Promoting healthy adolescent behavior and development: Issues in the design and evaluation of effective youth programs

Lerner, Richard M.; Thompson, Linda S.

doi:10.1053/jpdn.2002.127176

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“…For example, through participation in research and other activities that directly impact them, youth have experienced increased levels of self-esteem and increased confidence in themselves and their abilities (Cargo et al 2002). Engaging youth has also been found to be related to improved academic achievement and reduction of risky behaviours such as delinquency and substance use (Altman et al 1998;Lerner & Thompson 2002;Roth et al 1998). Further work is needed to better understand the complexity of engaging youth, as well as to develop strategies to overcome these barriers.…”

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Engaging Canadian youth in conversations: Using knowledge exchange in school-based health promotion

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The voice of youth is crucial to advancing solutions that contribute to effective strategies to improve youth health outcomes. The problem, however, is that youth/student voices are often overlooked, and stakeholders typically engage in decision-making without involving youth. The burden of chronic disease is increasing worldwide, and in Canada chronic disease accounts for 89 per cent of deaths. However, currently, youth spend less time being physically active while engaging in more unhealthy eating behaviours than ever before. High rates of unhealthy behaviours such as physical inactivity, unhealthy eating and tobacco use are putting Canadian youth at risk of health problems such as increased levels of overweight and obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Focus group methodology was utilised to conduct 7 focus groups with 50 students in grades 7–12 from schools in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The key themes that emerged included: (1) youth health issues such as lack of opportunities to be physically active, cost and quality of healthy food options, and bullying; (2) facilitators and barriers to health promotion, including positive peer and adult role models, positive relationships with adults and competitiveness of school sports; and (3) lack of student voice. Our findings suggest that actively engaging youth provides opportunities to understand youth perspectives on how to encourage them to make healthy choices and engage in healthy behaviours. Attention needs to be paid to inclusive knowledge exchange practices that value and integrate youth perspectives and ideas as a basis for building health promotion actions and interventions.Keywords: knowledge exchange, youth health, youth engagement

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“…The importance of having access to a safe and supervised environment is echoed in the developmental literature on the components of effective youth programming (Lerner, Alberts, Jelicic, & Smith, 2006;Lerner & Thompson, 2002;Theokas et al, 2006). Leaders also shared the belief that opportunities for engaging in these processes and developing these outcomes should be provided to all youth, in line with what they view as BSA's commitment to promoting inclusiveness and tolerance.…”

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You Can Quit Me But I’m Not Going to Quit You:” A Focus Group Study of Leaders’ Perceptions of Their Positive Influences on Youth in Boy Scouts of America

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Chase

Champine

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As part of a longitudinal, mixed-method study with Boy Scouts of America, we conducted five focus groups with a diverse group of 46 program leaders in order to better understand their perceptions of how they influence youth. Drawing from grounded theory analysis methods, we found that leaders believed they promoted positive youth outcomes, including character and selfconfidence, through caring youth-leader relationships and facilitating opportunities for youth to participate in and lead skill-building activities and apply skills in different contexts. Leaders differed in the particular outcomes that they emphasized. Implications of these findings for future research and practice are discussed.

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“…Evidence shows that engaging young people in structured organized activities that link them to each other and to institutions enhances their self-awareness and social achievement, improves mental health and academic performance and reduces rates of dropping out of school, delinquency and substance abuse (77,143,144). Empowerment components, such as viewing youth as a resource, engaging them in group bonding through dialogue, and involving them as decision-makers in their social actions, have been demonstrated in many programmes producing a range of outcomes: the Adolescent Social Action Program (145)(146)(147) (154) and suggested the importance of group climate, adult and community support (140,155).…”

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Youth Empowerment in Oppressive Systems: Opportunities for School Consultants

Pearrow

Pollack

2009

Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation

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This is a Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report on the effectiveness of empowerment strategies to improve health and reduce health disparities.The report shows that empowering initiatives can lead to health outcomes and that empowerment is a viable public health strategy. The key message from this review is that empowerment is a complex strategy that sits within complex environments. Effective empowerment strategies may depend as much on the agency and leadership of the people involved, as the overall context in which they take place.HEN, initiated and coordinated by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, is an information service for public health and health care decision-makers in the WHO European Region. Other interested parties might also benefit from HEN.This HEN evidence report is a commissioned work and the contents are the responsibility of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the official policies of WHO/Europe. The reports were subjected to international review, managed by the HEN team.

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Promoting healthy adolescent behavior and development: Issues in the design and evaluation of effective youth programs

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Engaging Canadian youth in conversations: Using knowledge exchange in school-based health promotion

Engaging Canadian youth in conversations: Using knowledge exchange in school-based health promotion

You Can Quit Me But I’m Not Going to Quit You:” A Focus Group Study of Leaders’ Perceptions of Their Positive Influences on Youth in Boy Scouts of America

Youth Empowerment in Oppressive Systems: Opportunities for School Consultants

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