@article{ref1,
title="Participatory survey data analysis as catalyst for empowering youth as school health change agents",
journal="Health promotion practice",
year="2019",
author="Garnett, Bernice Raveche and Beattie, Helen and Koller, Sharon and Moore, Mika and Scott, Karen and Maseroni, Michelle and Holmes, Breena",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="483-488",
abstract="Addressing and preventing the major health issues affecting American adolescents requires collaborative and authentic youth participation. Our current time reflects a pendulum shift toward authentic youth voice and democratic participation in school wellness and reform. In this application article, we outline and describe a youth-adult partnership curriculum to engage youth as change agents in their school community through youth-led research activities with publicly available and locally derived data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey. Getting to &quot;Y&quot;: Youth Bring Meaning to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (GTY) is a positive youth development/youth participatory action research initiative, whereby students analyze their school health data and use those data as a starting point to create change in their school community. Focus groups were conducted with GTY youth and adult alumni in spring 2018. <br><br>RESULTS from the focus group data reinforce the GTY core assumptions and speak to the importance of structured opportunities for youth agency. GTY is a scalable, developmentally appropriate, resource-efficient, and empirically based curriculum that provides structured opportunities for youth-led research utilizing local Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey data as a youth-adult partnership model to increase youth agency and engagement with school/community health needs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8399",
doi="10.1177/1524839919849029",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839919849029"
}