IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/socmed/v294y2022ics0277953621009710.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Confident futures: Community-based organizations as first responders and agents of change in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic

Author

Listed:
  • Roels, Nastasja Ilonka
  • Estrella, Amarilys
  • Maldonado-Salcedo, Melissa
  • Rapp, Rayna
  • Hansen, Helena
  • Hardon, Anita

Abstract

This comparative study of community organizations serving marginalized youth in New York City and Amsterdam utilized a novel ethnographic approach called reverse engineering to identify techniques for social change that are active in each organization, adaptable and translatable to other contexts. It found that youth-serving organizations led flexible responses to the crisis of COVID-19 as it affected those marginalized by race, immigrant status, housing instability, religion and gender. The organizations employed techniques that they had previously developed to cultivate youth well-being – among them connectivity, safe space, and creativity – to mount tailored responses to COVID-19 related crises. In New York City, these groups addressed crises of material survival resources (personal protective equipment, food, housing) whereas in Amsterdam, youth-serving organizations focused on social connections and emotional well-being as the government met more of participants’ material needs.

Suggested Citation

  • Roels, Nastasja Ilonka & Estrella, Amarilys & Maldonado-Salcedo, Melissa & Rapp, Rayna & Hansen, Helena & Hardon, Anita, 2022. "Confident futures: Community-based organizations as first responders and agents of change in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 294(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:294:y:2022:i:c:s0277953621009710
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114639
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621009710
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114639?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Jennifer S. Carrera & Kent Key & Sarah Bailey & Joseph A. Hamm & Courtney A. Cuthbertson & E. Yvonne Lewis & Susan J. Woolford & E. Hill DeLoney & Ella Greene-Moton & Kaneesha Wallace & DeWaun E. Robi, 2019. "Community Science as a Pathway for Resilience in Response to a Public Health Crisis in Flint, Michigan," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-25, March.
    2. Osborne, Jacob & Paget, John & Giles-Vernick, Tamara & Kutalek, Ruth & Napier, David & Baliatsas, Christos & Dückers, Michel, 2021. "Community engagement and vulnerability in infectious diseases: A systematic review and qualitative analysis of the literature," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 284(C).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Junus, Alvin & Kwan, Ching & Wong, Clifford & Chen, Zhansheng & YIP, Paul Siu Fai, 2023. "Shifts in patterns of help-seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Hong Kong's younger generation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 318(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Jeffrey G. Cox & Minwoong Chung & Joseph A. Hamm & Adam Zwickle & Shannon M. Cruz & James W. Dearing, 2019. "Working with Institutional Stakeholders: Propositions for Alternative Approaches to Community Engagement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-11, October.
    2. Heather Lochotzki & Karen Patricia Williams & Cynthia G. Colen & Olorunfemi Adetona & Charleta B. Tavares & Georgina M. Ginn & Rejeana Haynes & Wansoo Im & Tanya Bils & Darryl B. Hood, 2022. "A Framework for Interfacing and Partnering with Environmental Justice Communities as a Prelude to Human Health and Hazard Identification in the Vulnerable Census Tracts of Columbus, Ohio," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-18, October.
    3. Leanne Fawkes & Garett Sansom, 2021. "Preliminary Study of Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water in Public Parks—An Assessment of Equity and Exposure Risks in Two Texas Communities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-8, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:294:y:2022:i:c:s0277953621009710. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/315/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.