Applying the practical, robust, implementation and sustainability model (PRISM) to a community-based youth participatory action research program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth participatory action research (YPAR) represents an empowerment-based process in which youth identify and address issues in their schools and communities. YPAR has been applied in diverse settings, but evaluations of YPAR implementations using an implementation and dissemination science (IDS) framework are limited. Our goal was to use the Practical, Robust, Implementation & Sustainability Model (PRISM) to evaluate a multisite community-based YPAR program.

Methods

We identified three community sites to implement Youth Leadership in Action (YLIA+), an eight session YPAR intervention. Any youth aged 13 and older was eligible to participate. Guided by PRISM, we collected data using: (1) observations during program sessions; (2) surveys completed at baseline, afte

SUBMITTER: Szoko N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12326855 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature