Hip Hopping the Gap – Performing Arts Approaches to Sexual Health Disadvantage In         Young People in Remote Settings

Crouch, Alan; Robertson, Heather; Fagan, Patricia

doi:10.3109/10398562.2011.583046

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“…Three specific examples include the Indigenous Hip Hop Project (IHHP) (Crouch et al . ), the Indigenous Peer Education Project (IPEP) (Mikhailovich & Arabena ) and Youth and Relationship Networks (YARNS) (Whiteside et al . ).…”

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Social determinants in the sexual health of adolescent Aboriginal Australians: a systematic review

MacPhail

McKay

2016

Health Soc Care Community

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While research indicates that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents may be at increased risk of some sexually transmitted infections, there is limited information about factors that may place these young people at more risk of adverse sexual health than their non‐Indigenous counterparts. Current research has tended to focus on surveillance‐type data, but there is an increasing need to understand social determinants of sexual health risk. This systematic review assessed the evidence of social determinants impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents’ sexual health in Australia. Published, English‐language literature was searched across key databases from 2003 to 2015. Fourteen studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. Findings suggest that social determinants such as access to healthcare, poverty, substance use, educational disadvantage, sociocultural context, gender inequalities, status and identity, and social disadvantage impacted on Indigenous adolescents’ sexual behaviours and sexual health risk. Evidence from the literature included in the review suggests that peer education may be an acceptable and appropriate approach for addressing such issues. There remains a need for programmes and services to be community‐developed and community‐led, thus ensuring cultural appropriateness and relevance. However, there is also a significant need for such programmes to be effectively and rigorously evaluated with data that goes beyond surveillance, and seeks to unpack how sexual norms are experienced by Indigenous adolescents, particularly outside of remote Australia – and how these experiences act as either risk or protective factors to good sexual health and positive social and emotional well‐being.

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“…Similarly, both YARNS and IHHP successfully used a community mobilisation approach to raise awareness of youth sexual health disadvantage and engaged the broader community in adolescent sexual health activism (Crouch et al . , Whiteside et al . ).…”

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Social determinants in the sexual health of adolescent Aboriginal Australians: a systematic review

MacPhail

McKay

2016

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“…Published papers describing the community engagement strategy, 7 STI testing and treatment program, 24 condom infrastructure improvement efforts 6 and performing‐arts‐based community awareness‐raising initiatives 26,27 were reviewed. Documented findings from four small antecedent campaigns (Box 2: print advertisements and free SMS texting service; chlamydia home testing; 2008 World AIDS Day activities; and a mobile telephone number collection initiative) informed by media consumption surveys, were also reviewed.…”

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Successes in sexual health communications development, programmatic implementation and evaluation in the Torres Strait region 2006 to 2012

Fagan

Robertson²,

Pedrana

et al. 2015

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To evaluate the Indigenous sexual health promotion program in the Torres Strait 2006-2012 that culminated in an education-entertainment radio drama, Kasa Por Yarn (KPY). Methods:A mixed methods approach applied to unpublished program documents and program-derived peer-reviewed publications was utilised.Results: Early initiatives established a strong partnership with Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. Significant community engagement throughout ensured a positive process. Telephone survey data (n=100, TSI, 15-24 years) found: 95% had heard of KPY and 80% listened to 2 or more episodes (reach); 86% recalled storylines/characters (recall); and 54% talked about KPY to family/friends (resonance). There was improvement in sexual health knowledge scores (p<0.00) in the 15-19-year-old Torres Strait Islander population between 2007 and 2012. The 2012 15-24-year-old population exposed to KPY had higher sexual health knowledge scores compared with those unexposed (p=0.02).Conclusions: This is an uncommon comprehensive evaluation of population-based sexual health communications strategies delivered over years in a remote Australian setting. The findings are encouraging but demonstrate that positive shifts take time and are incremental. Implications:In addition to clinical strategies, strategic and sustained investment in sexual health promotion expertise that leads community partnership and program development is required to reduce youth risk and prevent HIV/AIDS in remote populations.

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“…13 They also sponsored Indigenous Hip Hop events across four Torres locations. 6 YARN involvement and endorsement of these activities provided program staff with security that the strategy, addressing such a sensitive issue, had local support.…”

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“…Both YARNs have advised on sexual health program development and initiated a range of community activities to promote sexual health and build community awareness. 6 The YARNs were not developed as a research project. In the design of the sexual health strategy, community participation was understood as fundamental.…”

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Youth and Relationship Networks (YARNS): mobilising communities for sexual health

Whiteside

Tsey²,

Crouch³

et al. 2012

Health Promot J Aust

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Hip Hopping the Gap – Performing Arts Approaches to Sexual Health Disadvantage In Young People in Remote Settings

Cited by 10 publications

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Social determinants in the sexual health of adolescent Aboriginal Australians: a systematic review

Social determinants in the sexual health of adolescent Aboriginal Australians: a systematic review

Successes in sexual health communications development, programmatic implementation and evaluation in the Torres Strait region 2006 to 2012

Youth and Relationship Networks (YARNS): mobilising communities for sexual health

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