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Youth ReACT for Social Change: a method for youth participatory action research.
- Source :
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American journal of community psychology [Am J Community Psychol] 2010 Sep; Vol. 46 (1-2), pp. 67-83. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Although participatory action research has become an increasingly popular method with youth, involving them in problem identification, analysis, intervention, and/or feedback, few PAR projects tend to involve youth in all of these phases-particularly the data analysis phase. Yet involvement in the data analysis phase of a research effort can help to promote critical awareness of the targeted issues, potentially increasing the effectiveness of subsequent PAR stages. In addition, although many YPAR projects aim to promote the critical consciousness of their youth participants, some projects struggle to promote this awareness, often because the methods used are not well matched to the developmental needs of their participants. In this paper we present the ReACT Method, a PAR approach specifically designed to promote local knowledge production and critical consciousness by engaging youth in the problem identification, data analysis, and feedback stages of research. Given the lack of attention in the literature to the methods used for engaging youth in these processes, we provide detailed descriptions of the methods we developed to engage youth in problem identification and qualitative data analysis.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Community-Based Participatory Research organization & administration
Feedback, Psychological
Humans
Midwestern United States
Photography
Psychology, Adolescent methods
Schools
Statistics as Topic methods
Students
Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control
Community-Based Participatory Research methods
Social Change
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-2770
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1-2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of community psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20644994
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9316-y