scholarly journals “That’s What the Program Is All about… Building Relationships”: Exploring Experiences in an Urban Offering of the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 733
Author(s):  
Leah J. Ferguson ◽  
Tammy Girolami ◽  
Reed Thorstad ◽  
Carol D. Rodgers ◽  
M. Louise Humbert
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Students ◽  
Elementary Student ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Meaningful Connections ◽  
Young Adult Health ◽  
Student Mentor

Peer mentorship is an effective approach for delivering health promotion programs that may be particularly useful among underrepresented populations. Advancing the peer-led approach, the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP) is a communal-led program rooted in Indigenous values aimed at the promotion of healthy lifestyles in children and youth. The program includes layers of multi-age mentoring (i.e., elementary students, high school student mentors, and young adult health leaders [YAHLs]) and incorporates three core components: physical activity, healthy eating, and cultural teachings. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore elementary student, mentor, and YAHL experiences in an urban IYMP offering. Eleven sharing circles were conducted; six with elementary students (n = 23; grade 4 and 5 students), two with mentors (n = 3; students enrolled in a grade 10 wellness girls class), and three with YAHLs (n = 6; undergraduate university students). Focus groups were also held with respective school teachers and principals. An inductive content analysis generated three themes that represent the perceived impacts of this urban IYMP offering: (1) Fostering Wellness, (2) Strengthening Meaningful Connections, and (3) Exploring Leadership. Findings are positioned within a communal mentorship framework that is circular and multi-directional. By bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, this program offering supports Indigenous cultural relevance in an urban-based wellness program.

scholarly journals Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program: key implementation characteristics of a school peer mentorship program in Canada

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Lopresti ◽  
Noreen D Willows ◽  
Kate E Storey ◽  
Tara-Leigh F McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Building ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
National Team ◽  
Building Activities

Summary The Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP) is a peer-led health promotion program developed for elementary school students in Indigenous school communities in Canada. A local young adult health leader (YAHL) and high school mentors offer students healthy snacks, physical activity games, relationship building activities and cultural teachings. IYMP aims to improve children’s health and wellbeing and empower Indigenous youth and communities. The purpose of this focused ethnography was to describe the key characteristics of successful IYMP delivery. Two focus groups were conducted with 16 participants (8 YAHLS and 8 youth mentors) from 7 schools followed by 4 individual interviews (3 YAHLs, 1 youth peer mentor). Transcripts were analyzed using content analysis. Findings were triangulated with IYMP program field observations and notes from IYMP national team meetings. The five characteristics identified as important for IYMP delivery were a sense of ownership by those delivering the program, inclusion of Indigenous Elders/knowledge keepers, establishing trusting relationships, open communication among all stakeholder groups, including community and academic partners, and adequate program supports in the form of program funding, manuals that described program activities, and local and national gatherings between academic and community partners for sharing ideas about the program and its components. This study indicates the importance of respectful partnerships between community and academic leads for program success and sustainability. As IYMP is implemented in more communities and becomes community autonomous, program sustainability may be ensured and implementation challenges mitigated by embedding the identified five essential characteristics within the fabric of IYMP.

scholarly journals The Distinguished Dozen: 2020 Journal of Adolescent Health Articles Making Distinguished Contributions to Adolescent and Young Adult Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-438
Author(s):  
Carol A. Ford ◽  
Cherrie B. Boyer ◽  
Catherine M. Gordon ◽  
Carolyn T. Halpern ◽  
David A. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Young Adult Health

The Effects of Mother’s Marital Status on Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Economic Well-Being Among African Americans

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1065-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. LaVeist ◽  
Tia L. Zeno ◽  
Ruth G. Fesahazion
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Childhood Exposure ◽  
Young Adult Health ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Economic Well Being

This article explores the effects of being raised by married parents during childhood on health and well-being in adolescence and young adulthood in a longitudinal sample of African Americans. This study aims to address the following three questions: Does childhood with married patients lead to better health and well-being during adolescence? Does childhood with married patients lead to better health and well-being in young adulthood? Do the health effects of childhood with married patients differ for male and female? The authors found modest direct effects of childhood exposure to marriage on health for females. Having at least some childhood marriage exposure was also associated with several positive health behaviors. There is modest evidence that marriage bestows health benefits for children and that these benefits endure into young adulthood.

Music and Social Justice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Benedict
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Elementary Music ◽  
Elementary Student ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Elementary Music Education ◽  
The Way

This book challenges and reframes traditional ways of addressing many of the topics we have come to think of as social justice. Offering practical suggestions for helping both teachers and students think philosophically (and thus critically) about the world around them, each chapter engages with important themes through music making and learning as it presents scenarios, examples of dialogue with students, unit ideas, and lesson plans geared toward elementary students (ages 6–14). Taken-for-granted subjects often considered sacrosanct or beyond the understanding of elementary students, such as friendship, racism, poverty, religion, and class, are addressed and interrogated in a way that honors the voice and critical thinking of the elementary student. Suggestions are given that help both teachers and students to pause, reflect, and redirect dialogue with questions that uncover bias, misinformation, and misunderstandings that too often stand in the way of coming to know and embracing difference. Guiding questions, which anchor many curricular mandates, are used throughout in order to scaffold critical and reflective thinking beginning in the earliest grades of elementary music education. Where does social justice reside? Whose voice is being heard, and whose is being silenced? How do we come to think of and construct poverty? How is it that musics become used the way they are used? What happens to songs initially intended for socially driven purposes when their significance is undermined? These questions and more are explored, encouraging music teachers to embrace a path toward socially just engagements at the elementary level.

Young Adult Health Care Survey

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Bethell ◽  
Jonathan Klein ◽  
Colleen Peck
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Health Care Survey ◽  
Care Survey ◽  
Young Adult Health ◽  
Adult Health Care

scholarly journals Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Pediatric Practice: A Quality Improvement Project in the Maryland Adolescent and Young Adult Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 429-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel H. Alinsky ◽  
Kayla Percy ◽  
Hoover Adger ◽  
Diana Fertsch ◽  
Maria Trent
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Young Adult Health

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends pediatric providers routinely screen for, assess, and treat substance use and substance use disorders among adolescents, a process called “Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment,” or “SBIRT.” Because there are limited data on how Maryland pediatric practices have adopted SBIRT, a quality improvement initiative was developed within the Maryland Adolescent and Young Adult Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network using a “Plan/Do/Study/Act” approach. A 2-part provider training was conducted regarding screening and motivational interviewing, and the “CRAFFT” screening tool was integrated into the practice’s electronic medical record. Results from evaluation demonstrated significant improvements in provider knowledge, attitudes, and screening behavior. The association between substance use and sexual behavior suggests a need for further expansion of this model with inclusion of sexual health screening. Overall, this study demonstrates that SBIRT implementation into a general pediatric practice is highly feasible, acceptable, and shows preliminary effectiveness.

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