Engaging young adolescents in social action through photovoice: The Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Project

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-261

  Wilson, Nance ^a   Dasho, Stefan ^a   Martin, Anna C ^a   Wallerstein, Nina ^b   Wang, Caroline C ^c   Minkler, Meredith ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Empowerment education; Photovoice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247275743     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431606294834     Document Type: Article

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