Western Sydney Migrant and Refugee Youths' Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This study explores migrant and refugee youths’ (aged 16-24) understandings and experiences of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) - a gap identified in on our interdisciplinary pilot work. Little is known about migrant and refugee youths’ knowledge and agency related to SRHR in Greater Western Sydney because youth are rarely asked. Although sexual and reproductive wellbeing cannot be realised without SRHR – a fundamental human right - few studies have considered migrant and refugee youths’ knowledge and agency in Greater Western Sydney. The little research conducted in this region (mostly our own) on migrant and refugee youths’ sexual and reproductive health has mostly focused on the prevalence of unplanned pregnancy, having STIs, intergenerational issues, crosscultural clashes and constructions of sexual and reproductive health in relation to culture and/or religion. This project therefore draws on our interdisciplinary pilot work and uses participatory action research (PAR) to address the following study aims:
1. Investigate migrant and refugee youths’ understanding of and experiences with sexual and reproductive health and rights.
2. Identify the barriers and facilitators migrant and refugee youth perceive to sexual and reproductive wellbeing, decision-making and agency.
3. Map the socioecological factors that characterise youth sexual and reproductive health and rights and their support needs, literacy, service utilisation, availability and accessibility.
4. Develop a human rights-based and youth-determined model for policy and programming aimed at improvingyouth sexual and reproductive health agency and wellbeing.

Full details of the datasets format and description can be viewed in the attached README file.
This dataset is available under restricted access. For more information or potential collaboration, please contact Michaels Aibangbee (email: [e-mail])

本研究旨在探究移民与难民青年（16-24岁）对性与生殖健康权利（SRHR）的理解与体验——这一缺口是我们在跨学科试点工作中发现的。由于大悉尼西部地区的移民与难民青年极少被问及相关问题，他们在SRHR方面的知识与能动性鲜为人知。尽管性与生殖健康福祉的实现离不开作为基本人权的SRHR，但针对大悉尼西部地区移民与难民青年在SRHR方面的知识与能动性的研究寥寥无几。该区域内针对移民与难民青年性与生殖健康的少量研究（多为我们团队所开展）主要聚焦于意外怀孕的发生率、性传播感染（STIs）的存在情况、代际问题、跨文化冲突以及与文化和/或宗教相关的性与生殖健康建构。因此，本项目基于我们的跨学科试点工作，采用参与式行动研究（PAR）以达成以下研究目标：
1. 调查移民与难民青年对性与生殖健康权利的理解与体验。
2. 识别移民与难民青年感知到的、影响其性与生殖健康福祉、决策制定及能动性的障碍与促进因素。
3. 绘制表征青年性与生殖健康权利及其支持需求、素养、服务利用情况、可获得性与可及性的社会生态因素图谱。
4. 开发一个基于人权且由青年主导的政策与项目模型，以提升青年的性与生殖健康能动性及福祉。

数据集格式与描述的完整细节详见附件README文件。本数据集采用受限访问模式。如需更多信息或潜在合作，请联系Michaels Aibangbee（邮箱：[e-mail]）