Your project or our project? Evaluating the participatory development of an adolescent healthy sleep intervention.

ABSTRACT: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is a promising approach to develop health promotion interventions, but more evaluation is necessary to optimize collaboration with youth. This study evaluates the participatory process of developing a school-based healthy sleep intervention from the perspective of participating adolescents. In three schools, action teams (n = 3-12, 13-15-year-olds) held weekly sessions (n = 29-34 per school) guided by the theory-based Intervention Mapping protocol to develop school-specific interventions. Based on scientific principles of YPAR and empowerment theory, the way of operating, capacity building, feeling heard, ownership, level of participation, empowerment and group dynamic was evaluated through focus groups with each action team at four time points du

SUBMITTER: Vandendriessche A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12764047 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature