Digital Pleasure-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions Designed in the US for Black Female Adolescents: A Scoping Review Protocol

Black female adolescents have poor sexual health outcomes, such as HIV/AIDS, unplanned pregnancies, and sexual abuse, due to social oppressions, including racism, homophobia, and racialized gender violence, that relegate their bodies as targets of sexual injury rather than sources of self-subjectified pleasure which is a key component of sexual health. Previous efforts to address Black female adolescents' poor sexual health outcomes have focused less on pleasure and more on deficit and sex negative approaches, including disease and pregnancy prevention. Comprehensive sexual health education should inform not only on disease and pregnancy prevention but also informed decision-making and consent; health relationships and intimacy; and pleasure. With the rise of social media and other digital environments, there is an opportunity for innovative, culturally centered, age-appropriate, and pleasure-based comprehensive sexual health education available for Black female adolescents. This project consists of a scoping review to synthesize evidence of current research and literature on digital sexual and reproductive health interventions designed in the United States that incorporate pleasure for Black female adolescents aged 10-24.