Baker Barbara, Johannes Elaine M
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program, USA.
New Dir Youth Dev. 2013 Jun;2013(138):31-47, 9-10. doi: 10.1002/yd.20056.
This article provides a detailed description of how to implement a ripple mapping activity to assess youth program effects on community capital and concludes with examples from Maine and Kansas. The maps lead to group reflection on project outcomes and further research and evaluation questions for group members. The results from five Maine communities showed that youth in schools and community clubs promoted intentional, mutually beneficial relationships with community groups and businesses and increased shared action on community projects. Likewise, youth in five small Kansas towns implemented and evaluated health promotion projects and found through mapping that youth built social capital in addition to awareness, knowledge, and skills in community health promotion. Ripple mapping helped to demonstrate that actions of youth-adult partnerships in both states improved the built, human, and social capital in small towns.
本文详细描述了如何开展涟漪映射活动以评估青年项目对社区资本的影响，并以缅因州和堪萨斯州的实例作为结尾。这些地图促使团队对项目成果进行反思，并为团队成员提出进一步的研究和评估问题。缅因州五个社区的结果表明，学校和社区俱乐部中的青年促进了与社区团体和企业的有意且互利的关系，并增加了社区项目中的共同行动。同样，堪萨斯州五个小镇的青年实施并评估了健康促进项目，通过映射发现，青年除了在社区健康促进方面提高了意识、知识和技能外，还建立了社会资本。涟漪映射有助于证明，这两个州青年与成年人的伙伴关系行动改善了小镇的物质资本、人力资本和社会资本。
