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How Youth of Color Create Communities of Hope: Connecting Advocacy, Activity, and Neighborhood Change

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  • Anna J. Kim

    (Department of City Planning, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA)

  • Jasmine Jones-Bynes

    (City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Nisha Botchwey

    (City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Terry L. Conway

    (Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA 92182, USA)

Abstract

The primary aim of this paper was to assess the association of after-school club characteristics with changes in physical activity, nutrition, and attitudes in students of color after participating in the “YEAH!” Advocacy-based Physical Activity Program. We examine the strengths of school-based vs. non-school based programs in promoting feelings of self-efficacy and empowerment among students learning to become more physically active—and importantly, also test the strength of how programs that are more connected (to community-based partners) may contribute to students’ optimism around policy and public health as it directly affects them. This study examined differences in the youth advocacy training impact across four after-school club types: school-based with community partnerships, school-based without partnerships, non-school-based with community partners, and non-school-based clubs without partnerships. We measured improvements in youth’s “optimism for change”, “assertiveness” and “decision-making” as related to after school activities and found that non-school-based programs with community partners showed highest positive impact.

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  • Anna J. Kim & Jasmine Jones-Bynes & Nisha Botchwey & Terry L. Conway, 2021. "How Youth of Color Create Communities of Hope: Connecting Advocacy, Activity, and Neighborhood Change," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-22, March.
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