(analítico): El objetivo del estudio fue analizar algunas percepciones que las jóvenes tienen del embarazo y la maternidad temprana en dos comunidades binacionales atravesadas por la migración: Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, México y San Joaquín, California, Estados Unidos. El enfoque metodológico fue cualitativo interpretativo, con una estrategia basada en la construcción categorías analíticas a partir de los relatos. Se realizaron 12 grupos focales en escuelas públicas con estudiantes de secundaria y bachillerato en edades comprendidas entre 14-18 años. Los hallazgos evidencian que los factores asociados al embarazo y la maternidad temprana, se relacionan con un conjunto de condiciones socioestructurales y sociosimbólicas que imperan en la familia la escuela y la comunidad, en donde la mayoría de las veces, se genera un contexto de vulnerabilidad, exclusión y desigualdad de género.
Addressing barriers to inclusion requires understanding the nature of the problem at the institutional level. Data collection and assessment are both crucial for this aim. In this chapter, we describe two important classes of data: (1) data on diversity that define the potential nature of the issues at stake and the need for change, and (2) data on assessing the usefulness of new programs, processes, and policies in creating a more diverse institution. Both sets of data are important for effective decision-making. At the same time, data analyses can be challenging because issues of equity and inclusion are complex and determining the basis of comparison or the “ideal” diversity target can be difficult. Nevertheless, data gathering and analysis are critical to assess progress and to provide a basis for both accountability and efficacy. Moreover, the ability to document that a problem indeed exists will help justify the need for change and, ideally, spur corrective action.
This chapter focuses on the experience of conducting collaborative, interview-based research on the career pathways of Latina STEM scholars in the United States. In addition to outlining our key findings, we address the process of conducting the research and explain why the Latina experience is crucial to understanding current discrimination practices. We discuss the theoretical foundations of our methodology and the importance of qualitative, in-depth interviews as a specific form of knowledge-production, as well as topics such as researcher ethics, positionality, confidentiality, emotional labor, and the advantages and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Adolescent pregnancy continues to be a significant public health problem that negatively affects adolescent health both in Mexico and the United States, especially in rural areas. In spite of an overall declining adolescent birthrate in the United States, Hispanic adolescent girls are more than twice as likely to become pregnant than their white non-Hispanic counterparts [1]. In Mexico, between 2003 and 2012 there were 5.76 million births to girls under 19 years of age [2]. In 2012, births to teen mothers represented 18.7% of total births in Mexico. On average, each year Mexican teen mothers give birth to 448,000 children. In the United States, over 615,000 teens between 15 and 19 become pregnant each year with 42 per 1,000 births to Hispanic adolescent mothers [3]. Nearly 85% of teen pregnancies are unplanned [4]. Binational outcomes that these teenage mothers share include low academic achievement with limited educational resources, inaccessible health care, a lack of contraceptive services and knowledge of reproductive health that lead to a common vulnerability for early pregnancy.
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