Soleimanpour Samira, Brindis Claire, Geierstanger Sara, Kandawalla Spenta, Kurlaender Tamar
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0936, USA.
Public Health Rep. 2008 Nov-Dec;123(6):709-16. doi: 10.1177/003335490812300607.
Training adolescents as student researchers is a strategy that can improve the delivery of care at school-based health centers (SBHCs) and significantly shift school health policies impacting students. From 2003 to 2006, the University of California, San Francisco, in partnership with Youth In Focus, implemented a participatory student research project to enhance the existing evaluation of the Alameda County SBHC Coalition and its participating clinic members, and to help develop and implement school health policies. Providing opportunities and training that enabled youth to identify and research the health needs of their peers, as well as advocate for improvements in SBHCs based on their research findings, represents an exciting youth development strategy. This article describes the role the youth played, how their adult partners supported their work, and the impact that their efforts had on the SBHCs and school health programming and policies in the areas of condom accessibility and mental health services.
将青少年培养成学生研究员是一种能够改善校内健康中心(SBHCs)护理服务并显著改变影响学生的学校健康政策的策略。2003年至2006年期间,加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校与“关注青年”组织合作,开展了一个参与式学生研究项目,以加强对阿拉米达县SBHC联盟及其参与诊所成员的现有评估,并协助制定和实施学校健康政策。为青少年提供机会和培训,使他们能够识别和研究同龄人健康需求,并根据研究结果倡导改善SBHCs,这是一项令人兴奋的青年发展策略。本文描述了青少年所发挥的作用、其成年合作伙伴如何支持他们的工作,以及他们的努力在避孕套可及性和心理健康服务领域对SBHCs、学校健康规划及政策产生的影响。