Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness
Purpose: School connectedness positively influences adolescent health outcomes and is a key social determinant of health, yet, contributors to school connectedness for youth from immigrant communities remain poorly defined. Methods: This community-based participatory research study uses thematic ana...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Health Equity |
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| description | Purpose: School connectedness positively influences adolescent health outcomes and is a key social determinant of health, yet, contributors to school connectedness for youth from immigrant communities remain poorly defined.
Methods: This community-based participatory research study uses thematic analysis to identify contributors to Somali, Latino, and Hmong (SLH) adolescents' school connectedness. We conducted nine focus groups with 71 SLH male and female adolescents, the majority aged 13?18 years, in a United States Midwestern metropolitan area.
Results: SLH students described contributors to their school connectedness that fit within three broad themes: (1) SLH students desire to be known and supported by their teachers as individuals, (2) specific teacher instructional approaches reinforce or undermine SLH student?school connections, and (3) transparency and fairness in school disciplinary practices are especially important for promoting Latino student?school connectedness.
Conclusion: SLH youth perspectives offer ways for educators to foster increased school connectedness to improve academic and health outcomes among increasingly diverse student populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6906353860974f0fa79ef3d7e5f2b9bf2023-12-06T15:58:58ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422022-07-0110.1089/HEQ.2021.0095Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School ConnectednessPurpose: School connectedness positively influences adolescent health outcomes and is a key social determinant of health, yet, contributors to school connectedness for youth from immigrant communities remain poorly defined. Methods: This community-based participatory research study uses thematic analysis to identify contributors to Somali, Latino, and Hmong (SLH) adolescents' school connectedness. We conducted nine focus groups with 71 SLH male and female adolescents, the majority aged 13?18 years, in a United States Midwestern metropolitan area. Results: SLH students described contributors to their school connectedness that fit within three broad themes: (1) SLH students desire to be known and supported by their teachers as individuals, (2) specific teacher instructional approaches reinforce or undermine SLH student?school connections, and (3) transparency and fairness in school disciplinary practices are especially important for promoting Latino student?school connectedness. Conclusion: SLH youth perspectives offer ways for educators to foster increased school connectedness to improve academic and health outcomes among increasingly diverse student populations.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2021.0095 |
| spellingShingle | Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness Health Equity |
| title | Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness |
| title_full | Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness |
| title_fullStr | Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness |
| title_short | Somali, Latino, and Hmong Youth Perceptions of School Connectedness |
| title_sort | somali latino and hmong youth perceptions of school connectedness |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2021.0095 |