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Toward an understanding of youth in community governance: Policy priorities and research directions [PDF]

Análise Psicológica, 2003
For more than a decade, many researchers and practitioners have endorsed a “positive youth development” approach, which views adolescents as active contributors to their own development and as assets to their communities. As part of this shift, youth are increasingly being invited to engage in community governance.
Zeldin, Shepherd, Camino, Linda, Calvert, Mathew   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A community‐partnered process for construct & measure development: The 3Rs: Reading, Racial equity, & Relationships

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper describes a 3‐year community–partnered research initiative focused on advancing early reading, racial equity, and relationships—collectively known as the 3Rs Initiative. The project brought together researchers and community members committed to ensuring that all adults in the county embody a shared “3Rs mindset” to better support ...
Shannon B. Wanless, Meghan C. Orman, Shallegra Moye, Caitlin F. Spear   +3 more
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CONTEXTUALISING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A PANACEA TO YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Prizren Social Science Journal
Youth unemployment has bewildered governments across the globe, both in developed and emerging economies countries, with South Africa being no exception. This is captured through the accelerating youth unemployment rate in the country.
Sbonelo Gift NDLOVU, Thobile N RADEBE, Victor H MLAMBO, Sipho D NKONDE   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do the labour market returns to university degrees differ between high and low achieving youth? Evidence from Australia

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2018
In almost all developed countries there has been substantial growth in university education over the last half-century. This growth has raised concerns that the benefits of university education are declining and that university education is not ...
Gary N. Marks
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A career postcode lottery? Local authority provision of youth and career support following the 2011 Education Act [PDF]

, 2014
Since the election of the Coalition Government, England has seen a major change in the delivery of career support for young people. Cuts in funding for Connexions, Aimhigher and Education Business Partnerships have been accompanied by a shift in ...
Bertuchi, Denise, Hooley, Tristram, Langley, Emma   +2 more
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Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the heightened mental health challenges amid rising Anti‐Asian sentiment, Asian Americans have significantly underutilized mental health services, a trend that persisted even before the COVID‐19 pandemic. Although considerable efforts have been made to understand how various factors are related to mental health service use in this ...
Michael Park, Eunseok Jeong, Nari Yoo, Yoonsun Choi, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Miwa Yasui, David Takeuchi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

LGBT+ Youth Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions in the Growing Up in Ireland Survey: A Qualitative Study

Youth, 2023
The increasing importance of identifying lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) populations is a key driver in changes to demographic data collection in representative surveys of youth.
Nerilee Ceatha, Aaron C. C. Koay, Ayrton Kelly, Tara Killeen, Katie McCabe, James Murray, Jayson Pope, Niamh Scully, Conor Buggy, Des Crowley   +9 more
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Homelessness Service Usage Patterns of 30,000 Homeless and At‐Risk Households: The Melbourne Access Point Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo, Kathryn Daley, Guy Johnson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Scan: An Exploratory Study of National Youth Service Policy in 19 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2006
This paper presents findings from an exploratory study of government policies that involve youth in community service in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Brett Alessi, Dacil Acevedo Riquelme, Edward Metz, Gustavo Smith   +3 more
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“You're this person who's providing light”: Embodied responses to information loss and transition within LGBTQIA+ communities

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper reports on findings from 15 semi‐structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals within the United States who have experienced the loss of one or more LGBTQIA+ information spaces. The paper specifically focuses on how such losses occurred and the information transitions experienced by the participants in response to this loss ...
Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie
wiley   +1 more source