Youth Participatory Action Research to Prevent Community Violence among Black youth

预防黑人青年社区暴力的青年参与行动研究

• 批准号: 10770095
• 负责人: Briana Woods-Jaeger
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-30 至 2026-09-29
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10770095
• 关键词: Youth; Participatory; Action; Research; Prevent

PROJECT ABSTRACT Anti-Black racism contributes to disproportionate community violence exposure among Black youth through structural violence including residential segregation, concentrated poverty, and limited access to education and employment opportunities. This structural violence creates a cumulative and collective experience of trauma that manifests as racial trauma. While researchers have called for novel methods to address the violence- related consequences of racial trauma, many current violence prevention practices do not explicitly address this fundamental contributor to community violence inequities. Multilevel approaches that promote individual and collective healing processes and recognize community as an asset and agent of change are needed. We will continue our community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to addressing community violence inequities by implementing and evaluating a multilevel intervention, Youth Empowered Advocating for Health (YEAH), designed to promote individual and collective healing processes to reduce risk for community violence among Black youth ages 12-17. YEAH guides youth through identifying factors that influence health in their community using photovoice, a participatory research methodology that uses photography to examine community concerns, generate ideas to address them, and translate those ideas into social action. Based on our formative CBPR focused on community violence we have adapted YEAH to include strategic storytelling through theater arts as anti-racist community violence prevention strategy. We will evaluate the effectiveness of YEAH on youth prosocial behavior and aggressive behavior, assess racial identity and future orientation as mediators of prevention effects, and explore potential community-level outcomes including Boys and Girls Club enrollment and community youth critical consciousnesses and political and civic mindedness. This project aligns with violence prevention priorities set by NCIPC by evaluating the effectiveness of multi-level strategies that reduce the likelihood of different forms of youth violence.

项目摘要 反黑人种族主义通过以下方式导致黑人青年遭受不成比例的社区暴力： 结构性暴力，包括居住隔离、贫困集中以及受教育机会有限和 就业机会。这种结构性暴力造成了累积的集体创伤经历 这表现为种族创伤。尽管研究人员呼吁采取新方法来解决暴力问题 种族创伤的相关后果，许多当前的暴力预防做法没有明确解决 这是造成社区暴力不平等的根本原因。促进个人发展的多层次方法 需要集体治愈过程并认识到社区是变革的资产和推动者。我们 将继续采用基于社区的参与性研究（CBPR）方法来解决社区暴力问题 通过实施和评估多层次干预措施来消除不平等，青年赋权倡导健康 （YEAH），旨在促进个人和集体康复过程，以减少社区暴力风险 12-17 岁的黑人青少年。 YEAH 引导青少年识别影响他们健康的因素 使用照片声音的社区，这是一种使用摄影来检查的参与性研究方法 社区关注的问题，产生解决这些问题的想法，并将这些想法转化为社会行动。基于 我们的形成性 CBPR 重点关注社区暴力，我们已对 YEAH 进行了改编，将战略性讲故事纳入其中 通过戏剧艺术作为反种族主义社区暴力预防战略。我们将评估有效性 YEAH 对青少年亲社会行为和攻击行为的评估，评估种族身份和未来取向 预防效果的中介因素，并探索潜在的社区层面成果，包括男孩女孩俱乐部 入学率和社区青年的批判意识以及政治和公民意识。这个项目 通过评估多层次战略的有效性，与 NCIPC 制定的暴力预防优先事项保持一致 减少不同形式的青少年暴力的可能性。