University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2020 Jul;21(4):573-581. doi: 10.1177/1524839918818831. Epub 2018 Dec 21.
Youth participatory action research (YPAR) emphasizes positive youth development by engaging young people as co-researchers and change agents on complex issues to produce solutions that are relevant to youth. YPAR has primarily been used in classroom and youth organization settings, which means there are very few examples of its usage in other community-based settings or as a health intervention approach. Additionally, there is a need for further study of YPAR implementation processes and the effect on youth development and well-being outcomes. In this article, we highlight the innovative use of YPAR as a community-based health intervention through two case studies in which the adolescent health issues of physical activity and suicide were addressed. We describe the design of each YPAR health intervention and the studies that were conducted to link participatory research processes to youth development and health outcomes. Using the lessons learned from these YPAR interventions, we propose best practices for the design, implementation, and evaluation of YPAR as a health intervention strategy in a community setting.
青年参与式行动研究（YPAR）通过让年轻人作为共同研究者和变革推动者参与到复杂问题中，以产生与青年相关的解决方案，从而强调积极的青年发展。YPAR 主要用于课堂和青年组织环境中，这意味着其在其他基于社区的环境中或作为健康干预方法的使用案例非常少。此外，还需要进一步研究 YPAR 的实施过程及其对青年发展和福祉结果的影响。在本文中，我们通过两个案例研究强调了 YPAR 在基于社区的健康干预中的创新应用，其中涉及到身体活动和自杀等青少年健康问题。我们描述了每个 YPAR 健康干预的设计以及为将参与式研究过程与青年发展和健康结果联系起来而进行的研究。我们从这些 YPAR 干预中吸取经验教训，为在社区环境中设计、实施和评估 YPAR 作为健康干预策略提出了最佳实践。
