scholarly journals Youth Participatory Action Research for Health Equity: Increasing Youth Empowerment and Decreasing Physical Activity Access Inequities in Under‐resourced Programs and Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 232-243
Author(s):  
Michelle Abraczinskas ◽  
Nicole Zarrett
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action

A Review of Research Connecting Digital Storytelling, Photovoice, and Civic Engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 844-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Greene ◽  
Kevin J. Burke ◽  
Maria K. McKenna
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Racially Diverse

The purpose of this review is to expand understanding of the ways culturally, ethnically, and racially diverse youth have begun to reimagine urban and rural spaces using digital storytelling and photovoice, two methods that often fall under the broad field of youth participatory action research. To explain the conditions under which these methods favor movement toward socially just ideas and actions, we also build on and extend research in critical youth empowerment to call attention to the relational nature of the kind of work that positions youth as coresearchers and democratically engaged citizens. Of importance are the availability of safe, nurturing spaces that foster youth engagement, the quality of relationships between youth and adults, and the extent to which decisions and actions remain in the hands of youth. Finally, this review considers the implications for further research and what it could mean to reimagine schools and communities as spaces where youth have a voice as civically engaged citizens.

scholarly journals Kids in Action: the protocol of a Youth Participatory Action Research project to promote physical activity and dietary behaviour

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e025584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manou Anselma ◽  
Teatske Altenburg ◽  
Mai Chinapaw
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Low Socioeconomic

IntroductionIn this study, researchers collaborate with children from a low socioeconomic neighbourhood in Amsterdam in developing, implementing and evaluating interventions targeting their health behaviours. This Youth Participatory Action Research project focuses on the promotion of physical activity and healthy dietary behaviour.Methods and analysisThis study is a controlled trial using participatory methods to develop interventions together with children aged 9–12 years. At four primary schools in a low socioeconomic neighbourhood in Amsterdam, an ‘Action Team’ is installed: a group of six to eight children who actively participate as co-researchers in developing, implementing and evaluating interventions. An academic researcher facilitates the participatory process. Four control schools, also located in low socioeconomic areas in and around Amsterdam, continue with their regular curriculum and do not participate in the participatory process. For the effect evaluation, physical activity and sedentary behaviour are assessed using accelerometers and self-reporting; dietary behaviour using self-reporting and motor fitness (strength, flexibility, coordination, speed and endurance) using the motor performance fitness test. Effectiveness of the interventions is evaluated by multilevel regression analysis. The process of co-creating interventions and the implemented interventions is continually evaluated during meetings of the Action Teams and with children participating in the interventions. Empowerment of children is evaluated during focus groups. Summaries and transcripts of meetings are coded and analysed to enrich children’s findings.Ethics and disseminationThe Medical Ethics Committee of the VU Medical Center approved the study protocol (2016.366).Trial registration numberTC=6604.

Guiding School-Based Service-Learning With Youth Participatory Action Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 125-143
Author(s):  
Melissa Cochrane Bocci
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Opportunity Gaps

Youth Participatory Action Research offers service-learning practitioners a critical framework for guiding their projects, particularly those engaging diverse or marginalized communities. A YPAR-guided service-learning project is youth-led, centers and affirms youth identities, examines problems and takes actions on structural and personal levels, and bases those actions on original, youth-conducted research. As such, YPAR-guided service-learning explicitly promotes youth empowerment and positive identity development, which can result in increased academic engagement and motivation, making such projects a strong option for attending to the opportunity gaps marginalized students often face in their school systems.

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