Getting to Social Action: The Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Project

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-403

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

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

empowerment education; Photovoice; social action; youth work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; GOALS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849158007     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906289072     Document Type: Article

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