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Wilson Majee1,2, Nameri Conteh1, Joachim Jacobs3
1Department of Health Sciences and Public Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Health & Social Care in the Community
|July 19, 2022
Summary
Engaging vulnerable youth in community program development through participatory needs ranking revealed their top priorities: further education, skills development, and career training. This approach values youth input for better resource allocation.
Area of Science:
- Community Psychology
- Youth Development Studies
- Participatory Action Research
Background:
- Youth disengagement is a global concern.
- Limited research exists on participatory approaches for youth co-creation of resilience programs.
- Vulnerable youth often lack agency in community program design.
Purpose of the Study:
- To report on an innovative participatory approach engaging vulnerable youth in needs ranking.
- To explore youth co-creation in developing community programs.
- To identify priority needs of vulnerable youth in South Africa.
Main Methods:
- A three-phase participatory approach was employed in South Africa.
- Phase I: Literature review to identify core needs.
- Phase II: Youth-led needs ranking; Phase III: Focus group discussions on ranked needs and risk behaviors.
- Thematic analysis for qualitative data and descriptive statistics for quantitative data.
Main Results:
- Top youth-identified priorities were further education (85%), skills development (74%), and career development and training (68%).
- Expressed youth needs differed from literature-identified critical needs.
- Focus groups validated priority needs and indicated youth felt valued.
Conclusions:
- Participatory needs assessment empowers vulnerable youth and validates their perspectives.
- Involving youth as co-creators enhances community program relevance and resource allocation.
- This approach fosters resilience by addressing youth-prioritized needs.
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