Journal article
Youth Participatory Approaches and Health Equity: Conceptualization and Integrative Review
EJ Ozer, M Abraczinskas, C Duarte, R Mathur, PJ Ballard, L Gibbs, ET Olivas, MJ Bewa, R Afifi
American Journal of Community Psychology | WILEY | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12451
Abstract
There is an array of youth participatory approaches relevant to health equity efforts in community psychology, adolescent health, youth development, and education. While they share some commonalities, they also reflect important distinctions regarding key processes and intended level of impact. Here, we consider the following: (a) youth-led participatory action research (YPAR), (b) youth organizing (YO), (c) youth-led planning, (d) human-centered design, (e) participatory arts, and (f) youth advisory boards. Informed by community psychology theories on empowerment and levels of change and social epidemiology frameworks that focus on the social determinants of health inequities, we aim to pro..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The concept for this paper was initially presented by the first author at international meetings for a Lancet Standing Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, which provided the networking spark for this international co-author group. The work of the first author was supported by a Ford Foundation grant to Innovations for Youth (I4Y). The work of the second author was supported through an institutional training grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse T32DA039772 at the REACH Institute at Arizona State University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health. The authors report no potential conflicts of interest.