Wilson, Nance.
Training Students as Facilitators in the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Project [electronic resource] / Nance Wilson PhD,Meredith Minkler DrPH,Stefan Dasho MA,Roxanne Carrillo MSW,Nina Wallerstein DrPH &Diego Garcia AA. - pp. 201-217.
This article describes the training of students as facilitators for the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project designed to promote problem-solving, social action and civic participation among underserved elementary school youth in West Contra Costa County, California. This project involved 160 fifth grade students in after-school activities which identified their capacities and strengths in ways which aimed to decrease rates of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and other risky behaviors. The article describes the recruitment and training of high school students and their graduate student counterparts as facilitators in this university-community partnership, and discusses the implications for other youth-focused community-based projects.
Mode of access: Internet.
University-community partnership, community-based participatory research, adolescent health, prevention, after school programs, Photo voice
Training Students as Facilitators in the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Project [electronic resource] / Nance Wilson PhD,Meredith Minkler DrPH,Stefan Dasho MA,Roxanne Carrillo MSW,Nina Wallerstein DrPH &Diego Garcia AA. - pp. 201-217.
This article describes the training of students as facilitators for the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project designed to promote problem-solving, social action and civic participation among underserved elementary school youth in West Contra Costa County, California. This project involved 160 fifth grade students in after-school activities which identified their capacities and strengths in ways which aimed to decrease rates of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and other risky behaviors. The article describes the recruitment and training of high school students and their graduate student counterparts as facilitators in this university-community partnership, and discusses the implications for other youth-focused community-based projects.
Mode of access: Internet.
University-community partnership, community-based participatory research, adolescent health, prevention, after school programs, Photo voice
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Lee Yan Fong Library
325-329 Lai Chi Kok Road, Shamshuipo, Kowloon, HONG KONG