Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Khayelitsha, Moral Panic, Health Promotion
15 Dec 2016
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Culture: setting the stage: seaview is not a real town, growing concern about youth, especially young men, and how they spend their leisure time i. e. , drinking, smoking, doing drugs, hanging out, nuisance. Vs. a more contextualized understanding of the complexities of this speci c youth culture and the place of their health-relevant behaviours within the matrix of their activities and associated meanings. These researchers wanted to understand the meanings and motivations of the young people on the streets: allows them to gain insight into the diverse, shifting, and value- laden contexts in which the youths" health-related behaviour occurs. They demonstrate important links between their street culture and their health i. e. , includes the role of immediate and broader socio-economic and psychological factors. Methodology: part of a larger mixed methods (qualitative + quantitative) project that followed 106 male youth from the completion of high school into post-secondary. They narrowed their focus for subsequent analysis to the issue of leisure time.
