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Kang E, Kindler C, Saint Amour AT, Locus K, Hosaka KRJ, Leslie MC, Patel NA. Youth Engagement Synergy in Mental Health Legislation and Programming. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2024; 33:741-754. [PMID: 39277323 DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2024.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Youth engagement in implementing mental health legislation and programming is an intuitive best practice. However, well-intentioned efforts to work inclusively with youth are often perfunctory. Drawing from select community partnership models and insights from providers, public health advisors, and youth, we examine the typology, processes, and outcomes of youth engagement. We critically apply the theory of partnership synergy to understand how the convergence of youth and adult experiences and knowledge can advance mental health programming beyond what could be achieved by a single group.
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- Ezer Kang
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA; Department of Psychology, Howard University, 641 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Howard University, 641 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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- On Our Own of Maryland, Inc., Mailbox 14, 7310 Esquire Ct, Elkridge, MD 21075, USA
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- Divsion of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, University of Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, 885 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
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Ghandour LA, Anouti S, Lotfi T, Meho L, Kashash R, Al-Akkawi A, Majed A, Akl E, Afifi RA. Parenting a High and Growing Population of Youth in the Arab Region: A Scoping Review for an Evidence-Informed Research Agenda. J Adolesc Health 2024; 75:16-25. [PMID: 38597843 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The Arab region is experiencing the largest youth cohort in its history. Parental influence is a clear factor in the well-being of this demographic. This scoping review serves as the first consolidated synthesis of existing research on parenting in the Arab world, aimed at identifying research gaps and informing future research agendas. Searches of 18 databases resulted in 4,758 records (1995-2018) in all languages. Using Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework, eligible studies (n = 152) underwent duplicate data abstraction. An evidence gap map was developed using 3i.e.'s platform. Studies were mostly published in English (88%), and lead authors' affiliations were mostly from Arab institutions. Included studies were mostly cross-sectional (89%), quantitative (96%), conducted in a school/university (83%), and surveyed children and adolescents (70%). Most studies (79%) examined parenting influences on youth outcomes. Fewer examined parenting measurement (30%) or evaluated interventions (1%). Mental health and school performance were the most commonly investigated outcomes. The evidence gap map allows researchers who study youth in the Arab world to efficiently and visually delineate the gaps and strategically prioritize research needs. Future studies should employ robust mixed methods study designs, focus on evaluation and psychometric research, engage youth in the research process and explore a more diverse set of outcomes.
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- Lilian A Ghandour
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) Secretariat, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- University Libraries, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) Secretariat, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Toenders YJ, Green KH, Te Brinke LW, van der Cruijsen R, van de Groep S, Crone EA. From developmental neuroscience to policy: A novel framework based on participatory research. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2024; 67:101398. [PMID: 38850964 PMCID: PMC11200278 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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Insights from developmental neuroscience are not always translated to actionable policy decisions. In this review, we explore the potential of bridging the gap between developmental neuroscience and policy through youth participatory research approaches. As the current generation of adolescents lives in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing society, their lived experiences are crucial for both research and policy. Moreover, their active involvement holds significant promise, given their heightened creativity and need to contribute. We therefore advocate for a transdisciplinary framework that fosters collaboration between developmental scientists, adolescents, and policy makers in addressing complex societal challenges. We highlight the added value of adolescents' lived experiences in relation to two pressing societal issues affecting adolescents' mental health: performance pressure and social inequality. By integrating firsthand lived experiences with insights from developmental neuroscience, we provide a foundation for progress in informed policy decisions.
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- Yara J Toenders
- Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Developmental Neuroscience in Society, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Developmental Neuroscience in Society, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Wyatt KA, Bell J, Cooper J, Constable L, Siero W, Pozo Jeria C, Darling S, Smith R, Hughes EK. Involvement of children and young people in the conduct of health research: A rapid umbrella review. Health Expect 2024; 27:e14081. [PMID: 38845155 PMCID: PMC11156690 DOI: 10.1111/hex.14081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) have long been considered important to good research practice. There is growing, yet diverse, evidence in support of PPIE with children and young people (CYP). We must now understand the various approaches to involvement of CYP in research. AIMS This rapid umbrella review aimed to provide an overview of when, how and to what extent CYP are involved in the conduct of health research, as well as the reported benefits, challenges, and facilitators of involvement. METHODS We searched OVID Medline, Embase and PubMed. Published reviews were included if they reported meaningful involvement of CYP in the conduct of health research. Extracted data were synthesised using thematic analysis. RESULTS The 26 reviews included were predominately systematic and scoping reviews, published within the last decade, and originating from North America and the United Kingdom. CYPs were involved in all stages of research across the literature, most commonly during research design and data collection, and rarely during research funding or data sharing and access. Researchers mostly engaged CYP using focus groups, interviews, advisory panels, questionnaires, and to a lesser extent arts-based approaches such as photovoice and drawing. Visual and active creative methods were more commonly used with children ≤12 years. The evidence showed a shared understanding of the benefits, challenges, and facilitators for involvement of CYP, such as time and resource commitment and building partnership. CONCLUSION Overall, the review identified consistency in the range of methods and approaches used, and stages of research with which CYP are commonly involved. There is a need for more consistent reporting of PPIE in the literature, both in terminology and detail used. Furthermore, the impact of approaches to CYP involvement on research and community outcomes must be better evaluated. PATIENT/PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION This review forms part of broader research initiatives being led by the authors. Together, these projects aim to support embedding of child voices in research practice and to explore the desirability and suitability of Young Persons Advisory Groups within birth cohort studies. The findings from this review, alongside public and stakeholder consultation, will inform development of resources such as practice recommendations to guide future involvement of CYP in health research undertaken at the author's respective institutions.
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Centre for Community Child HealthRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Centre for Community Child HealthRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of PaediatricsThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Centre for Community Child HealthRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Centre for Community Child HealthRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of PaediatricsThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Centre for Community Child HealthRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of PaediatricsThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of PaediatricsThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- School of Psychological SciencesThe University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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Warraitch A, Wacker C, Bruce D, Bourke A, Hadfield K. A rapid review of guidelines on the involvement of adolescents in health research. Health Expect 2024; 27:e14058. [PMID: 38855830 PMCID: PMC11163265 DOI: 10.1111/hex.14058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Meaningful involvement of adolescents in health research is their fundamental human right and has many benefits. A lack of awareness among researchers on how to meaningfully involve adolescents in health research has been linked to adolescent under involvement in health research. To address this barrier, studies have reported the need for more guidance. To inform the development of better guidelines on adolescent involvement, there is a need to first consolidate the currently available guidance on adolescent involvement in health research and to identify the gaps in these guidelines. This review aims to systematically identify all the currently available guidelines on adolescent involvement in health research and evaluate their scope, content, context, and quality. METHODS This rapid review was pre-registered with PROSPERO #CRD42021293586. It included documents that incorporated tangible recommendations on the involvement of adolescents in health research. We searched six databases for peer-reviewed literature: MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and ERIC. We conducted a grey literature search in Google Scholar, Google, websites of 472 relevant organisations and sought expert input. The quality of the guidelines was assessed using the Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch & Evaluation (AGREE-II) Instrument. Data was analysed using descriptive analyses and narrative synthesis. RESULTS We found that the current guidelines on adolescent involvement in health research are often narrow in scope, targeting specific users and populations while focusing on limited research areas. The guidelines individually fail to provide comprehensive coverage of recommendations across all topics related to adolescent research involvement, that are collectively addressed across all included guidelines. Furthermore, these guidelines tend to be context-specific and are generally of low quality, often due to inadequate stakeholder involvement and a lack of rigorous development methods. CONCLUSION This review provides a consolidated list of guidelines on adolescent involvement in health research along with their quality scores as a resource for researchers to select the guidelines suitable for their research topic, context, and scope for adolescent involvement. There is a need to develop a set of guidelines on adolescent involvement in research, which are comprehensive in scope, cover all key aspects of adolescent involvement in health research, can be adapted for different contexts, and which are based on rigorous and systematic methods. PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Adolescent co-researchers D. B. and C. W. were involved at different stages of the review process. D. B. screened 25% of the peer-reviewed articles at the title and abstract screening stage and 10% at full-text screening stage. C. W. extracted data from 10% of the included guidelines. Both co-researchers reviewed and shared their feedback on the article and are co-authors on this paper. They will also be invited to contribute to further dissemination of the findings from this review.
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- Azza Warraitch
- Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College DublinDublinIreland
- School of Psychology, Trinity College DublinDublinIreland
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- School of Psychology, Trinity College DublinDublinIreland
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- Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College DublinDublinIreland
- School of EngineeringStanford UniversityStanfordCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute of EducationDublin City UniversityDublinIreland
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- Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College DublinDublinIreland
- School of Psychology, Trinity College DublinDublinIreland
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Bailey C, Shaw J, Harris A. Adolescents and sexual assault: A critical integrative review. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2024; 73:337-359. [PMID: 38303610 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Adolescents are sexually assaulted at remarkably high rates. Adolescents are also unique given the specific dynamics of adolescent sexual assault, their current stage in human development, their limited legal standing and rights, and their experiences navigating postassault services and resources. While literature exists within each of these domains, it is somewhat disconnected and overlooks how adolescents are often relegated to the margins in research and practice. The purpose of this integrative review is to (1) provide a more complete understanding of adolescent sexual assault and survivors' nuanced needs; (2) frame adolescent survivors as a too-often-overlooked oppressed group that researchers and responders must consider and center in their work, lest contribute to their further marginalization; and (3) inspire and orient social justice-minded scholar activists to various action steps to take to center and prioritize adolescents in research and practice. Through our intersectional feminist approach, we offer specific action steps for social justice-minded scholar activists to recenter adolescents in their research and practice.
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- Caroline Bailey
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Giusto A, Triplett NS, Foster JC, Gee DG. Future Directions for Community-Engaged Research in Clinical Psychological Science with Youth. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DIVISION 53 2024; 53:503-522. [PMID: 38830059 PMCID: PMC11258858 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2024.2359650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Despite advances in clinical science, the burden of mental health problems among youth is not improving. To tackle this burden, clinical science with youth needs methods that include youth and family perspectives on context and public health. In this paper, we illustrate how community-engaged research (CEnR) methods center these perspectives. Although CEnR methods are well-established in other disciplines (e.g. social work, community psychology), they are underutilized in clinical science with youth. This is due in part to misperceptions of CEnR as resource-intensive, overly contextualized, incompatible with experimentally controlled modes of inquiry, or irrelevant to understanding youth mental health. By contrast, CEnR methods can provide real-world impact, contextualized clinical solutions, and sustainable outcomes. A key advantage of CEnR strategies is their flexibility-they fall across a continuum that centers community engagement as a core principle, and thus can be infused in a variety of research efforts, even those that center experimental control (e.g. randomized controlled trials). This paper provides a brief overview of this continuum of strategies and its application to youth-focused clinical science. We then discuss future directions of CEnR in clinical science with youth, as well as structural changes needed to advance this work. The goals of this paper are to help demystify CEnR and encourage clinical scientists to consider adopting methods that better consider context and intentionally engage the communities that our work seeks to serve.
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- Ali Giusto
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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Rose RE, Singh S, Berezin MN, Javdani S. "Roses have thorns for a reason": The promises and perils of critical youth participatory research with system-impacted girls of Color. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2024; 73:144-158. [PMID: 37016921 PMCID: PMC10551042 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Scholarship on girlhood-especially for girls of Color-is often relegated to studying risk and emphasizing individual deficits over humanizing girls and centering their voices. This approach to generating scholarship renders oppressive systems and processes invisible from inquiry and unaddressed by practice, with particularly insidious consequences for youth in the legal system. Critical youth participatory action research (YPAR) is acknowledged as an antidote to these conceptualizations because it resists deficit-oriented narratives circling systems-impacted youth by inviting them to the knowledge-generating table. In this paper, we present an empirical analysis of the promises and perils that emerged as we conducted a year-long critical YPAR project alongside five system-impacted girls of Color. Our thematic analysis of process notes (30 meetings, 120 h) documents the stories posited by girls, in a democratized space, about the injustices of interconnected institutions, and unearths a complicated tension for both youth and adult coresearchers around the promises and perils of engaging in YPAR within the academy. These findings underscore the importance of using intersectional, collaborative research to challenge perceptions around how we legitimize knowledge. We describe lessons learned in conducting YPAR in academic settings and highlight recommendations to grow youth-adult partnerships within oppressive systems to share power.
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- Raquel E. Rose
- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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Partridge SR, Mandoh M, Todd A, Raeside R. Engaging adolescents in chronic disease prevention research: insights from researchers about establishing and facilitating a youth advisory group. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 2024; 10:29. [PMID: 38409196 PMCID: PMC10895760 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00559-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Our comment discusses our experience establishing a youth advisory group focused on chronic disease prevention research. The comment highlights three key learnings: the need for researchers to adapt their working style, the importance of redefining the power dynamics, and disrupting traditional research structures to align with co-researcher engagement models.
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- Stephanie R Partridge
- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Level 8, Susan Wakil Building, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Level 8, Susan Wakil Building, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Level 8, Susan Wakil Building, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Level 8, Susan Wakil Building, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Sanchez S, Thorburn R, Rea M, Kaufman P, Schwartz R, Selby P, Chaiton M. A systematic review of theories, models and frameworks used for youth engagement in health research. Health Expect 2024; 27:e13975. [PMID: 39102670 PMCID: PMC10825621 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Youth engagement in research, wherein youth are involved in the research beyond mere participation as human subjects, is growing and becoming more popular as an approach to research. However, systematic and deliberate theory-building has been limited. We conducted a systematic review to identify and synthesize theories, models and frameworks that have been applied in the engagement of youth in health research, including mental health. METHODS Six academic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL) and the grey literature were searched for relevant studies. Citation tracking was conducted through ancestry and descendancy searches. The final search was completed on 7 February 2023. Findings were summarized in a narrative synthesis informed by principles of hermeneutic analysis and interpretation. Reporting of results is in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) 2020 Statement. RESULTS Of the 1156 records identified, 16 papers were included, from which we extracted named theories (n = 6), implicit theories (n = 5) and models and frameworks (n = 20) used for youth engagement in health research. We identified theories that were explicitly stated and surfaced theories that were more implicitly suggested. Models and frameworks were organized into four categories based on their principal features: power-focused (n = 8), process-focused (n = 7), impact-focused (n = 3) and equity-focused (n = 2). Few frameworks (n = 5) were empirically tested in health-related research. CONCLUSIONS The state of theoretical development in youth engagement in research is still evolving. In this systematic review, we identified theories, models and frameworks used for youth engagement in health research. Findings from this systematic review offer a range of resources to those who seek to develop and strengthen youth engagement in their own research. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Youth engaged as patients in the research were not involved in planning or conducting the systematic review. However, youth researchers in their early to mid-20s led the planning, implementation and interpretation of the review. As part of subsequent work, we formed a youth advisory board to develop a youth-led knowledge mobilization intended for an audience of youth with lived experience of being engaged as patients in research.
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- Sherald Sanchez
- Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of MedicineUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Applied Psychology and Human DevelopmentUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthInstitute for Mental Health Policy ResearchTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal StudiesUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthInstitute for Mental Health Policy ResearchTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthInstitute for Mental Health Policy ResearchTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of MedicineUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthInstitute for Mental Health Policy ResearchTorontoOntarioCanada
- Department of Family and Community MedicineUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of MedicineUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthInstitute for Mental Health Policy ResearchTorontoOntarioCanada
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Perkins DD, Sonn CC, Lenzi M, Xu Q, Carolissen R, Portillo N, Serrano-García I. The global development of community psychology as reflected in the American Journal of Community Psychology. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 72:302-316. [PMID: 37526574 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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This commentary presents a virtual special issue on the global growth of community psychology (CP), particularly, but not exclusively, as reflected in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP). CP exists in at least 50 countries all over the world, in many of those for over 25 years. Yet, aside from several early Israeli articles, AJCP rarely published work from or about countries outside the US and Canada until the early 2000s, when the number of international articles began to rise sharply. The focus of CP developed differently in different continents. CP in Australia and New Zealand initially followed North America's emphasis on improving social service systems, but has since focused more on environmental and indigenous cultural and decolonial issues that are as salient in those countries as in North America, but have drawn much more attention. CP came later to most of Asia, where it also tended to follow the North American path, but starting in Japan, India, and Hong Kong and now in China and elsewhere, it is establishing its own way. The other two global hotspots for CP for over 40 years have been Europe and Latin America. The level and focus of CP in Europe varies in each country, with some focused on applied developmental psychology and/or community services and others advancing critical and liberation psychology. CP in Latin America evolved from social psychology, but like CP in Sub-Saharan Africa, is also more explicitly political due to a history of political oppression, social activism, and the limitations of individualistic psychology to focus on social change, overcoming poverty, and interventions by (not just for) community members. Despite those differences, CP literature over the past 23 years suggests an increasingly common interest in social justice, multinational collaborations, and decoloniality. There is still a need for more truly (bidirectional) cross-cultural, comparative work for mutual learning, sharing of ideas, methods, and intervention practices, and for CP to develop in countries and communities throughout the globe where it could have the greatest impact.
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- Douglas D Perkins
- Human & Organizational Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Master of Social Work Program, New York University-Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Ballard PJ, Kennedy HK, Collura JJ, Vidrascu E, Torres CG. Engaging youth as leaders and partners can improve substance use prevention: a call to action to support youth engagement practice and research. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2023; 18:71. [PMID: 38012728 PMCID: PMC10683349 DOI: 10.1186/s13011-023-00582-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND As a subfield of prevention science, substance use prevention researchers and professionals are increasingly focused on translating research into practice, developing the workforce of prevention specialists, and creating a robust prevention infrastructure. One critical need for professional development among the substance use prevention workforce is training and technical assistance around how to include young people in developing, implementing, and evaluating substance use prevention programs. MAIN BODY Amplifying youth voices can increase the quality and responsiveness of youth prevention research and practice, as well as hasten and improve the translation of prevention interventions into practice while also benefiting youth themselves. Yet, youth engagement is multi-layered and nuanced. Training prevention professionals who work with youth in youth development and youth/adult partnerships is critical to support meaningful youth engagement efforts. We assert that the substance use prevention workforce needs at least three specific competencies to engage youth meaningfully in prevention: 1) understand adolescent development and the core elements of youth-adult partnerships; 2) apply this knowledge to program design and practice; and 3) implement relational practices to share power with young people. CONCLUSION Incorporating the insights of young people can improve substance use prevention. The substance use prevention workforce should be supported in developing competencies to meaningfully engage youth. These competencies require training, and resources must be devoted to support appropriate training.
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- Parissa J Ballard
- Family & Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1920 West 1st St, Piedmont Plaza, Building 1, Winston-Salem, NC, 27104, USA.
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- Community & Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
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- Ohio Education Research Center, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Psychology & Neuroscience Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, Chapel-Hill, USA
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- Center for Public Health Practice, Colorado School of Public Health, Bachelor of Science Psychology, Denver, USA
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Mandoh M, Raeside R, Todd A, Redfern J, Mihrshahi S, Cheng HL, Phongsavan P, Partridge SR. Evaluating the effect of a 12-month youth advisory group on adolescent's leadership skills and perceptions related to chronic disease prevention research: a mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2344. [PMID: 38012583 PMCID: PMC10680352 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17283-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Youth Advisory Groups (YAGs) represent a promising method to engage adolescents in research of relevance to them and their peers. However, YAGs are rarely implemented or evaluated in chronic disease prevention research. The aims of this study were firstly, to evaluate the effect of participation in a 12-month YAG on adolescents' leadership skills and perceptions related to chronic disease prevention research and secondly, to evaluate the process of establishing and facilitating a 12-month YAG and identify barriers and enablers to establishment and facilitation. METHODS This study was a 12-month pre-post study. Eligible participants were adolescents (13-18-years) and current members of an established YAG. Data collection involved online surveys and semi-structured interviews at baseline, six-months and 12-months follow-up. Participatory outcomes such as self-efficacy, leadership skills, and collective participation were derived from Youth Participatory Action Research Principles (YPAR), and the Lansdown-UNICEF conceptual framework for measuring outcomes of adolescent participation. Process evaluation data were captured via meeting minutes, Slack metrics and researcher logs. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data was thematically analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis approach. RESULTS Thirteen (13/16) YAG youth advisors consented to participate in the evaluation study (mean age 16.0 years, SD 1.3; 62% (8/13) identified as female). Survey data assessing participatory outcomes found an increase in leadership and life skills scores over 12-months (+ 8.90 points). Semi-structured interview data collected over the 12-month term revealed three key themes namely: influence, empowerment, and contribution. Comparison of pre-post themes determined a positive trend at follow-ups, demonstrating improved participatory outcomes. Process indicators revealed that at 12-month follow-up the YAG was implemented as planned. Semi-structured interview data determined barriers to YAG facilitation included time and limited face-to-face components, while enablers to YAG facilitation included flexibility, accessible delivery methods, and a supportive adult facilitator. CONCLUSION This study found that a YAG fostered positive participatory outcomes and unique opportunities for youth participants. A successful YAG based on YPAR principles requires researchers to ensure YAG establishment and facilitation is an iterative process. Taking into consideration important barriers and enablers to YAG facilitation ensures adolescent engagement in a YAG is both meaningful and impactful.
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- Mariam Mandoh
- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- The George Institute for Global Health, The University of New South Wales, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
- Academic Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
- Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia.
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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Owen A, Owen R, Batz R, Marasco-Wetzel J. Adolescent Perceptions of Adult-Mediated Healthcare Communication. SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 38:400-415. [PMID: 38319709 DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2314022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Adolescence is a time of rapid growth and development and may be accompanied by increased risk-taking behaviors and independence. Youth are particularly at risk for high levels of stress, decreased physical activity, unsafe sexual activity, abuse, depression, and suicide. Considering the unique health risks adolescents face, healthcare service access and utilization can play a pivotal role in promoting positive long term health outcomes throughout adulthood. At the same time, adolescents must often rely on parents/caregivers to mediate their healthcare access. Understanding how adolescents perceive adult interactions within healthcare is important for developing interventions that increase youth access to healthcare. We found that adolescents perceived adult-mediated healthcare experiences as either supportive (Subthemes: Recognition Builds Trust and Validation) or unsupportive (Subthemes: Adult-Focused Communication and Lack of Privacy). Based on our findings, we argue that prevention-focused interventions should include communication-based strategies. We discuss social work and healthcare practice and policy implications of these findings.
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- Aleksa Owen
- School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Reno, NL, USA
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- Special Education, College of Education and Human Development, University of Nevada, Reno, NL, USA
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- Special Education, College of Education and Human Development, University of Nevada, Reno, NL, USA
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Bettis AH, Vaughn-Coaxum RA, Lawrence HR, Hamilton JL, Fox KR, Augsberger A. Key Challenges and Potential Strategies for Engaging Youth with Lived Experience in Clinical Science. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DIVISION 53 2023:1-14. [PMID: 37889603 PMCID: PMC11052921 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2023.2264389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Centering the perspectives of youth with lived experience (YWLE) in psychopathology is critical to engaging in impactful clinical research to improve youth mental health outcomes. Over the past decade there has been a greater push in clinical science to include community members, and especially community members with lived experience, in all aspects of the research process. The goal of this editorial is to highlight the need for and importance of integrating YWLE into every stage of clinical science research, from idea generation to interpretation and dissemination of research findings. We identify five key problems associated with pursuing research on adolescent mental health without involvement of YWLE and propose strategies to overcome barriers to youth engagement in clinical science research. We conclude with a call to action, providing guidance to clinical scientists, institutions, and funding agencies in conducting research on youth psychopathology with YWLE.
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- Alexandra H. Bettis
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Nashville, TN
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Oridota O, Shetty A, Elaiho CR, Phelps L, Cheng S, Vangeepuram N. Perspectives from diverse stakeholders in a youth community-based participatory research project. EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING 2023; 99:102305. [PMID: 37178515 PMCID: PMC10330503 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION TEEN HEED (Help Educate to Eliminate Diabetes) is a community-based youth participatory action research (YPAR) study in which prediabetic adolescents from a predominantly low-income, non-white neighborhood in New York City participated in a peer-led diabetes prevention intervention. The aim of the current analysis is to evaluate the TEEN HEED program through examination of multiple stakeholder perspectives to identify strengths and areas for improvement that may inform other YPAR projects. METHODS We conducted 44 individual in-depth interviews with representatives from six stakeholder groups (study participants, peer leaders, study interns and coordinators, and younger and older community action board members). Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis to identify overarching themes. RESULTS Dominant themes identified were: 1) YPAR principles and engagement, 2) Youth engagement through peer education, 3) Challenges and motivations for research participation, 4) Study improvements and sustainability, and 5) Professional and personal impacts of the study. CONCLUSIONS Emergent themes from this study provided insights on the value of youth participation in research and informed recommendations for future YPAR studies.
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- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
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- TEEN HEED Community Action Board, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
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- University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai TEEN HEED Intern, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health Science and Policy, Institute for Health Equity Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA.
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Benninger E, Schmidt-Sane M, Massey S, Athreya B. Youth for Youth: Raising the voices of children of incarcerated parents and implications for policy and practice. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 51:2133-2162. [PMID: 36807288 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The aims of our study were (1) to explore the impact of having an incarcerated parent on youth (ages 10-18) wellbeing; and (2) to identify recommendations from the youth based on their needs which address the challenges of having an incarcerated parent and promote individual and community flourishing. We utilized a Youth Participatory Action Research approach, including semistructured interviews, focus group discussions, storytelling, and photovoice with 20 participants, ages 10-18. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis and organized into five thematic categories: (1) youths' perceptions of their communities; (2) incarcerations' impact on families and communities; (3) incarcerations' influence on mental health and flourishing; (4) incarceration as a solution for community safety; and (5) addressing the impact of incarceration on children, families, and communities. Findings provide important implications for practice and policy with children of incarcerated parents and for promoting flourishing individuals and communities.
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- Elizabeth Benninger
- Center for Urban Education, College of Education and Human Services, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Jacobs T, George A. Between Rhetoric and Reality: Learnings From Youth Participation in the Adolescent and Youth Health Policy in South Africa. Int J Health Policy Manag 2022; 11:2927-2939. [PMID: 35490263 PMCID: PMC10105194 DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Youth participation makes an essential contribution to the design of policies and with the appropriate structures, and processes, meaningful engagement leads to healthier, more just, and equal societies. There is a substantial gap between rhetoric and reality in terms of youth participation and there is scant research about this gap, both globally and in South Africa. In this paper we examine youth participation in the Adolescent and Youth Health Policy (AYHP) formulation process to further understand how youth can be included in health policy-making. METHODS A conceptual framework adapted from the literature encompassing Place, Purpose, People, Process and Partnerships guided the case study analysis of the AYHP. Qualitative data was collected via 30 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with policy actors from 2019-2021. RESULTS Youth participation in the AYHP was a 'first' and unique component for health policy in South Africa. It took place in a fragmented policy landscape with multiple actors, where past and present social and structural determinants, as well as contemporary bureaucratic and donor politics, still shape both the health and participation of young people. Youth participation was enabled by leadership from certain government actors and involvement of key academics with a foundation in long standing youth research participatory programmes. However, challenges related to when, how and which youth were involved remained. Youth participation was not consistent throughout the health policy formulation process. This is related to broader contextual challenges including the lack of a representative and active youth citizenry, siloed health programmes and policy processes, segmented donor priorities, and the lack of institutional capability for multi-sectoral engagement required for youth health. CONCLUSION Youth participation in the AYHP was a step toward including youth in the development of health policy but more needs to be done to bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality.
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- Tanya Jacobs
- School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Public Health Faculty of Community and Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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Crosnoe R, Thorpe J. Twenty-Five Years of National-Level Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health in the United States. J Adolesc Health 2022; 71:S40-S46. [PMID: 36404018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The longitudinal, population-level, biosocial data in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) have elucidated the developmental course of mental health across early stages of the life course. This data set also has been invaluable for documenting and unpacking disparities in these developmental patterns by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, immigration, and sexuality. Reflecting the larger focus of this special supplement on Add Health as a tool for connecting adolescence to adulthood, this article reviews Add Health research since 2000 based on a search of key mental health terms, primarily describing patterns of two key markers of psychopathology (depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation) that were consistently measured across waves. It situates these patterns from adolescence into adulthood within the developmental ecology organized by the proximate settings of everyday life, the larger social structures organized by a highly stratified society, and the relations of these ecological and structural forces to biological processes. Major foci are the dynamic nature of mental health across the life course and the ways that ecological and physiological influences on mental health differ by group identity and social position.
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Jonsson F, Pat P, Mulubwa C, Jegannathan B, Mathias K. Conducting research with young people at the margins - lessons learnt and shared through case studies in Cambodia, India, Sweden and Zambia. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:2185. [PMID: 36434601 PMCID: PMC9700999 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14427-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Building on the value of engaging with and enabling the participation of marginalised young people in research, the aim of this article was to profile practical and procedural issues faced when conducting studies with young people who experience some form of marginalisation. Drawing on observations and research experiences from four diverse case studies involving young people who were either imprisoned in Cambodia, living in informal urban communities in North India, residing in rural northern Sweden or attending school in rural Zambia, learnings were identified under three thematic areas. Firstly, a need exists to develop trusting relationships with stakeholders, and especially the participating young people, through multiple interactions. Secondly, the value of research methods that are creative and context sensitive are required to make the process equitable and meaningful for young people. Thirdly, it is important to flatten power relations between adults and young people, researchers and the researched, to maximise participation. These findings can inform future youth research in the field of global public health by detailing opportunities and challenges of engaging in research with young people on the margins to promote their participation.
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- Frida Jonsson
- grid.12650.300000 0001 1034 3451Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SE Sweden ,grid.511590.9Arctic Research Centre (Arcum) at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- grid.12650.300000 0001 1034 3451Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SE Sweden ,Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Caritas-CCAMH), Krŏng Ta Khmau, Cambodia
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- grid.12650.300000 0001 1034 3451Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SE Sweden ,grid.12984.360000 0000 8914 5257School of Public Health, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 50110, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Burans, Herbertpur Christian Hospital, Uttarakhand, India ,grid.21006.350000 0001 2179 4063Te Kura Mātai Hauora School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Fortin G, Vandermorris A, Sall M, McKinnon B. Evaluation of a youth-led participatory action research to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights issues in Senegal. Glob Public Health 2022; 17:2977-2990. [PMID: 35156552 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2038653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Participatory approaches are increasingly popular in public health, but remain little used to address adolescent health issues. However, adolescent participation in research has enormous potential for identifying solutions to health issues that concern them. In Senegal, a youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) project was implemented in four communities where teams of adolescents were trained to conduct a research project and identify solutions to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) issues. This article presents the results of the project evaluation, which aimed to explore the potential of YPAR to address ASRHR issues and inform future YPAR projects. Observations and interviews were carried out during results dissemination meetings in each of the communities. The evaluation of the project demonstrated the potential of YPAR to identify relevant solutions, while promoting positive and meaningful adolescent participation. Despite some difficulties, such as community resistance, the youth researchers were able to successfully complete their research project, while developing their confidence and self-esteem. The adolescents were convinced that they could act as agents of positive social change. This project has shown that it is possible and relevant to involve adolescents in research projects, and that this approach has significant potential in global health.
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- Geneviève Fortin
- School of Public Health of the University of Montreal (ESPUM), Montreal, Canada.,Centre de recherche en santé publique (CReSP), Univeristy of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Division of Adolescent Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Institut de population, développement et santé de la reproduction (IPDSR), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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- SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Andrews L, Mocorro Powell AD, Rottle N, Engelke J. Advancing equity and justice through community science programming in design, construction, and research of a nature-based solution: the Duwamish Floating Wetlands Project. SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH 2022; 4:377-391. [PMID: 36281354 PMCID: PMC9581766 DOI: 10.1007/s42532-022-00123-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Dxwdəw refers to the Black-Green Rivers confluences that made the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, USA, prior to the 1910s. Significant industrial activity and human-made diversions to these rivers caused heavy pollution and eliminated 97% of historic wetlands, forever altering the historic river systems, salmon runs and human and aquatic health. Today the Green-Duwamish River and Duwamish Estuary are an industrial and commercial corridor, albeit also a site of cultural significance and fishing rights for urban Indigenous and Coast Salish tribes, and home and workplace to diverse urban populations of sustenance fishers, immigrants and refugees, communities of color, and low-income neighborhoods. Using a socio-ecological and environmental justice perspective within a nature-based solution, the Duwamish Floating Wetlands Project designed and piloted four constructed floating wetland structures for two years on the Duwamish River and researched their feasibility to provide habitat for out-migrating juvenile salmon. A multi-pronged community team (community leaders, liaisons, stewards and scientists) worked alongside academics and professionals. This paper showcases the formulation and adaptation of a two-year citizen/community science program integrated into the project. We outline the frameworks, approach, outcomes, and lessons-learned of the community science and outreach program, and compiled these in a list of guidelines to provide practitioner, researcher and community insight into the value and necessity of prioritizing environmental justice, racial equity, and ecosystem needs in nature-based solutions.
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- Leann Andrews
- Department of Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA USA
- Green Futures Research and Design Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Green Futures Research and Design Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
- Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
- Green Futures Research and Design Lab, College of Built Environments, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Green Futures Research and Design Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
- Green Futures Research and Design Lab, College of Built Environments, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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Ballard PJ, Hoyt LT, Johnson J. Opportunities, challenges, and contextual supports to promote enacting maturing during adolescence. Front Psychol 2022; 13:954860. [PMID: 36211917 PMCID: PMC9532964 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.954860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Conceptions of adolescent "storm and stress" may be tied to a developmental mismatch that exists between young people's need for meaningful roles and autonomy - which we refer to as a need for enacting maturity - and the lack of such opportunities in most adolescents' contexts. First, we summarize our previous work on enacting maturity, including a review of the key components, links to wellbeing, and the nuances and limitations of this construct. Next, we extend this work by considering how the ecological contexts (e.g., family, school, community) young people are embedded in and their various intersecting social positions and identities (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, immigrant origin) influence their experiences with enacting maturity. In this section, we pose several key questions for developmental scientists around: (a) identifying a young person's desire for, and phenomenological processing of, their adult-like roles, (b) understanding how complex and unequal responses to physical maturation shape opportunities for enacting maturity, and (c) attending to disparities in curricular and extracurricular pathways to leadership, responsibility, and autonomy. Finally, we discuss spaces with high potential to support enacting maturity, including both specially designed programs (e.g., youth participatory action research, leadership programs) as well as routine, everyday opportunities (e.g., interactions with teachers, training for companies that employ youth). We offer two levers for supporting enacting maturity across both types of spaces: adult allies and responsive organizations. Looking to exemplary programs, innovative leaders, social media, and case studies, we re-imagine how adults and organizations can promote young people enacting maturing in ways that are safe, worthwhile, and equitable.
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- Parissa J Ballard
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States
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Doucet M, Pratt H, Dzhenganin M, Read J. Nothing About Us Without Us: Using Participatory Action Research (PAR) and arts-based methods as empowerment and social justice tools in doing research with youth 'aging out' of care. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 130:105358. [PMID: 34657749 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Child welfare practices and policies are often disconnected from youth in care's perspectives and lived realities. Youth 'aging out' of care should be empowered to define their own needs, goals and success based on the unique context they are transitioning from. In research, this can be supported by engaging them as co-researchers through emancipatory approaches. Participatory Action Research (PAR) requires collaboration with those who are affected by the issue being studied in all aspects of the research, with the aim to build advocacy capacity and affect transformative social change. Photovoice employs photography and group dialogue - the fusion of images and words - as an empowerment tool, through which individuals can work together to represent their own lived experiences rather than have their stories told and interpreted by others. This is a particularly powerful approach in engaging youth with care experience, as they are often systemically disenfranchised, isolated and in need of connections to the community. This article presents the Relationships Matter for Youth 'Aging Out' of Care project, a Participatory Action Research (PAR) photovoice research project with young people with lived experience, as a case study. The project aimed to take a closer look at the relationships that matter to youth from care and how they can be nurtured over time. Narratives about the experience of participating in the project are also featured, from the perspectives of three of the youth co-researchers. Some of the benefits, challenges and lessons learned are also explored, framed within the Relationships Matter project methodology and process. Recommendations for future social work research are also presented.
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- McGill University School of Social Work, Canada
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Morton D, Linton J, Hatala AR. Integrative review protocol for Indigenous youth participation in health equity promotion. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e055568. [PMID: 35863835 PMCID: PMC9310184 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Indigenous youth participation in decision-making is internationally recognised as a pathway to promote health equity, decolonisation and social inclusion. Hearing Indigenous youth voices and actively involving them in decisions that affect their lives and their communities has the potential to address disproportionate health and social challenges they encounter. Yet the existing evidence-base on participatory approaches remains fragmented and vast leading to a lack of integration. METHODS AND ANALYSIS An integrative review methodology will be used to conduct a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of the literature about Indigenous youth participation in health equity promotion. The literature search is anticipated to be carried out in July-August 2022. We will search online databases Scopus, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase and PsycINFO along with several interdisciplinary databases indexed in EBSCOhost and ProQuest. Key Indigenous research journals not consistently indexed in the online databases will be examined to identify additional journal articles. We will employ a blinded, dual-reviewer two-step selection process with established inclusion/exclusion criteria and limit data to English-language publications related to Indigenous populations in Canada, USA, Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. Focusing on qualitative empirical and theoretical studies, they will undergo quality appraisal and Covidence software will be used to manage the review. Data will be sorted, extracted and analysed. We will codify data for descriptive reporting and conduct a narrative synthesis to identify a common conceptualisation for Indigenous youth participatory approaches across disciplines, its barriers and facilitators, and knowledge gaps. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical review is not required for the integrative review. The review will be shared through various publication and non-academic platforms as well as our university and community research networks. Findings will have broad relevance for those seeking to involve Indigenous youth to be active decision-makers across a range of fields, but with specific implications for health equity.
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- Darrien Morton
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Ozer EJ, Sprague Martinez L, Abraczinskas M, Villa B, Prata N. Toward Integration of Life Course Intervention and Youth Participatory Action Research. Pediatrics 2022; 149:186920. [PMID: 35503322 PMCID: PMC9847417 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-053509h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We provide an overview of diverse forms of youth participation, with a focus on youth participatory action research (YPAR) and its synergies with life course intervention research to promote healthier development for young people and across the life span. We analyze why YPAR matters for research, practice, and policies related to the systems and settings in which young people develop. We also illustrate how young people perform YPAR work to improve the developmental responsiveness and equity of school and health systems, including descriptions of an innovative youth-led health center in Rwanda and a long-standing and evolving integration of YPAR into public high schools in the United States. We then briefly consider the adult capacities needed to do this work well, given that YPAR challenges typical youth-adult power relationships and broader assumptions about who can generate expert knowledge. We consider the alignment and potential challenges for integration of life course intervention research as well as YPAR and next steps for research and practice at this intersection.
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- Emily J Ozer
- Division of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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- Division of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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- Division of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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DeLuca JS, Novacek DM, Adery LH, Herrera SN, Landa Y, Corcoran CM, Walker EF. Equity in Mental Health Services for Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Considering Marginalized Identities and Stressors. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH 2022; 7:176-197. [PMID: 35815004 PMCID: PMC9258423 DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2022.2042874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Prevention and early intervention programs have been initiated worldwide to serve youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P), who are adolescents and young adults experiencing subclinical psychosis and functional impairment. The primary goals of these efforts are to prevent or mitigate the onset of clinical psychosis, while also treating comorbid issues. It is important to consider issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in CHR-P work, especially as these programs continue to proliferate around the world. Further, there is a long history in psychiatry of misdiagnosing and mistreating psychosis in individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups. Although there have been significant developments in early intervention psychosis work, there is evidence that marginalized groups are underserved by current CHR-P screening and intervention efforts. These issues are compounded by the contexts of continued social marginalization and significant mental health disparities in general child/adolescent services. Within this narrative review and call to action, we use an intersectional and minority stress lens to review and discuss current issues related to equity in CHR-P services, offer evidence-based recommendations, and propose next steps. In particular, our intersectional and minority stress lenses incorporate perspectives for a range of marginalized and underserved identities related to race, ethnicity, and culture; faith; immigration status; geography/residence; gender identity; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status/class; and ability status.
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- Joseph S. DeLuca
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, , New York, NY, USA
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- Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, , Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, , New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, , New York, NY, USA
- New York Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, , New York, NY, USA
- New York Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Anderson AJ, Baggett HC, Andrzejewski CE, Forbes SA. “Why Don’t They Just Move Closer?”: Adolescent Critical Consciousness Development in YPAR About Food Security. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/07435584211065343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this paper is to explore high school students’ critical consciousness development in the context of youth participatory action research (YPAR) focused on food security at an alternative school in Alabama. The YPAR project took place in an elective agriscience class with 10 students (Seven Black, two white, one Latino) who were in the 10th to 12th grades. Utilizing data from researcher notes, classroom observations, and archival classroom documents, we present students’ YPAR project outcomes to share their research-driven solutions to food insecurity in their community. Vignettes of classroom dialogue are also constructed to illustrate moments of reflection in the YPAR context about food security. We present three “critical moments,” or instances of social analysis, to illustrate how students’ individual-level attributions occurred alongside teacher dialogue and student-led investigation of structural inequities in the community. Findings illustrate how students’ nonlinear critical consciousness development consisted of reliance on individual-level attributions in classroom dialogue co-occurring with systems-thinking activities and other YPAR project outcomes. This paper has implications for research on the imperfect and wavering nature of adolescent critical consciousness development in YPAR.
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Fallon LM, Veiga M, Sugai G. Strengthening MTSS for Behavior (MTSS-B) to Promote Racial Equity. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/2372966x.2021.1972333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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de Gee F, Manuels C, Boerwinkel EK, Yap K, Muntinga ME. 'They say "I did it", but they don't say "I got an STI from it"': Exploring the experiences of youth with a migration background with sexual health in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Glob Public Health 2021; 17:2095-2110. [PMID: 34432598 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1970207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Youth with a migration background are underserved by sexual healthcare. Insight in their experiences is essential to develop tailored services and counter disparities. We explored how youth with a migration background access sexual health information, experience public sexual healthcare, and navigate sexual health in their particular sociocultural contexts. We carried out nine semi-structured interviews and one group interview with twelve young people (18-24) with a migration background in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Respondents were heterosexually oriented and of various sociocultural backgrounds. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Three themes emerged: 'Access to sexual health information', 'Access to primary sexual health care', and 'Strategies for sexual self-care'. Youth sought out information online or from peers, however, conversations mostly focussed on pleasure while risk was often not discussed. Youth valued anonymity when accessing sexual healthcare, and used several strategies, such as staying silent or adhering to values such as 'self-respect', to navigate sexual health within their everyday gendered environments. While these strategies manifested as sources of empowerment, they also resulted in potential vulnerabilities. To counter sexual health disparities among youth with a migration background, public sexual health services should provide culturally safe care and foster participatory collaborations with local stakeholders.
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- Floor de Gee
- Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Benninger E, Schmidt-Sane M, Spilsbury JC. Conceptualizing Social Determinants of Neighborhood Health through a Youth Lens. CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH 2021; 14:2393-2416. [PMID: 34457085 PMCID: PMC8384457 DOI: 10.1007/s12187-021-09849-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This study reports on findings from a youth participatory action research of children's well-being and health. We draw upon the Social Determinants of Health framework, including a focus on structural racism and intersectionality, to holistically explore the ways in which youth (ages 13-17) experience multiple forms of marginalization within the neighborhood, and how these experiences influence their well-being outcomes. We employed the data collection techniques of focus group discussion, community mapping, photovoice, and follow-up small group discussions with 14 African American youth in Cleveland, Ohio. Utilizing participatory thematic analysis, the participants established four main thematic categories connected to the neighborhood which have a strong influence on youth health and well-being. These categories included: (1) Crime and safety; (2) Housing and the built environment; (3) Social Influence; (4) Community Activities. By involving youth as co-constructors of the research, we elicited perspectives on the pathways between a healthy neighborhood to healthy residents, with implications for future research, policy, and intervention programming aimed at improving the health and well-being of children and youth.
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- Elizabeth Benninger
- Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Research Building, TA200, 2109 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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Scaccia JP. Examining the concept of equity in community psychology with natural language processing. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 49:1718-1731. [PMID: 34004017 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Large amounts of text-based data, like study abstracts, often go unanalyzed because the task is laborious. Natural language processing (NLP) uses computer-based algorithms not traditionally implemented in community psychology to effectively and efficiently process text. These methods include examining the frequency of words and phrases, the clustering of topics, and the interrelationships of words. This article applied NLP to explore the concept of equity in community psychology. The COVID-19 crisis has made pre-existing health equity gaps even more salient. Community psychology has a specific interest in working with organizations, systems, and communities to address social determinants that perpetuate inequities by refocusing interventions around achieving health and wellness for all. This article examines how community psychology has discussed equity thus far to identify strengths and gaps for future research and practice. The results showed the prominence of community-based participatory research and the diversity of settings researchers work in. However, the total number of abstracts with equity concepts was lower than expected, which suggests there is a need for a continued focus on equity.
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Haapanen KA, Christens BD. Community-engaged Research Approaches: Multiple Pathways To Health Equity. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 67:331-337. [PMID: 34312882 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Auerswald CL, Adams S, Lightfoot M. The Urgent and Growing Needs of Youths Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Adolesc Health 2020; 67:461-462. [PMID: 32951678 PMCID: PMC7495245 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Colette L Auerswald
- i4Y (Innovations for Youth), UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, California
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- Division of Prevention Science, Department of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF Prevention Research Center, San Francisco, California
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