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Youth Participatory Action Research as a Strategy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention

Lindquist-Grantz, Robin
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7930-0799
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149131648280023

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2017, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
After years of decline, there has been a steady increase in the percentage of youth who report seriously considering suicide or making a suicide plan (Kann et al., 2016) and those who have died by suicide (CDC, 2016). As of 2014, suicide moved from being the third leading cause of death for youth ages 10 to 24 to being the second leading cause of death (CDC, 2014). Public strategies and funding to prevent suicide have increased; however, the effectiveness of existing strategies varies, especially in regard to youth help-seeking behaviors, problem-solving, and treatment engagement and utilization. Although youth are among the primary targets of suicide prevention strategies, they have largely been excluded from prevention efforts except as passive participants in programs and research studies. Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is a collaborative approach to research that engages youth and academics as equal partners, and aims to build youth potential for being intentional agents of change for issues that directly affect them and their peers (Cammarota & Fine, 2008). The current study utilized YPAR within an integrated social ecological and positive youth development theoretical framework as an adolescent suicide prevention strategy in Cincinnati, Ohio. Multiple methods were used to determine the usability of YPAR as an innovative approach for building youth development, to explore youth experiences with YPAR for suicide prevention, and to understand youth capacity for conducting suicide prevention research. Findings revealed that confidence gained through YPAR processes contributed to important changes in individual youth development, which then fostered group development and positive perceptions of their capacity to work collectively to address adolescent suicide amongst themselves and with their peer group. The findings have important implications for understanding key processes within YPAR that lead to individual and group development, and where in the YPAR process these changes occur.
Lisa Vaughn, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan, M.D. (Committee Member)
Farrah Jacquez, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
252 p.
Public Health
adolescents; youth; suicide prevention; youth participatory action research; participatory research; positive youth development

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  • Lindquist-Grantz, R. (2017). Youth Participatory Action Research as a Strategy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149131648280023

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lindquist-Grantz, Robin. Youth Participatory Action Research as a Strategy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149131648280023.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lindquist-Grantz, Robin. "Youth Participatory Action Research as a Strategy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149131648280023

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