scholarly journals Longitudinal Research About, and Program Evaluations of, Positive Youth Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Methodological Issues and Options

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 100-123
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lerner ◽  
Jonathan M. Tirrell ◽  
Patricia K. Gansert ◽  
Jacqueline V. Lerner ◽  
Pamela Ebstyne King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
International Study ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Low And Middle Income

The study of positive youth development (PYD) requires theory-based methodological considerations pertinent to measurement, research and program design, and data analysis. We outline the appropriate steps that researchers and program evaluators must enact to address these methodological foci in their respective attempts to describe, explain, and optimize the course of positive development among diverse youth around the world. We focus on longitudinal (developmental) research designed to evaluate programs promoting PYD in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where life challenges are shaped by multiple adverse situations associated with racism, poverty, gender inequalities, political inequities, and the absence of adequate health and medical resources. Using the Compassion International Study of PYD as a sample case, we suggest how researchers and practitioners might collaborate to enact rigorous, theory-based research aimed at promoting PYD among youth living in LMICs and worldwide.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the ‘ethics of disruption’: Current dilemmas facing longitudinal research in low- and middle-income countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 205979912199422
Author(s):  
Gina Crivello ◽  
Marta Favara
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Phone Survey ◽  
Observational Study Design ◽  
Low And Middle Income ◽  
Young Lives

In this piece, we draw on recent experiences from the Young Lives study to discuss some of the ethical and practical challenges facing longitudinal cohort studies in low- and middle-income countries in the time of coronavirus. We argue that COVID-19 has instigated an ‘ethics of disruption’ for social researchers across the world, and for longitudinal cohort studies like Young Lives, this requires navigating three core considerations: first, managing research relationships and reciprocity within an observational study design; second, maintaining methodological continuity and consistency across time; and third, balancing an immediate short-term response to COVID-19 against the long-term perspective. We refer to the study’s plan to implement a new COVID-19 phone survey to illustrate how the team are navigating this altered ethical terrain.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the ‘Ethics of Disruption’: Current Dilemmas Facing Longitudinal Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Crivello ◽  
Marta Favara
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Phone Survey ◽  
Observational Study Design ◽  
Young Lives Study ◽  
Low And Middle Income ◽  
Young Lives

In this paper, we draw on recent experiences from the Young Lives study to discuss some of the ethical and practical challenges facing longitudinal cohort studies in low- and middle-income countries in the time of coronavirus. We argue that COVID-19 has instigated an ‘ethics of disruption’ for social researchers across the world, and for longitudinal cohort studies like Young Lives, this requires navigating three core considerations: first, managing research relationships and reciprocity within an observational study design; second, maintaining methodological continuity and consistency across time; and third, balancing an immediate short-term response to COVID-19 against the longer-term perspective. We refer to the study’s plan to implement a new COVID-19 phone survey to illustrate how the team are navigating this altered ethical terrain.

Some Conditions for Task Shifting in Low and Middle-Income Countries

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joop de Jong ◽  
Mark Jordans ◽  
Ivan Komproe ◽  
Robert Macy ◽  
Aline & Herman Ndayisaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Shifting ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income
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