ArticleAmerican journal of community psychology2020
Youth Participatory Action Research for Health Equity: Increasing Youth Empowerment and Decreasing Physical Activity Access Inequities in Under-resourced Programs and Schools.
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- Your project or our project? Evaluating the participatory development of an adolescent healthy sleep intervention.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Exploring children and young people's experience of participating in citizen science-A qualitative evidence synthesis.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Toward Integration of Life Course Intervention and Youth Participatory Action Research.Pediatrics · 2022Article
- Qualitative Research Methods in Chronic Disease: Introduction and Opportunities to Promote Health Equity.Annual review of public health · 2022Review
- Development of a School-Based Health Literacy Model for Liver Fluke Prevention and Control Using Participatory Action Research.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
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Abstract
To address gaps in the youth participation and adolescent physical activity (PA) promotion literature, we examined the feasibility of youth participatory action research (YPAR) in (a) general aftercare (YPAR only) and (b) with a physical activity intervention, (YPAR + PA) to reach marginalized youth and impact individual empowerment and second-order change for equitable PA access. We intervened during middle school, a developmental stage conducive to changing health habits. We used a concurrent, mixed-method triangulation design. Participants were students (94% non-Hispanic Black/African American, 75% free/reduced lunch) in the southeastern United States. YPAR was adapted from online modules. Youth conducted photovoice, capturing and analyzing social/environmental factors contributing to inequities in their schools/programs. PA inequities emerged for girls. Findings indicated feasibility of YPAR with systems supports. Changes occurred at the individual and systems level in the YPAR + PA program. Sociopolitical skills, participatory behavior, and perceived control empowerment subdomains increased pre-post, and youth qualitative responses aligned. A follow-up interview with the director revealed all youth-proposed changes occurred. A feedback loop was developed for continued youth input. Youth-led changes to increase PA access have potential to decrease health disparities by generating unique solutions likely missed when adults intervene alone.
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