Objectives. To use a systematic review methodology to describe the state of the youth
participatory action research (YPAR) literature and synthesize findings about the youth …

Due to an increasing emphasis on children's rights, children's participation in studies about
social issues has become a trend. The research community has been liberally utilizing the …

The opening plenary session at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work
and Research, which focused on ensuring healthy youth development, highlighted the need …

On the basis of the systematic literature review, we investigate the characteristics of
community‐based Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) programs with a focus on …

Over the last twenty years, research on the impact of engaging children and adolescents in
the generation of new knowledge about their lives, schools, and communities, has grown …

Background: A growing body of research points to the efficacy of participatory methods in
decreasing rates of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and other risky behaviors among …

Introduction A lack of awareness on how to engage adolescents in research has been
reported as one of the barriers to meaningful youth involvement in health research …

With the proliferation of participatory approaches to promoting youth development such as
Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR), it is more important than ever that …

Youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) is an applied research methodology in which
youth work in collaboration with adult stakeholders to conduct research projects. YPAR has …

Youth can be valuable partners in community health improvement efforts. Latino youth from
Lawrence, MA were engaged in research and health promotion over an 11-month period …