Graphic facilitation as a tool to guide community-based research on Indigenous boys’ and men’s sexual health.
Citation
Doria, N., Biderman, M., Miller, D., Prosper, A., & Numer, M. (2019). Graphic facilitation as a tool to guide community-based research on Indigenous boys’ and men’s sexual health. Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, 10, 20-27. Retrieved from https://www.ahacentre.ca/uploads/9/6/4/2/96422574/
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Abstract
The sexual health of Indigenous1 boys and men is becoming increasingly recognized as an important area of research (Bingham et al., 2014; Grace 2003; Healey & Meadows, 2007). To date, however, much of the research exploring the sexual health of Indigenous Peoples has focused on women and girls. While further research is needed to explore the sexual health of Indigenous boys and men, future research must consider how interacting and dimensional factors such as colonization, racism, discrimination and prejudice contribute to poor sexual health outcomes (Bird et al., 2016; George et al., 2016; Hallett et al., 2017; Negin, Aspin, Gadsden, & Reading, 2015; Reading, Wien, & National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2009; Reading, Loppie, & O’Neil, 2016). It is important to recognize that generations of trauma and abuse have produced the poor social conditions in which Indigenous Peoples experience worse sexual health compared to the national average, such as higher rates of HIV and other STBBIs (Haddad et al., 2018). This paper describes our experience of conducting a community consultation to explore the current state of Indigenous boys and men’s sexual health and wellness. We also discuss our experience of using graphic facilitation as a culturally responsive tool to collect qualitative data on this subject matter. The community consultation is an outcome of a larger program of research that ultimately aims to decrease HIV rates within the Indigenous community across Atlantic Canada and beyond. Ethical approval for this project was obtained from both the Dalhousie Research Ethics Board and Mi’kmaw Ethics Watch
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