Community‐based Youth Participatory Action Research studies with a focus on youth health and well‐being: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1301-1315
Author(s):  
Cátia Branquinho ◽  
Gina Tomé ◽  
Teresa Grothausen ◽  
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Health ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Research Studies

scholarly journals Using Youth Participatory Action Research as a Health Intervention in Community Settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Lindquist-Grantz ◽  
Michelle Abraczinskas
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based

Youth participatory action research (YPAR) emphasizes positive youth development by engaging young people as co-researchers and change agents on complex issues to produce solutions that are relevant to youth. YPAR has primarily been used in classroom and youth organization settings, which means there are very few examples of its usage in other community-based settings or as a health intervention approach. Additionally, there is a need for further study of YPAR implementation processes and the effect on youth development and well-being outcomes. In this article, we highlight the innovative use of YPAR as a community-based health intervention through two case studies in which the adolescent health issues of physical activity and suicide were addressed. We describe the design of each YPAR health intervention and the studies that were conducted to link participatory research processes to youth development and health outcomes. Using the lessons learned from these YPAR interventions, we propose best practices for the design, implementation, and evaluation of YPAR as a health intervention strategy in a community setting.

scholarly journals Revolutionizing education: Youth participatory action research in motion

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 187-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Richards-Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
The Social

This article reviews 'Revolutionizing education', a deeply reflective and retrospective book of scholarship on critical questions about youth participatory action research. The book contains a series of case study chapters that examine how youth participatory action research transforms young people and the social contexts in which they live as well as the learnings and implications yielded from this research. The book examines youth participatory action research both for its radical and revolutionary challenge to 'traditional research' practices but also for its active focus on research as a vehicle for increasing critical consciousness, developing knowledge for 'resistance and transformation' and for creating social change. It represents an important contribution to the field of youth participatory action research and community-based research.

scholarly journals Youth Participatory Action Research for Youth Substance Use Prevention: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Salerno Valdez ◽  
Iva Skobic ◽  
Luis Valdez ◽  
David O Garcia ◽  
Josephine Korchmaros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Substance Use Prevention ◽  
Participatory Action

Diffusing ICR's Youth Participatory Action Research Model

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Brase ◽  
Victor Pacheco ◽  
Marlene Berg
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
School Based ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Core Elements

Once intervention programs for youth have been developed and assessed, making them available by adapting and diffusing them into new settings is a significant research and development challenge. In this paper, we describe how core elements of the ICR Youth Participatory Action Research (PAR) model have been diffused throughout Connecticut by adapting the program to the populations and constraints of community-based organizations (CBOs), housing projects and school-based programs for middle and high school youth.

A Systematic Review of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in the United States: Methodologies, Youth Outcomes, and Future Directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 865-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Anyon ◽  
Kimberly Bender ◽  
Heather Kennedy ◽  
Jonah Dechants
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Systematic Review Methodology ◽  
Youth Outcomes ◽  
Meta Analyses

Objectives. To use a systematic review methodology to describe the state of the youth participatory action research (YPAR) literature and synthesize findings about the youth outcomes reported in these studies. Methods. We screened and coded studies using a process consistent with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Of the 3,724 articles found in the database search, 67 reports of 63 distinct studies were included in the final sample. These reports were coded for reports of YPAR principles and project characteristics, study methods, and reported youth outcomes. Results. The YPAR literature comprises predominantly qualitative studies, with only two randomized trials. The most common outcomes associated with participation in YPAR were those related to agency and leadership (75.0%), followed by academic or career (55.8%), social (36.5%), interpersonal (34.6%), and cognitive (23.1%) outcomes. Conclusions. This systematic review provides emerging evidence of the skills and competencies youth may develop through YPAR and offers methodological recommendations for future research that can provide greater evidence of causality.

scholarly journals Give Us More Credit! Recommendations for Young and Adult Researchers on Conducting Adolescent-Led Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 227-238
Author(s):  
Georgiana Vasiloiu ◽  
Julia Smith-Brake ◽  
Simona Eugenia Mihai
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Youth participatory action research, child-led research, and child-led activism are being increasingly employed to counter adultism in social work and development contexts, in a way to break down barriers for young people to have their voices heard on issues and decisions about their lives. This commentary comprises 2 open letters from a young researcher and advocate for children’s well-being and rights in Romania. The first letter is addressed to fellow young people and shares the journey of learning about and subsequently researching the issue of sexual violence, as well as a call to young people to stand up and use their voice to bring attention to issues important to them. The fear and anxiety of doing something new, that is usually in an adult space, cedes to empowerment and confidence found through the process. The second letter is addressed to adult researchers and practitioners and shares the methodology and findings of the child-led research project, lessons learned, and recommendations for adults engaging in child-led research. A key recommendation is for adults to support child researchers without manipulating the process, and to give young people more credit in commonly adult-held spaces.

“You Get a PhD and We Get a Few Hundred Bucks”: Mutual Benefits in Participatory Action Research?

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-555
Author(s):  
Jennifer K. Felner
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Research Studies

Participatory action research (PAR), community-based participatory research, and other participatory approaches continue to gain popularity within the field of public health and allied disciplines in an effort to democratize the production of knowledge and contribute to sustainable community health improvements. Consequently, more students and early-career scholars will elect to incorporate participatory approaches in their dissertations and other early-career research studies in an effort to meaningfully influence community health equity in a variety of contexts. While there is a growing body of literature on the processes and challenges involved in PAR, community-based participatory research, and other participatory research, early-career scholars infrequently critically reflect on and detail learnings from their participatory research studies in the academic literature. I respond to this gap by sharing and reflecting on three critical learning points from my own youth-led PAR dissertation study examining how youth of color experience aging out of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning)–supportive youth services. In particular, I interrogate how the processes in our academic–youth partner collaboration shaped the possibility of a mutually beneficial praxis and offer recommendations to other early-career scholars embarking on their own participatory research studies.

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