Migrant and refugee youth perspectives on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Australia: a systematic review

Napier-Raman, S (通讯作者),Univ Sydney, Fac Med & Hlth, Sydney Sch Hlth Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
2023
Migrant and refugee youth (MRY) in Australia face specific experiences that inform their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Migrant and refugee communities experience poor health outcomes and low service uptake. Additionally, youth are vulnerable to poor sexual health. This review examines the understandings and perspectives of MRY. A systematic review was conducted as per Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The protocol is registered with PROSPERO: CRD42021241213. Nine databases were systematically searched. Inclusion criteria specified literature reporting on migrant and/or refugee youth perspectives and attitudes towards sexual and reproductive health; peer-reviewed qualitative, mixed-methods and/or quantitative studies or grey literature reports; records using Australian research; literature published in English between January 2000 and March 2021. Records that did not report on MRY and did not examine participant views or perspectives; were abstract-only, reviews, pamphlets, protocols, opinion pieces or letters; did not include Australian research; were published before 2000 and/or in a language other than English were excluded. Two reviewers screened titles, abstracts and full-text articles. The Mixed Method Appraisal Tool was used to assess studies' methodological quality. Thematic synthesis methods guided data extraction and analysis. Twenty-eight papers were included in the final review. Three themes were identified in MRY constructions of SRHR: (1) experiences of silence and shame; (2) understandings of and responses to SRHR risks; (3) navigation of relationships and sexual activity. Socioecological factors shaped MRY perspectives at individual, interpersonal, institutional and societal levels. Societal factors and interpersonal relationships significantly influenced decision making.
SEXUAL HEALTH
卷号:20|期号:1|页码:35-48
ISSN:1448-5028|收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Sydney; University of North Texas System; University of North Texas Denton; University of Witwatersrand; VinUniversity; Western Sydney University; Western Sydney University
资助信息
This review was written as part of a funded research project: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant Project. Project ID: DP200103716.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
1
2013以来使用计数
1
EISSN
1449-8987
出版年
2023
DOI
10.1071/SH22081
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Australasia human rights migrant and mobile populations refugee reproductive health sexual health youth
资助机构
Australian Research Council(Australian Research Council) Australian Research Council(Australian Research Council)
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Infectious Diseases