College of Population Health, Center for Participatory Research, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
College of Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Front Public Health. 2023 Mar 30;11:1091751. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1091751. eCollection 2023.
The Family Listening/Circle Program (FLCP) is a community-based participatory research (CBPR), culture-centered, intergenerational family strengthening program that was co-developed in partnership with the University of New Mexico's Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR) and three tribal communities (Pueblo of Jemez, Ramah Navajo, and Mescalero Apache) in New Mexico. The Family Listening/Circle Program brings together fourth and fifth graders, their parents, caregivers, and elders to reduce risky behaviors associated with the initiation of substance use among the youth, and to strengthen family communication and connectedness to culture and language as protective factors.
The tribal research teams (TRTs) from each community worked with UNM-CPR to co-create, pilot, implement, and evaluate the tribally-specific FL/CP curricula centered in their own tribal histories, language, knowledge, visions, and actions for the future. A key component of the FL/CP involved the planning and completion of community action projects (CAPs) by participating families. During the final session of the program, the families present their community action projects on poster boards, with children leading the presentations. The TRTs and UNM team document narratives of what was shared and learned by the families.
The CAPs provide an empowerment and community benefit focus based on Paulo Freire's philosophy that people can become agents of change if they identify and work on issues that are important to them. The community action projects are also centered in Indigenous values and practices of reciprocity, responsibility, and being active members of the community.
The CAPs added unique contributions to the Family Listening/Circle Program as the participants' learnings were strengthened when they had the opportunity to give back to their communities. The CAPs were important to document as they illustrated the potential range of effectiveness with their capacity to empower participants to address challenges within their communities, strengthen cultural norms and values, and improve the wellbeing of community members.
家庭倾听/圈项目（FLCP）是一个基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）、以文化为中心、代际家庭增强项目，是与新墨西哥大学参与式研究中心（UNM-CPR）以及新墨西哥州的三个部落社区（杰梅兹普韦布洛、拉马纳瓦霍和麦斯卡勒罗阿帕奇）合作共同开发的。家庭倾听/圈项目将四五年级的学生及其父母、照顾者和长者聚集在一起，以减少与青少年开始使用物质相关的危险行为，并加强家庭沟通以及与文化和语言的联系，以此作为保护因素。
每个社区的部落研究团队（TRT）与 UNM-CPR 合作，共同创造、试点、实施和评估以部落历史、语言、知识、愿景和未来行动为中心的、具有部落特色的 FL/CP 课程。FL/CP 的一个关键组成部分是参与家庭的社区行动计划（CAP）的规划和完成。在项目的最后一个环节，家庭们会用海报展示他们的社区行动计划，由孩子们主导介绍。TRT 和 UNM 团队会记录家庭分享和学习的内容。
社区行动计划提供了赋权和社区效益的重点，基于 Paulo Freire 的哲学，即如果人们能够识别并处理对他们重要的问题，他们就可以成为变革的推动者。社区行动计划还以互惠、责任和作为社区积极成员的印第安价值观和实践为中心。
社区行动计划为家庭倾听/圈项目做出了独特的贡献，因为参与者有机会回馈社区，他们的学习得到了加强。社区行动计划很重要，因为它们说明了赋权参与者解决社区内挑战、加强文化规范和价值观以及改善社区成员福祉的潜在范围。
