Being useful: achieving indigenous youth involvement in a community-based participatory research project in Alaska.

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Tara FordJames Allen

Abstract

To report on a participatory research process in southwest Alaska focusing on youth involvement as a means to facilitate health promotion. We propose youth-guided community-based participatory research (CBPR) as way to involve young people in health promotion and prevention strategizing as part of translational science practice at the community-level. We utilized a CBPR approach that allowed youth to contribute at all stages. Implementation of the CBPR approach involved the advancement of three key strategies including: (a) the local steering committee made up of youth, tribal leaders, and elders, (b) youth-researcher partnerships, and (c) youth action-groups to translate findings. The addition of a local youth-action and translation group to the CBPR process in the southwest Alaska site represents an innovative strategy for disseminating findings to youth from a research project that focuses on youth resilience and wellbeing. This strategy drew from two community-based action activities: (a) being useful by helping elders and (b) being proud of our village. In our study, youth informed the research process at every stage, but most significantly youth guided the translation and application of the research findings at the commun...Continue Reading

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