Engaging Students in Community-Based Participatory Research, Leadership & Activism

Asian American Women’s Public Health:

ENGAGING STUDENTS IN
COMMUNITY BASED
PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH,
LEADERSHIP & ACTIVISM
California API Policy Summit 2011
May 2, 2011
Sacramento, California

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Presenters
Paula Noche
University of California, Irvine
Public Health Policy &
Medical Anthropology Minor

Melissa Chang
Biological Sciences

Jedrek Chua
Public Health Policy & Urban Studies

Christine Lee
Biological Sciences & Anthropology


Presenters
Allison Nguyen
Public Health Policy & Business Economics

Denise Tran
Public Health Sciences

Nina Nguyen
California State University, Fu"erton
Biological Sciences
National Asian Paciﬁc American Women’s Forum
Teaching Assistant


Introduction
Session Objectives:
Describe the process of developing a campus-community
partnership.
Increase Summit participants’ knowledge and awareness around
API women’s sexual & reproductive health issues.
Discuss ways in which community leaders can reach out to
young adults to increase civic engagement and become
advocates for the API community.
Discuss the use of social media platforms of the Millennial
Generation and how community organizations can use such
methods to connect to this population.


OVERVIEW OF NAPAWF &
CYWC


NAPAWF
[ National Asian Paciﬁc American Women’s Forum ]

The only national, multi-
issue Asian and Paciﬁc
Islander (API) women’s
organization in the country.

NAPAWF’s mission is to
build a movement to advance
social justice and human
rights for API women and
girls.


Why do we need this Project?
Native Americans
Hispanic 4%
Funding dedicated to 18% White
API communities: 35%

Federal health research
grants (1986-2000): 0.2%
African American
Top 20 U.S. foundations 41% API
(2004): 0.4%
2%

Sexual Health Articles


The California Young Women’s
Collaborative (CYWC) - Objectives
Conduct research projects on college campuses

Launch campaigns to educate the community

Help to facilitate student empowerment

Document and share innovations


CYWC Cohorts (2006-Current)


Beneﬁts of Campus-
Community Partnership
Campus Community

Research Expertise Relevant community issues

Bringing reproductive justice issues to
Classroom/theory-based learning
campus

Institutional support (e.g. IRB Approval) Community exposure & support

Access to National NAPAWF
Access to young adults
community partners

Workforce pipeline Hands-on, applied social activism

Funding & Resources Funding & Resources


UC Irvine Campus


Total Ethnic Composition at UC Irvine
60%

45%

30%

15%

0%
API White Hispanic African American


Most Concentrated API Ethnic Groups at
UC Irvine
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Chinese Vietnamese Filipina Korean Asian Indian Japanese Pacific Islander


CYWC UC Irvine Cohort

!

.:. 2010-2011 .:.

UC Irvine Cohort

CYWC QUANTITATIVE
STUDY FINDINGS
Methods & Demographics
Sex Education in the API Community
Views on Abortion
Sex Selection


METHODS &
DEMOGRAPHICS


Methods
Online survey conducted through SurveyMonkey

Random sampling of 5000 full-time undergraduate females, 18-25 years of
age

Final sample size: N=1100

Questions included topics on:

Demographics Contraceptive choice

Association with Religion Views on abortion

Sex Education Sex selection

Sexual history Reproductive Technology


Demographic African American
Characteristics of our Latina/Chicana

Sample Population 2%
14%

API 50% White
22%
20%

15%
13%
10%
Multi-Racial
5%

0%
Chinese Vietnamese Filipina Korean South Asian


Sample Demographics:
60%

45%
Age
30% 100%

80%
15%
60%
0%
Not Dating, Dating, In a Committed 40%
Not Committed Not Committed Relationship

20%
Relationship
Status 0%
18-20 21-25


Religious Afﬁliation of UC Irvine
Campus
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Catholicism Christianity Buddhism Islam Hinduism Judaism Other


IN THE API COMMUNITY


How Did UC Irvine Students Receive Sex
Education?
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Society* School (K-16) Health Care Provider Family Signifcant Other

*Society includes media & (iends


Sex Education Among API Subgroups
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
School (K-16) Society* Family Health Care Provider Significant Other



Source of Sexual Education & Use of Birth
Control in the Last 3 Months
60%
Source of Sexual Education
Inﬂuence of Actual Utilization
45%

30%

15%

0%
Health Care Providers Society*


VIEWS ON


Attitudes on Abortion by Ethnicity
75

60

45

30

15

0
Latina/Chicana API White Multi-Racial

Conservative* Liberal*

*Conservative: Not Legal Under Any Circumstances & Legal Under Certain Circumstances
*Liberal: Legal Under Any Circumstances & Legal in the ﬁrst trimester of pregnancy


Attitudes on Abortion among Select API
Subgroups
75

60

45

30

15

0
Korean Filipina Chinese Vietnamese South Asian
Conservative* Liberal*


Association of Religion with Abortion Views
80%

60%

40%

20%

0%
Associated with Religion Not Associated with Religion

Conservative Liberal



SEX
SELECTION


What is Sex Selection?


Boys & Girls are Valued Equally
50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Agree* Neutral Disagree*

Agree*: Strongly Agree & Agree
Disagree*: Strongly Disagree & Disagree


Who are more valued?
60% 60%

45% 45%

30% 30%

15% 24% 15%
9%
0% 0%
Disagree* Neutral Agree* Disagree* Neutral Agree*

Boys more valued Girls more valued
than Girls than Boys


“All things considered, I believe that I,
as a woman, have as much opportunity as a man”
100%

75%

50%

25%

0%
Disagree* Neutral Agree*



Sex Choice of First-Born Child
40%

30%

20%
31%
10%
14%
0%
Boy Girl Do Not Not Sure No Children
Care Planned


Sex Choice if Only Child
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Boy Girl Do Not Care Not Sure


Sex Selection Reinforces Sexist Notions
50%

37.5%

25%
47%
12.5%
20%

0%
Disagree* Neutral Agree*


“Do you know people in your family or communities
who have used some sort of technology,
including abortion, to have a child of a speciﬁc sex?”

80%

60%

40%

20%
7%
0%
Yes No Not Sure


CYWC QUALITATIVE
STUDY FINDINGS (UROP)
Introduction to UROP
Qualitative Methods
Findings
Policy Implications & Recommendations


INTRODUCTION TO
UROP


Undergraduate Research
Opportunities Program (UROP)
How Sex Selection & Gender Preference Aﬀects Asian
American Women’s Self-Esteem & Self-Perception

Allison Nguyen
Christine Lee
Jedrek Chua
Denise Tran


QUALITATIVE
METHODS


Qualitative Methods
2 Focus Group Discussions [N=20]
Female Group [N=13]
Male Group [N=7]

Focus Group Included:
Pre-focus group questionnaire
Warm-up questions
Focus group discussion questions
Reﬂection
unintended consequence :)


Focus Group Discussion Questions
How Sex Selection & Gender Preference Affects Self-Esteem

How Sex Selection & Gender Preference Affects Self-Perception

How Self-Esteem Affects
Educational Opportunities
& Career Paths

Attitudes on Gender Roles
and Familial Responsibilities


Data Analysis
Transcribed both sets of focus group audio recordings
Generated transcripts totaling about 50 pages
Coded and created themes
Tabulated pre-focus group questionnaires
Discussed & interpreted emerging themes


FINDINGS


Findings
How self-esteem affects Attitudes on gender roles and
educational opportunities & familial responsibilities
career paths
♂ Privileged compared to
♀ Desire to be male for greater women in jobs
freedom
♀ Get married, have families
♀ Need for push from parents
♂ Men to protect women
♀ Need for jobs with ﬁnancial
security ♀ Family life given priority

♂ Jobs ﬁrst, families later

♀ Gender-based chores


POLICY IMPLICATIONS
& RECOMMENDATION


Policy Implications
Translating &
Research Practice
Disseminating

Community-Based Participatory Research Model
Disseminate research relevant to us
Connect students and community leaders
Increase civic engagement
Advance NAPAWF’s Mission
UCI’s 4 Pillars


Policy Recommendations

Improve data collection
Inclusive
Disaggregate
Create a narrative


LEADERSHIP &
ACTIVISM


Leadership & Activism

Launch campaigns to
educate the community
Help facilitate student
empowerment
Document and share
innovations


May Day Rally
May 1, 2011


Social Action Retreat


“Voice & Visibility”
API Women’s
Health Summit


Upcoming Events

Brown Bag Luncheon
with the Health
Education Center
NAPAWF Board
Webinar


Disseminating Our Data
Developing factsheets


Factsheet Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjaE6dczmRs


Pause for Cause UCI 2011


Civic Participation

Legislative Visit with
Congresswoman
Judy Chu,
Chair of the Congressional
APA Caucus,
April 2011


CYWC UCI Tumblr


Department of Asian
American Studies Blog


NAPAWF


Skills Building Stations

[1] How do you engage college students to advance
your organizations’ social causes?
[2] Social media platforms for the Millennial
Generation
[3] “Let’s talk about sex”: Creating a safe space


Introduction
Session Objectives:
Describe the process of developing a campus-community
partnership.
Increase Summit participants’ knowledge and awareness around
API women’s sexual & reproductive health issues.
Discuss ways in which community leaders can reach out
to young adults to increase civic engagement and
become advocates for the API community.
Discuss the use of social media platforms of the Millennial
Generation and how community organizations can use such
methods to connect to this population.


THANK YOU! :)


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