141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Building the next generation: Engaging youth in community-based participatory research from an academic perspective

Saturday, November 2, 2013 : 1:55 PM - 2:06 PM

Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD , Community & Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA
Engaging youth in participatory research enhances youth skills and assets and adds to the authenticity of the research. This case study will highlight a community-academic partnership between youth community members and researchers, formed with the goal of implementing and evaluating an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention in African American faith-based settings, and expanded in response to youth-driven imperatives to address social and environmental risk factors that impact HIV vulnerability among African American youth. The session will discuss the challenges and rewards of engaging youth in CBPR using methods such as photovoice. We will share our challenges and lessons learned in building a dynamic, flexible, responsive process and discuss key elements and strategies that can facilitate productive, mutually beneficial youth-adult research partnerships.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Identify strategies for engaging youth in CBPR.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, College of Public Health whose research has focused on adolescent health risk behaviors, particularly among African American youth, for the past 10 years. I have training and experience in community-based participatory research, and in conducting and supervising evidenced-based youth empowerment and advocacy programs. I have published and presented on these and related topics.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.