Publications

emily ozer at capetown

i4Y disseminates youth equity work, both generated by the center and from other sources, including research briefs and academic journals.

RESOURCES:

Capacity-Building Resources & Curricula

YPAR Hub(link is external). UC Berkeley.

Braiding Wisdom Across Generations(link is external). UC Davis.

Agents of Peace - Youth Participatory Action Research Frameworks in Promoting Social Justice(link is external) (2021). Workshop, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting.

Ballonoff Suleiman, A., Nash., A., Kennedy, H., Abraczinskas, M., Hubbard, E.R. Villa, B. Ozer, E. (2024). Leveraging Best Practices to Design Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)(link is external). UC Berkeley.

Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) (2021). Civic Spring Report: Youth Expertise and Leadership Crucial to Intergenerational Civic Spaces(link is external). Tufts University.

Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) (2021). Youth Expertise Series(link is external). Tufts University.

Ozer, Shapiro, & Duarte (2021). RWJ brief on YPAR and SEL.(link is external) 

Ozer, Villa, Abraczinskas, & Kornbluh (2021). Partnership and Technical Assistance in Crisis: Capacity building for YPAR Implementation and Impact.(link is external) 

San Francisco Unified School District & UC Berkeley RPP (2022). Awardee for Student Voice 4 RPPs(link is external): Advancing the Democratization of Evidence Through Student Voice in Research Practice Partnerships. National Network of Education Research Practice Partnerships (NNERPP).

Suleiman, A. (2021). Leveraging the Developmental Science of Adolescence to Promote Youth Engagement in Research and Evaluation - A Guide for Funders(link is external). UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent.

Youth and Allies Against Homelessness (YAAH(link is external)) (2024).  Guidelines to Prevent, Address, and End Youth Homelessness(link is external).

Illustrative Journal Articles

Levy, I., & Travis, R. (2020). The critical cycle of mixtape creation: Reducing stress via three different group counseling styles.(link is external) The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 45(4), 307-330.

Ozer, E. J., Abraczinskas, M., Suleiman, A. B., Kennedy, H., & Nash, A. (2024). Youth-Led Participatory Action Research and Developmental Science: Intersections and Innovations(link is external). Annual Review of Developmental Psychology.

Ozer, Sprague Martinez, Abraczinskas, Villa, & Prata (2022). Toward Integration of Life Course Intervention and Youth Participatory Action Research(link is external). Pediatrics, 149 (Supplement 5).

Renick, J., Jentleson, B. W., & Ozer, E. J. (2024). Supporting societally impactful research is key to enhancing universities’ mission(link is external)(link is external). Behavioral Science & Policy, 10(1), 45-51. 

Travis, R., Levy, I., & Morphew, A. (2022). “Now we’re all family”: Exploring social and emotional development in a summer Hip Hop mixtape camp(link is external). Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 

BRIEFS:

Child Marriage and Youth Empowerment Group

  1. Brief #1: Evaluates the current prevalence of child marriage worldwide to better understand global trends and identify countries and their interventions that lead to significant decreases in child marriage rates(link is external)

  2. Brief #2: Reviews literature on the impacts of child marriage interventions(link is external)

  3. Brief #2a: Intervention Evidence, Supplement(link is external)

  4. Brief #3: A policy brief that provides a summary and critique of Senate Bill 273 - which aims to protect minors from forced marriage in California(link is external)

  5. Brief #4: A research brief to analyze the state of youth empowerment globally and the approaches that are utilized by different programs to empower youth(link is external)

  6. Brief #5: A research brief that highlights the key takeaways from the 2019 workshop held by i4Y Child Marriage and Youth Empowerment Group, entitled “Engaging Men & Boys in Preventing Child Marriage: Bridging Research and Practice”(link is external)

  7. Brief #6: A brief overviewing how youth empowerment is measured(link is external)

  8. Brief #7: A brief overviewing the impact of COVID-19 on child marriage worldwide(link is external)

Unicef

YPAR

Youth Homelessness

San Franciso Unified School District Research Practice Partnership

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