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Demystifying Youth Advisory Structures: A Three-Paper Dissertation with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention

Haddad, Kristen Lauren
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3813-9414
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613746504756669

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2020, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
This dissertation, co-conducted with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention (YCSP), investigates youth leadership in youth advisory structures (YAS) in three papers. Each paper contributes to an understanding of how and why young people are involved as advisors on issues germane to them. The first paper is a review of scholarly research on YAS in the United States. The review found that while the use of YAS is increasing, YAS vary widely in format and research offers little information about their processes or engagement of youth. However, most YAS partner with marginalized youth to inform health research and programming. This review provides recommendations for best practices and informs the discussion of the following two papers. The second paper is an open source published study with the YCSP (Haddad et al., 2020), which serves as a case example of how participatory projects are carried out within YAS. The abstract is as follows: “Suicide is a prevalent health issue for youth and understanding youth experiences is critical for the development of effective prevention strategies. Although youth perceptions regarding suicide are relatively well studied, there is a paucity of youth voices in the planning, design, facilitation, and implementation of suicide prevention research. This study examines youth perceptions of suicide prevention through a community-academic partnership with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention (YCSP). Working together as co-researchers, the YCSP conducted a modified Group Level Assessment with over 200 youth to understand youth perspectives on suicide prevention. The findings were used by the council to inform outreach and prevention activities that directly affect YCSP members and their peers” (Haddad et al., 2020, p. 1). The third paper is a participatory study with the YCSP that explores the personal and professional impact and meaning of their experiences as council members for suicide prevention. YCSP members were involved in all phases of the research process, including the design of a storytelling workshop and interview guide. YCSP members were also invited to submit an artifact to accompany their stories and interviews. The analysis of the data revealed that YCSP members joined the council due to personal experiences with mental health. YCSP members were impacted by their experience on the council in a number of ways, such as feeling empowered to make change, having confidence to have open conversations about mental health, and making improvements to their own mental health. YCSP members validated the findings and were invited to write for publication and use the findings to inform future council activities. When pieced together, this three-paper dissertation addresses a gap in the literature around YAS like the YCSP – particularly in terms of how such groups are facilitated and the impact that this work has on young people and the community. Specifically, these three papers provide a landscape of YAS in the United States while taking an in-depth look at a local YAS for suicide prevention using two participatory research projects with the YCSP.
Lisa Vaughn, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Farrah Jacquez, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Miriam Raider-Roth, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
235 p.
Education
youth advisory structures; youth participatory action research; community partnerships for health; positive youth development; mental health; suicide prevention

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  • Haddad, K. L. (2020). Demystifying Youth Advisory Structures: A Three-Paper Dissertation with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613746504756669

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  • Haddad, Kristen Lauren. Demystifying Youth Advisory Structures: A Three-Paper Dissertation with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613746504756669.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haddad, Kristen Lauren. "Demystifying Youth Advisory Structures: A Three-Paper Dissertation with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613746504756669

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