Community Youth Risk and Protective Factors, Five Years after a Municipal Youth and Family Master Plan in Pomona, California, USA.
| Autor: | Tataw, David Besong, Kim, Suk-hee, Olberding, Julie Cencula |
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RISK assessment
CHILD welfare SOCIAL capital RISK-taking behavior SCIENTIFIC observation LEADERSHIP SCHOOLS DESCRIPTIVE statistics CHURCH buildings PRE-tests & post-tests LONGITUDINAL method SOCIAL context CONCEPTUAL structures FAMILY support PUBLIC welfare COMMUNITY services ANTISOCIAL personality disorders COMMUNITY-based social services LOCAL government SOCIAL participation NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics ADOLESCENCE |
| Zdroj: | Child & Youth Services; Oct-Dec2024, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p726-759, 34p |
| Abstrakt: | This study assesses youth community risk and protective factors, five years after a Youth and Family Master Plan, using an integrated conceptual framework which combines community organizing theory and the risk and protective factors (RPF) approach. Results show overall improvements in RPF. Findings reveal positive trends in prosocial involvement through participation in clubs, organizations, activities, community service, and attendance at church or synagogues; reduced community disorganization, such as decreased unsafe feelings in the neighborhood and social disorganization; and lower community transitions and mobility through changes in homes and schools. There were negative trends in the physical environment such as disrepair, permissive substance use, and lower neighborhood attachment, which is the desire to leave the neighborhood. The findings show a convergence of patterns across all methods of analysis for each measure of community youth risk and protective factors, suggesting reliability and a likelihood that the interventions contributed to observed variations between baseline and follow-up. The data patterns in this study align with the assumptions and explanations offered in the two models that make up the integrated conceptual framework. The persistence of some risk factors after five years calls for transformative and sustained social and economic investments in the Pomona community. The patterns also suggest the need to reconsider community organizing models – specifically, the need to go beyond locality development and social planning models and toward social action approaches. This will address complex causes of risk factors, consistent with transformative collective impact initiatives and democracy-driven governance, which grows from the bottom up. A beginning point would be to build on the increased prosocial involvement among youths in Pomona by reconfiguring the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan (PYFMP) with greater youth and ordinary community members involvement and leadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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