PA Vol. 26, No. 2

Approaches to Conducting Action Research with Youth
Guest Editors: Marlene J. Berg and Jean J. Schensul
Institute for Community Research

Introduction: Research with Youth
Jean J. Schensul and Marlene J. Berg

Core Elements of Participatory Action Research for Educational Empowerment and Risk Prevention with Urban Youth
Jean J. Schensul, Marlene J. Berg, Daniel Schensul, and Sandra Sydlo

Adaptation and Diffusion of the ICR Model

Youth Participatory Action Research (Youth-PAR) in Public Schools: Opportunities and Challenges in an Inner-City High School
Stephen L. Schensul, Lisa LoBianco and Christina Lombardo

Diffusing ICR’s Youth Participatory Action Research Model
Monica Brase, Victor Pacheco and Marlene J. Berg

Education and Advocacy: Improving Teaching and Learning Through Student Participatory Action Research
Marlene J. Berg

Adapting the Youth Participatory Action Model to Serve LBGTQ Youth of Color
Donna C. Owens and Kevin Trimell Jones

Alternative Models

Promoting Sexual Health through Action Research among Young Male Sex Workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, Vagner de Almeida, Luis Felipe Rios do Nascimento and Richard Parker

Youth Action in Violence Prevention: The Youth Survey Project
Allison Bingham and Patricia Christie

Action Research in the Classroom: A Case Study from New Haven, Connecticut
Elizabeth Chin

Youth-led REP: Building Critical Consciousness for Social Change
Jonathan London and Melissa Chabrán

Evaluation

Mapping the PAR Path: Outcome Evaluations of Participatory Action Research Interventions with Youth
Daniel Schensul

Contributions and Challenges of Observation in Evaluating PAR
Siobhan Pass and Elsie Vazquez

Ethics

Power, Truth and Justice in Youth Participatory Action Research: Ethical Questions
Ivor Pritchard