Open AccessIn Their Own Words: Female Adolescent Empowerment Through Participation in Participatory Action Research for Sexual Health: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of YPAR Empowerment Outcomes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nursing and healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-529X
DOI - 10.33140/jnh.05.02.02
Subject(s) - empowerment , participatory action research , psychology , agency (philosophy) , qualitative research , citizen journalism , authoritarianism , gender studies , action research , reproductive health , action (physics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , political science , pedagogy , social science , politics , democracy , population , demography , anthropology , law , physics , quantum mechanics
A qualitative meta-synthesis of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) on sexual health foregrounds how female adolescentsvoice and enact their empowerment by their participation. Through the synthesis of six studies, seven themes emerged. Thefemale voices showed a progression of agency beginning with an increased self-awareness and altered lived experiences tosupporting, educating others, a keener awareness of others’ experiences, and speaking up or against in-accurate informationor authoritarian policies. Female adolescents have the right to be heard, articulate their opinions, the right to practice theirculture, and ultimately, the right to influence the constraints on their personal and sexual health development.