scholarly journals Health Literacy from the Perspective of African Immigrant Youth and Elderly: A PhotoVoice Project

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1730-1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyosi Adekeye ◽  
Jen Kimbrough ◽  
Bola Obafemi ◽  
Robert W. Strack
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
African Immigrant

Social media identities of African immigrant youth: implications for educators

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-200
Author(s):  
George Nantwi ◽  
Hui Soo Chae ◽  
Gary Natriello
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
African Immigrant

Exploring Factors That Facilitate Acculturation Strategies and Academic Success of West African Immigrant Youth in Urban Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kumi-Yeboah ◽  
Gordon Brobbey ◽  
Patriann Smith
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
West African ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Acculturation Strategies ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
New School

Immigrant students in U.S. educational system experience challenges learning to adapt and integrate into new educational environments. Little is known, however, about factors that facilitate acculturation strategies of immigrant youth from West Africa and how they affect their academic success and challenges faced. Considering the current political discourse over the influence of immigration in U.S. schools, 20 immigrant youth from Ghana and Nigeria were recruited and interviewed in the metropolitan area of New York City. Analyses of semi-structured interviews revealed that teacher, parent, and peer support; social and electronic media; and extracurricular activities emerged as the factors that helped acculturation strategies and academic success. Challenging factors were dealing with sociocultural differences; discrimination, stress, and social integration; and language differences. The article discusses the implications of these findings for teachers to understand acculturation strategies to help West African immigrant youth to adapt, acculturate, and integrate into new school environments.

Exploring Health Literacy and the Correlates of Pap Testing Among African Immigrant Women: Findings from the AfroPap Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joycelyn Cudjoe ◽  
Chakra Budhathoki ◽  
Debra Roter ◽  
Joseph J. Gallo ◽  
Phyllis Sharps ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Pap Testing ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
African Immigrant Women

Identity Constructions and Negotiations Among 1.5- and Second-Generation Nigerians: The Impact of Family, School, and Peer Contexts

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Awokoya
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Identity Constructions ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Identity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Past scholarship on immigrant racial and ethnic identity construction tends to ignore the processes by which social context influences identity at the individual level. In this qualitative study, Janet T. Awokoya presents a complex understanding of 1.5- and second-generation African immigrant youths’ identities. Awokoya explores how three major contexts—family, school, and peer groups—affect the ways in which African immigrant youth construct and negotiate their racial and ethnic identities. Further, she contends that the ways in which African immigrant youth are expected to conform to ideals of what it means to be African, Nigerian, African American, and Black, which dramatically shift across contexts, significantly confound the racial and ethnic identity constructions and negotiations for these youth. The article concludes with a discussion of practical and theoretical implications for identity development among Black immigrant youth.

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