Engaging Homeless Youth in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Case Study From Skid Row, Los Angeles
Engaging Homeless Youth in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Case Study From Skid Row, Los Angeles
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DOI：
10.1177/1524839912472904
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Porter, Charles
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作者：
Garcia, Analilia P.;Minkler, Meredith;Porter, Charles
越来越多的证据强调了青年参与社区参与性研究的好处。然而，很少注意到青年可以通过这类工作帮助改变促进健康的政策。我们描述了一个以政策为重点的社区参与性研究项目的多方法案例研究，该项目位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市中心的Skid Row地区，在那里，一小群无家可归的青年与成年导师合作，对96名无家可归的青年进行了调查，并利用调查结果帮助确保促进健康的政策改变。我们在决策过程的每个阶段审查伙伴关系的工作；它成功地改变了有关娱乐、少年司法和教育的政策；以及遇到的挑战，特别是在政策执行方面。我们分享经验教训，包括强有力的成人导师和有利于边缘化青年实现可持续、促进健康变革的政策环境的重要性。
Growing evidence highlights the benefits to youth of involvement in community-based participatory research. Less attention has been paid, however, to the contributions youth can make to helping change health-promoting policy through such work. We describe a multi-method case study of a policy-focused community-based participatory research project in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, California, where a small group of homeless youth worked with adult mentors to develop and conduct a survey of 96 homeless youth and used the findings to help secure healthpromoting policy change. We review the partnership's work at each stage of the policy-making process; its successes in changing policy regarding recreation, juvenile justice, and education; and the challenges encountered, especially with policy enforcement. We share lessons learned, including the importance of strong adult mentors and of policy environments conducive to sustainable, health-promoting change for marginalized youth.