Youth Participatory Action Research to Prevent Community Violence Among Black Youth

Conditions

• Community Violence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

12 Years - 17 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• YEAH: Youth Empowered Advocating for Health — BEHAVIORAL
  The Youth Empowered Advocating for Health (YEAH) program is a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) intervention aimed at addressing community violence by fostering youth and community healing. It combines photovoice and theater arts performances. In photovoice sessions, Black youth explore structural determinants of community violence through a participatory research process. Guided by trained facilitators, youth learn the method after obtaining parental consent and youth assent. Using the structured SHOWED framework, they analyze and discuss images, generating ideas for social action. During the photovoice sessions, photo assignments will be completed, with discussions recorded, analyzed for themes, and shared for validation. The final four sessions will integrate these themes into theater arts performances, allowing youth to creatively express insights and experiences, fostering empowerment and social change.

Study Details

This behavioral intervention study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Youth Empowered Advocating for Health (YEAH) on youth prosocial behavior and aggressive behavior and assess racial identity and future orientation as mediators of prevention effects.

Key Dates

Start date

Feb 27, 2025

Status verified

Jul 2025

Primary completion

May 31, 2027

Completion

May 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

360 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

• Other: YEAH group: Immediate Intervention
  YEAH is a YPAR intervention that involves conducting a photovoice project to explore youth perspectives on the structural determinants of community violence and developing a theater performance to share the key themes and action priorities generated from photovoice with youth and adults in their community. The team will conduct individual-level surveys at baseline, 8 weeks, and 3 months to assess individual-level impacts of YEAH on youth participants
• Other: YEAH group: Delayed
  Youth who are randomized to waitlist control will be offered the 8-session YEAH intervention after data collection is complete with the YEAH immediate intervention group

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in prosocial behavior: Multidimensional Well-being Assessment Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8, Month 3 ]

Central Contacts

• Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD
  404-727-8295
  [email protected]
• Tiffaney Renfro
  [email protected]

Locations (2)

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