A typology of youth participation and empowerment for child and adolescent health promotion

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-114

  Wong, Naima T ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^b   Parker, Edith A ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health promotion; Empowerment; Participatory action research; Youth participation; Youth adult partnerships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77955773798     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9330-0     Document Type: Article

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