Sarah Abboud
Abstract TBA
Sarah Abboud employs principles of community-based participatory research and qualitative methods, and aims to develop evidence-based research programs and interventions to improve health outcomes among first- and second-generation Arab immigrants in the U.S.
Dr. Abboud’s research explores sexual health at the intersections of immigration, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnic identity in this population. This program of research is grounded in social justice and health equity frameworks and has two interrelated tracks: first, sexual health promotion and sexual violence prevention among Arab immigrants; and second, sexual and mental health among sexual minority Arab immigrants. Dr. Abboud’s advocacy work centers on the (in)visibility of Arab/Middle Eastern & North African (MENA)/South West Asian & North African (SWANA) identity and calls for the inclusion of a separate racial/ethnic identity category on the U.S. census reporting.