Youth Empowerment Solutions for Peaceful Communities
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Violence, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Problems, Social Control, Informal
In brief
This project is an evaluation of an intervention to involve youth in creating community change for peace promotion and violence prevention. The intervention, Youth Empowerment Solutions for Peaceful Communities (YES), includes three components: youth empowerment activities, neighborhood organization development, and community development projects that involve youth and organizations working together. Hypothesis 1: Efforts to engage youth in the community change process will enhance their attachment to their community, reduce their problem behaviors, and begin to change norms among their peers about community violence and interpersonal problem solving. Hypothesis 2: Efforts to make community-based organizations more youth-friendly and engaging will assist them to be more effective in reaching their community enhancement goals and will expand youth involvement in their mission. Hypothesis 3: Efforts to create more health-enhancing land use (e.g., beautification, community gardens, parks development) will improve social organization (e.g., social capital, social cohesion, and social support), and reduce the level of violent incidents and crime in the community.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00164593
- Run by
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- People needed
- 1142
- Starts
- 2005-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-04-05
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 7th and 8th graders in the intervention middle-school attendance area
- Neighborhood organizations with at least 10 members serving the intervention middle-school attendance area
You may not qualify if…
- Students who have been suspended or expelled during the intervention period
- Neighborhood organizations that serve areas in both the intervention and comparison areas.
Where it is running
- University of Michigan School of Public Health — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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