university use photovoice to examine and address the influence of immigration (Article)

Streng J.M.* , Rhodes S.D. , Ayala G.X. , Eng E. , Arceo R. , Phipps S.
  • a Orange County Health Department, Hlth. Promotion/Educational Services, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278, United States
  • b Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • c Dept. of Health Behav./Health Educ., School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapell Hill, NC, United States
  • d Dept. of Health Behav./Health Educ., School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapell Hill, NC, United States
  • e Student Action with Farmworkers, Durham, NC, United States
  • f Durham County Health Department, Durham, NC, United States

Abstract

Over the past 10 years, growth of the Latino population in the United States has been most rapid in North Carolina. Project Realidad Latina (Latino Reality) was a qualitative exploratory study conducted to gain insight into the immigration experiences of 10 newly-arrived Latino adolescents living in rural North Carolina (NC). The study followed a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach and used the photovoice method. Over a one-year period, adolescents partnered with public health practitioners and researchers in: generating photo-assignments, taking photographs based on these assignments, using the photographs for photo-discussions, and defining themes based on these photo-discussions. A photograph exhibition and community forum raised awareness among local decision-makers and community members of the issues and assets of Latino adolescents and initiated a process toward change. From the participants' words and photographs emerged contextual descriptions of issues that both challenged and facilitated their adaptation and quality of life in their school and community. Likewise, implications from the findings and the nature of the CBPR approach for future Latino adolescent health intervention research are presented. © Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Author Keywords

Latino/Hispanic Immigration Photovoice Community-based participatory research Adolescents CBPR

Index Keywords

education rural area clinical research methodology community care Consumer Participation health care personnel human immigration North Carolina ethnic group Adaptation, Psychological Hispanic Americans United States quality of life Humans Hispanic Adolescent male female university adaptive behavior qualitative analysis child health Article social adaptation photography Adolescent Behavior awareness adult Emigration and Immigration decision making concept formation
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-11944273316&doi=10.1080%2f13561820400011701&partnerID=40&md5=13f9b5a7511acd3e0b2fbec20927bd76
DOI: 10.1080/13561820400011701
ISSN: 13561820
Cited by: 109
Original Language: English