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      Community matters: barriers and opportunities to sexual health and sexuality education of young female migrants in Hong Kong

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          Introduction

          Female migrant workers form a substantial portion of the global migrant workforce and research indicates they are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and barriers to sexual and reproductive healthcare. This article investigates the perceptions, barriers and opportunities to sexual health and sexuality education experienced by young female migrants in Hong Kong.

          Methods

          The study adopted a rights-based perspective, employing qualitative methods for data collection, including focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with 22 female migrants working as domestic workers.

          Results

          Results indicate that young migrants’ perceptions of sexual health behaviors and access to sexuality education are shaped by various interconnected factors at four distinct levels: individual, interpersonal, social and community, and sociocultural and sociopolitical.

          Discussions

          The present study adds to the existing literature by shedding light on certain perspectives that have not been given due emphasis in comparable studies. First, it highlights the importance of migrant community as barrier as well as opportunity in promoting positive health-seeking behaviors in a culturally acceptable manner. Second, it underscores the interplay between structural forces and individual and group-level vulnerability, emphasizing the need to address structural factors to eliminate young migrants’ internalized vulnerability. Third, it draws attention to the positive dimensions of sexual experiences as a motivator for proactive health-seeking and the intricate relationship between cultural practices and positive sexuality. This article recommends a proactive approach of migrant communities to address sexual healthcare issues while public healthcare institutions should proactively provide accessible sexual healthcare information and services.

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                Kim Kwok: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2381082/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Diana K. Kwok: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2393134/overviewRole: Role: Role:
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychol.
                Title: Frontiers in Psychology
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-1078
                Publication date (Electronic): 27 November 2023
                Publication date Collection: 2023
                Volume: 14
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1270885
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
                [2] 2Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
                Author notes

                Edited by: Allison Carter, University of New South Wales, Australia

                Reviewed by: Bikila Tefera Debelo, Ambo University, Ethiopia; Olivia Burton, University of New South Wales, Australia

                *Correspondence: Kim Kwok, kimkwok@ 123456cityu.edu.hk
                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1270885
                PMC ID: 10711613
                PubMed ID: 38090160
                SO-VID: 4b9ac951-70a0-407c-bd89-df13b1b8ea92
                Copyright © Copyright © 2023 Kwok and Kwok.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                Date received : 04 September 2023
                Date accepted : 08 November 2023
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 53, Pages: 10, Words: 8519
                Funding
                The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
                Categories
                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Original Research
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                section-at-acceptance Gender, Sex and Sexualities

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: community,sexual health,sexuality education,rights-based,young female migrants,structural vulnerability,sexual health model
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: community, sexual health, sexuality education, rights-based, young female migrants, structural vulnerability, sexual health model

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