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- Title
A COMMUNITY-BASED EVALUATION OF A CULTURALLY GROUNDED, AMERICAN INDIAN AFTER-SCHOOL PREVENTION PROGRAM: THE VALUE OF PRACTITIONER-RESEARCHER COLLABORATION.
- Authors
de Heer, Brooke; Heffern, Jade K.; Cheney, Julianna S.; Secakuku, Aaron; Baldwin, Julie
- Abstract
Programs serving American Indian (AI) youth are an important component of maintaining cultural identity and healthy lifestyles. The current research took a community-engaged approach to evaluate an urban AI youth after-school program that has transitioned into a culturally grounded prevention program. Ways to create a successful research collaboration between AI communities and academics is discussed as well as implications for understanding the importance of culturally-grounded programs for AI youth who reside in urban areas. Overall, the cultural and health components that are integrated into the after-school program were highlighted as primary strengths because they help foster a healthy lifestyle and deeper connection to the heritage/culture for the youth who participated.
- Subjects
AFTER school programs; CITIES &; towns; CULTURAL identity; URBAN youth; YOUTH culture
- Publication
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0893-5394
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5820/aian.2701.2020.1