Feasibility of a Pilot Virtual National Young Adult Wellbeing Network: Using Art to Heal
Michelle Abraczinskas,
Heather Kennedy,
Erin Vines
et al.
Abstract:The current study piloted a virtual 8-week National Young Adult Well-being Network (The Network) to inform funding and policy decisions around post-COVID-19 pandemic healing. Arts-based youth participatory action research (YPAR) was utilized. Essential elements were creation of art as data, group processing, and action planning. Fifteen 18 to 23 year old young people (4 male, 11 female) living in three states participated in The Network. The young people identified as Black ( n = 3), White ( n = 5), Latino/a/x… Show more
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