Using community-based participatory research to develop the PARTNERS youth violence prevention program.
Using community-based participatory research to develop the PARTNERS youth violence prevention program.
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10.1353/cpr.2010.0005
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2010-01-01
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Fein, Joel A
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Leff, Stephen S;Thomas, Duane E;Fein, Joel A
背景：基于学校的暴力预防计划已经显示出减少攻击性和增加儿童亲社会行为的希望。预防干预的背景下，城市课后计划提供了一个独特的机会，学术研究人员和社区利益相关者合作，在创造有意义的和可持续的暴力预防initiatives. Competitives：本文介绍了学术研究人员和社区领导人之间的合作，设计一个青年暴力预防/领导力促进计划（合作伙伴计划）的城市青少年的发展。采用以社区为基础的参与式研究（CBPR）模型，该项目解决了城市青年，他们的家庭，和他们的community.METHODS的需求：多种策略被用来参与社区成员的发展和实施的合作伙伴计划。这些措施包括焦点小组，试点测试的程序在课后场地，并进行组织评估的课后网站作为潜在的位置为intervention.RESULTS：社区成员和学术研究人员成功地在项目开发的各个阶段一起工作。社区反馈帮助PARTNERS团队重新设计了PARTNERS计划的拟议实施和评估，以便修订后的研究设计允许所有站点随着时间的推移获得干预，并增加了建立社区能力和计划可持续性的可能性。尽管CBPR存在一些固有的挑战，目前的研究为研究人员和社区成员之间继续发展关系和信任提供了一些经验教训，特别注意平衡对系统地执行社区干预措施的需求，同时对社区的迫切需要作出反应。
BACKGROUND: School-based violence prevention programs have shown promise for reducing aggression and increasing children's prosocial behaviors. Prevention interventions within the context of urban after-school programs provide a unique opportunity for academic researchers and community stakeholders to collaborate in the creation of meaningful and sustainable violence prevention initiatives.OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the development of a collaborative between academic researchers and community leaders to design a youth violence prevention/leadership promotion program (PARTNERS Program) for urban adolescents. Employing a community-based participatory research (CBPR) model, this project addresses the needs of urban youth, their families, and their community.METHODS: Multiple strategies were used to engage community members in the development and implementation of the PARTNERS Program. These included focus groups, pilot testing the program in an after-school venue, and conducting organizational assessments of after-school sites as potential locations for the intervention.RESULTS: Community members and academic researchers successfully worked together in all stages of the project development. Community feedback helped the PARTNERS team redesign the proposed implementation and evaluation of the PARTNERS Program such that the revised study design allows for all sites to obtain the intervention over time and increases the possibility of building community capacity and sustainability of programs.CONCLUSION: Despite several challenges inherent to CBPR, the current study provides a number of lessons learned for the continued development of relationships and trust among researchers and community members, with particular attention to balancing the demand for systematic implementation of community-based interventions while being responsive to the immediate needs of the community.