Journal articles: 'Youth empowerment'

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Trisnowati, Heni, Djauhar Ismail, and Retna Siwi Padmawati. "Health promotion through youth empowerment to prevent and control smoking behavior: a conceptual paper." Health Education 121, no. 3 (February 9, 2021): 275–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/he-09-2020-0092.

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PurposeThis paper aimed to review globally the empowerment programs for the prevention and control of smoking behavior among youths, to examine the role of empowerment in health promotion, to explore the stages of health promotion through community empowerment strategies including planning, implementation and evaluation. Finally, this paper will develop a model of youth empowerment to prevent and control smoking behavior that reflects theory and experience drawn from the literature.Design/methodology/approachThis review synthesized articles on community empowerment and health promotion, youth empowerment programs for tobacco prevention and control globally from books and electronic databases from the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) library in the publication period 2000–2020. Relevant literature was selected and critically reviewed which reflected the role empowerment in health promotion, stage of community empowerment strategy as described by Laverack and youth empowerment concept in tobacco control as described by Holden.FindingsDocuments that specifically discuss empowerment programs for smoking prevention and control are still limited. The findings document that youth empowerment in tobacco control do not fully integrate the theory empowerment as described by Laverack and Holden. This paper provides information about the stages of youth empowerment, and a conceptual framework of youth empowerment for the prevention and control of smoking behavior. Youth empowerment is done through the direct involvement of youth in programs starting from program design, planning, implementation and evaluation. Indicators of the success of the empowerment process are reflected in the increase in the empowerment domain. Meanwhile, the output of empowerment can be seen from the individual- or group-level changes.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a model of youth empowerment for the prevention and control of smoking behavior among youths based on theory and experience in the field.

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CHANDRA, YANTO, and SHANG LIANG. "SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AS A MECHANISM OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 51, no. 01n02 (January 2017): 115–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219246217000080.

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Empowerment is one of the most important social value creation activities performed by social enterprises (SEs). Despite the burgeoning research on SEs, there is limited research on the meaning and aspects of empowerment from the SE perspective, or the so-called SE-as-Empowerment research. In light of this research gap, we employed the Gioia’s methodology and data triangulation to analyze a renowned Hong Kong’s SE that focuses on youth empowerment. This study contributes to the SE-as-Empowerment literature by revealing five types of empowerment — building social awareness, meaningful participation, social connections, building entrepreneurial skills, and power sharing between youths and adults — which can be broadly categorized into social-capacity empowerment and entrepreneurial-capacity empowerment. This study makes novel contributions to the SE-as-Empowerment literature by proposing new concepts including multi-directional (internally and externally oriented) aspect of empowerment, the pluralistic notion of agency, and power sharing between youths and adults as important elements of youth empowerment in SE. Finally, we discuss the implications of this study for the SE practitioners, educators, and policy makers and propose avenues for future research.

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Accord, Aja. "YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA." International Journal of Innovative Research in Social Sciences and Strategic Management Techniques 7, no. 1 (September 3, 2020): 136–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.48028/iiprds/ijirsssmt.v7.i1.09.

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Youth empowerment is the key to sustainable development. Nigeria which stands as the youngest population in Africa has more than 50% of her population fall within the age range known as Youths (16-39)(NBS Report, 2018).The implication of this reality is that Nigeria has a massive prospect for economic development but that will be if the country can efficiently harness this human resources efficiently. Though numerous youth empowerment programs have been put in place by the Nigerian government, those programs lack sustainability. Today, the sad reality is that most of the youths in Nigeria are unemployed.The Nigeria bureau of statistics states that about 20.9 Million Nigerians were unemployed as at the third quarter of 2018, this data also shows that more than 80% of this unemployed Nigerians are youths, the working population of the country.With such a population of youths and drastic dilemma of unemploymentand poverty in the country, there is a need for government to adopt new strategy to engage this young population in a very productive way.This paper examines youth empowerment concepts that can be used to engage this huge human resources (the youth in Nigeria) in a productive way that will build sustainable economic development. The paper X-rays youth empowerment concept and their developmental potentials if they are carefully implemented with regulatory frame work to drive their sustainability.The study utilized questionnaires as the primary source of data and research reports and academic publications as the secondary sources of data. The study recommended that the youth empowerment programs should be revamped in a strategic way that will engage the youths and add massive revenue to the economy.

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Pertiwi, Risa Sari, Sri Herianingrum, and Aditya Kusuma. "Zakat and Youth Empowerment." International Journal of Zakat 5, no. 2 (September 30, 2020): 51–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.37706/ijaz.v5i2.224.

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Unemployment in Indonesia is currently dominated by young people. Zakat as one of the Islamic social finance instruments which has a crucial impact in the socio-economic development of a country. The aim of this research is to explore the relationship between zakat institution support, the successful of youth empowerment program, and individual welfare by Al-Azhar Zakat Institution. This paper also develops a model for the youth empowerment programs that will have an impact on the individual welfare mustahik based on Maqashid Sharia indicators and mustahik social welfare. This study uses primary data with purposive sampling and uses quantitative approach a path model. The main finding of this research showed that success of youth empowerment program fully significant mediated the relationship between zakat institution support and individual welfare. The study contributes to the existing literatures and managerial implications for zakat institution in developing a youth empowerment model to increase social prosperity.

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Tsekoura, Maria. "Spaces for Youth Participation and Youth Empowerment." YOUNG 24, no. 4 (July 31, 2016): 326–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1103308815618505.

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Kranke, Derrick. "Self-Change in Facilitating Empowerment." Advances in Social Work 19, no. 2 (March 26, 2020): 369–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/22535.

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Youth empowerment is a critical research area because it has implications for reducing adolescent mental health stigma while improving their life trajectory, engagement in treatment and meaningful opportunities, and increasing self-esteem. The present inquiry is derived from a larger study and strives to enhance knowledge of youth empowerment by using Frank’s rhetoric of self-change—a form of narrative analysis—to understand events and reactive experiences of illness as occasions for changing the self. This narrative approach facilitated the development of a youth empowerment process because of its ability to identify similar characteristics across the three cases of youths included in this analysis. Actively participating in age/developmentally appropriate activities put the adolescents on a trajectory towards attaining milestones in a timely manner coinciding with the developmental timeline of peers without mental health issues. Additional research is needed to understand how the identified factors promote empowerment among adolescents with mental health issues. Narrative research has implications for clinical social work because it illuminates strengths that can be beneficial in promoting positive interventions.

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Gill, Shahzad Ali, Rashid Aftab, Shafiq Ur Rehman, and Saba Javaid. "Youth empowerment and sustainable development." Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 35, no. 3 (September 2, 2019): 202–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeas-02-2018-0024.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between youth empowerment and sustainable development (SD) with regards to the Prime Minister’s Youth Program (PMYP).Design/methodology/approachData were collected from randomly selected respondents (n=275) studying in Higher Education Institutions through online and self-administered structured questionnaire and from multiple secondary data sources.FindingsThe research findings infer that youth empowerment is significantly affected by the PMYP and there is a significant positive relationship between youth empowerment and SD. Overall, respondents appear to be satisfied with the program offerings and consider it a genuine effort toward youth empowerment for SD, but such notion also necessitates an integrated youth development paradigm in Pakistan.Research limitations/implicationsThe cornerstone of nation’s development is an established realization worldwide that the involvement of youth in development processes is essential to save the country from “youth bulge” while converting this contour into a “demographic dividend.” It was, therefore, pertinent to explore how development actors can engage youth in order to transform priority areas into development programming and policies.Originality/valueThis study deals with quite an unexplored phenomenon of youth empowerment; hence, it serves as one of the first studies to provide evidence of the relationship between youth empowerment and SD in Pakistan’s perspective. Further, it also provides a basis for carrying out advance research on youth empowerment which may assist the government, NGOs and other donor agencies to understand youth issues and blueprint apposite strategies accordingly.

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Karanu, Mercy, Peter Koome, and Paul Omato Gesimba. "Influence of church policies on the economic empowerment of the youth." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 9, no. 5 (September 20, 2020): 387–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v9i5.819.

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Kenyan youths have been marginalized from mainstream economic activities since independence. This situation has had a negative impact such as slowed economic growth, a rise in crime and violence, and the spread of diseases. It is these issues that have prompted this study on the influence of church policies on the economic empowerment of youths with a specific focus on the PCEA Nyahururu Parish. The study was guided by the Positive Youth Development model. It employed the descriptive research design and targeted a population of 233respondents comprising of 220 youths and 13 leaders (2 congregation chairpersons, 1 clergy, 1 evangelist, 1 youth coordinator, and 8 youth leaders). From this population, a sample of 94respondentswas selected using the clustered random sampling method where the two congregations that make up the PCEA Nyahururu Parish formed the clusters. Quantitative data was collected from youths using structured questionnaires while qualitative data was collected from the church administrators using interview guides. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentages and means as well as inferential statistics. Qualitative data were analyzed using the thematic content analysis technique and results reported using quotes. Findings revealed that there is a low level of economic empowerment among the youths at the PCEA Nyahururu parish. Church policies on single parenthood and divorce/ separation have a statistically significant and negative contribution towards youth economic empowerment. Church policies on the use of modern technologies have a positive and statistically significant relationship with youth economic empowerment. The study recommends that churches should re-examine its policies in single parenthood and divorce/ separation.

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Ifeanyi Okoli, David, and Emmanuel Ifeanyi Okoli. "Youth Empowerment through Entrepreneurial Development in Nigeria." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 19 (December 2013): 224–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.19.224.

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Entrepreneurial development is a field that saddles its recipients with skills on how to be employable and useful to themselves and the society at large. In this paper, the emphasis is on youth empowerment which is orchestrated by the prevailing unemployment of our youths after higher education, yet each year all the higher institutions in the country keep on churning out graduates in thousands into the labour market for jobs that are non-existent. Hence the need for entrepreneurial development as a way of equipping them with the necessary skills that will enable them start up something on their own. The paper amongst others looked at the objectives of entrepreneurship development, support organizations for entrepreneurship in Nigeria, tips for entrepreneurship development, implications for entrepreneurship development on youth empowerment. More so, certain recommendations were made.

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Pandey, Neelesh, and Aradhana Kumari Singh. "Social media and youth empowerment." Mass Communicator: International Journal of Communication Studies 12, no. 4 (2018): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0973-967x.2018.00024.8.

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Ozer, Emily J., and Marieka Schotland. "Psychological Empowerment Among Urban Youth." Health Education & Behavior 38, no. 4 (May 23, 2011): 348–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198110373734.

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Lee, Francis F. L. "Empowerment Model in Youth Work." Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 9, no. 2 (September 1999): 96–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650993.1999.9756118.

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Walker, Kathrin. "Youth Empowerment Evaluation: Learning Voice." American Journal of Evaluation 28, no. 3 (September 2007): 321–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1098214007306377.

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Royce, Sherer W. "Youth Perspectives on Meaningful Participation in Community Based Programs: A Qualitative Assessment." Journal of Youth Development 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2009): 72–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2009.243.

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Allowing the voiceless to have a voice is a tenet of empowerment. This paper highlights research that employed a participatory action research framework to gain a better understanding of young people’s perceptions about youth empowerment and acquire their perspective (voice) about the meaningfulness of participation in out-of-school advocacy and volunteer program activities. Using Photovoice, the research provides a missing point of view in youth empowerment model development. Results indicate that the quality of a youth’s participation in a community-based program is determined by 1) youth expressing themselves without censorship, 2) occasions for youth to expand their social networks with youth and adults, and 3) adults observing and valuing youth contributions. These findings raise implications for community-based, youth empowerment programs including program philosophy, program procedures, youth empowerment content and activities, and adult leadership style. The findings may assist practitioners when designing youth empowering activities and researchers when operationalizing youth empowerment.

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Mohamud, Hassan Adow, and Fredrick Ndede. "Youth Enterprise Development Funds Services and Youth Empowerment in Wajir County, Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects 3, no. II (May 31, 2019): 280–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcab.v3iii.23.

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Youth empowerment is vital for any nation. Most Kenyan youths aspire to get white-collar jobs after completing education in order to build self and the nation. To most, achieving their career goals after the 8-4-4 education system is the most critical thing hence they will not settle for anything less than what they have trained for. The Government of Kenya has made efforts over the years to empower the youth by coming up with policies that enable the youth to venture in education as well as create opportunity for income generating projects. It is on this basis that this study therefore sought to examine the effect of YEDF services on youth empowerment in Wajir County. The study objectives were: to assess the effect of YEDF entrepreneurial training on job creation, to examine the effect of YEDF provision of loans on income and to determine the effect of YEDF provision of market linkages on youth enterprise development in Wajir County. The study adopted social capital, theory of change and reform theory to assess relationship among the various factors that have been identified as important to the study problem. This study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study consists of the 200 youth groups in Wajir County. This study used a closed and open – ended questionnaire to administer to the sample since time may be limited and information needed could easily be described in writing. The data was coded and entered on a Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software that aids in analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data. The researcher adopted content analysis to analyse the qualitative data based on the objectives. The descriptive statistics was used in analysing quantitative data. The researcher adopted content analysis to analyse the qualitative data based on the objectives. The descriptive statistics was used in analysing quantitative data. In analysing the relationship between variable (YEDF services and youth empowerment) the study used regression analysis. The study found out that attending the entrepreneurship training is important in improving business performance. The youths are trained on ways of improving and retaining customers. The researcher found out that most youths in the county have loan accessibility and have been accessing it for the past one year. The study found out that most youths have attended market linkages program. By attending the programs, they have learnt various ways of improving their business performance and sharing of business ideas. Finally, the study found out that there is a significant relationship between market linkages and youth’s empowerment in the County. The study recommended that the government and stakeholders to promote entrepreneur training, offering of loans and market linkages to equip youths with business skills. The study took a year to be completed, the researcher started in June 2017 and ended in July 2018. This is an open-access article published and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License of United States unless otherwise stated. Access, citation and distribution of this article is allowed with full recognition of the authors and the source.

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Cullen, Olivia, and Christine A. Walsh. "A Narrative Review of Ethical Issues in Participatory Research with Young People." YOUNG 28, no. 4 (December 22, 2019): 363–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1103308819886470.

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Youth participatory action research (YPAR) is a methodology to engage youth in the research process and is focused on emancipation and empowerment. Although benefits have been outlined, ethical issues have also arisen. This article provides a narrative review of peer-reviewed literature regarding these ethical issues. After applying standardized search criteria and inclusion/exclusion criteria, 26 articles remained. Examination of the literature revealed seven categories of ethical issues: level of participation, power, consent, risk/benefit ratio, confidentiality and anonymity, remuneration and empowerment. To mitigate these issues, recommendations are provided, including: being explicit about, and inclusive of, youths’ participation; critically reflect upon the researcher as ‘expert’; consent as an ongoing process and based on capacity rather than biological age; balancing the need to protect youth with the benefits of participation; challenge blanket anonymity policies to maximize participation and empowerment; remuneration beyond monetary compensation; and incorporate concepts of empowerment into research design and process.

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Muntoh, Eugene Muambeh. "YOUTH ASPIRATIONS AND MISFORTUNES IN NDOP MUNICIPALITY, CAMEROON: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE." International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences 12, no. 2 (December 31, 2020): 181–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.6891.

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Youth ambitions and the challenges they face remain a major issue facing every economy around the world. This study critically examines youth aspirations and their misfortunes in Ndop municipality. The paper also scrutinises the activities of the government in the process of empowering youth in Ndop municipality and further assesses challenges faced in the empowerment process. In carrying out this study, primary and secondary source materials were consulted and from them, the paper contends that the introduction and implementation of youth development programmes positively affected the youths. They gained skills through training programmes and also received free interest loans for business start-ups which enabled them to be self-reliant. The challenges that accompanied government efforts in the empowerment process affected the intended number of youth targeted to benefit from the government youth support programme (PAJER-U). Even as youth challenges were being addressed by various actors, this study reveals a picture of a combination of achievements and failures in the course of providing a brighter future for the youths.

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Altman, David G., and Ellen C. Feighery. "Future Directions for Youth Empowerment: Commentary on Application of Youth Empowerment Theory to Tobacco Control." Health Education & Behavior 31, no. 5 (October 2004): 641–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198104268683.

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Lien, T., and A. Royneberg. "Working with Empowerment Groups and Transgender Youth." Klinička psihologija 9, no. 1 (June 13, 2016): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.21465/2016-kp-op-0013.

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Objective: Working at Sex og samfunn (Medical Center of Adolescent Sexuality), we often meet young people struggling with their gender identity. Most of them tell the same story; they have problems getting acceptance from society, family, friends and health professionals. Their stories made us wanting to learn more, and that was the beginning of our empowerment groups for transgender youth. Design and Method: The goal and purpose of the groups, is to bring transgendered youths together to share experience and to support each other. Our role as group-leaders is to make a safe place where the group-members freely can talk about their experiences on being transgender in the Norwegian society. Results: Unfortunately, many of the youths in our groups tell the same story. They have had bad experiences reaching out for help, especially with health professionals. Many felt rejected and mistrusted when they told their stories. They often got the same response; this phase will soon end and it is normal to be confused when you are a teenager. The knowledge was especially low amongst doctors, psychologists and public health nurses, groups expected to have knowledge about gender and gender issues. Conclusions: All these stories lead us to making a lecture with the heading: “How to meet transgender youths?” The participants of the groups gave us suggestions and valuable insight on how to understand them and how to provide good health services.

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Dunn, Caroline L., and Phyllis L. Pirie. "Empowering Youth for Tobacco Control." American Journal of Health Promotion 20, no. 1 (September 2005): 7–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-20.1.7.

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Purpose. To investigate common youth group activities and how they relate to young people's attitudes of empowerment around tobacco control. Design. A mailed survey was administered to 940 Minnesota youth involved in locally organized tobacco prevention groups. By multivariate linear regression, participation in eight tobacco-related activities and selected personal characteristics were examined in relation to youths' perceived influence on youth smoking. Results. Two activities–developing materials with antismoking messages and taking action to change school smoking policies—were associated with significantly higher perceived influence scores for the youth involved (p < .05). Youth in groups who had worked to raise awareness of how the tobacco industry targets teens also had significantly higher influence scores (p < .001). Associated personal factors included high involvement in extracurricular activities (p < .001), having never experimented with smoking (p < .01), leadership experience (p < .001), and being white (p < .01). Discussion. Some youth group activities and strategies may be particularly effective at instilling attitudes of empowerment for tobacco control among youth.

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Ogamba, Ikedinachi K. "Millennials empowerment: youth entrepreneurship for sustainable development." World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 15, no. 3 (October 22, 2019): 267–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wjemsd-05-2018-0048.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to knowledge and theory building in youth empowerment and entrepreneurship development. Design/methodology/approach This paper critically examines the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWiN) programme and its relevance as a youth economic empowerment programme through the lens of the UNDP Youth Strategy entry points for promoting economic empowerment of youth and extant literature on critical youth empowerment using participatory development theories. Findings While YouWiN is a significant intervention towards entrepreneurship development, it presents some flaws and limitations in the design and implementation process, which may challenge sustainable economic development. Hence, there is a need to explore the millennials empowerment paradigm in light of three key complementary action-oriented approaches to youth entrepreneurship development. Originality/value This paper proposes three key complementary action-oriented approaches to youth entrepreneurship policy/programme design, implementation and evaluation for the multilateral agencies, private and voluntary sectors. These are in the form of facilitating participatory engagement and diversity, managing drivers (push/pull factors) of entrepreneurship, and ensuring access to enablers/support. There is the need for further debate and critical inputs to improve theory building towards a normative framework in youth empowerment and entrepreneurship. This contributes to ending poverty, and promoting intergenerational equity and sustainable development.

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Michael, Paul K. "Racism, Vulnerability, and the Youth Struggle in Africa." Dialogue and Universalism 31, no. 1 (2021): 105–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/du20213117.

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Because youths are particularly vulnerable to social problems, philosophers since Plato to date have continued to show interest in developing, empowering, and protecting the youths. African youths are particularly far more than ordinarily vulnerable to various social problems including racism especially from outside the continent, mainly because of the shortfall in youth development and empowerment strategies in most African countries. Consequently, young people are pulled to countries with resources and infrastructures that provide them with opportunities to enlarge their capabilities and improve their quality of life, where they are also faced with discriminatory, prejudicial, and antagonistic treatments simply because of their skin colour. So, one way to look at racism and reduce its effects is to examine those socio-political as well as economic structures that constitute obstacles to youth development and empowerment, and which push and expose the young in Africa to the ill-treatments emanating from racism.

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Kusumawardani, Erma, and Serafin Wisni Septiarti. "Youth involvement: Empowerment effort through child-friendly village program." Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik 32, no. 2 (July 8, 2019): 209. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/mkp.v32i22019.209-216.

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This study aimed to describe activity within the child-friendly village program youth through participatory activities and youth empowerment. This research is a qualitative approach with a grounded theory method and setting of the research activity is the youth of the Tegalrejo District. Informants in this study include both youth and community leaders. The data collected through means of observation, documentation, and interviews. The data analysis technique used is the interactive analysis. Triangulation is done to explain the validity of the data from various sources. These results indicate that youth empowerment includes: a) the reason for the involvement of the youth including recreational interests, concern for the community, self-awareness, a stepping stone to the level of education, job readiness, and as a form of worship, b) youth empowerment seen from planning, implementation, evaluation, and even development, and c) factors supporting the involvement of the youth, their self-awareness and the support of administrators and community leaders. While the inhibiting factors such as the differences in leisure time, the impact of youth empowerment seen from the personal, academic, and vocational skills gained. Therefore, child-friendly village program it can be one of effort. To conclude, in addition to the youth program from the government, the child-friendly village program is seen to increase youth empowerment. Empowerment showed in the impact of youth involvement in the activities of the child-friendly village program.

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Maraire, Fungayi Promote, and Constantine Munhande. "Zimbabwe’s Youth Empowerment Programme and Poverty Alleviation amongst Youths in Gweru Urban District." Journal of Governance and Development (JGD), Number 2 (December 31, 2020): 103–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.32890/jgd2020.16.2.6.

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Zimbabwe’s youth empowerment programme was a public-private partnership between the Government of Zimbabwe and some Zimbabwean financial institutions. The aim of the programme was to alleviate poverty amongst youths through the provision of micro credit. Established in 2009 as the panacea for Zimbabwe’s youth empowerment challenges, there is very little credible data on the performance and effectiveness of this noble intervention that was criticised by some as partisan. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which Zimbabwe’s youth empowerment programme was able to achieve its main objective of alleviating poverty amongst the youths in Zimbabwe’s Gweru Urban District. The paper adopts a qualitative case study research design utilising both primary and secondary sources of data. Primary data was collected through semi- structured interviews with key informants as well as researcher observation. Secondary data was mainly obtained through searches of both physical and online libraries and repositories. Qualitative content analysis is the method used to analyse the data. The research findings reveal that the objectives of the programme were indeed relevant to the current challenges being faced by the youth in Zimbabwe. However, the programme had very little effect on youth poverty and unemployment in Gweru Urban District which remains high. Possible reasons for the limited effectiveness could be the fact that few youth projects were funded as compared to the number of youths that were in need of funding. The high rate of collapse of the youth projects funded coupled with the failure to sustain production levels achieved after accessing the loans also meant that chances of employment creation were limited. There were however, a few success stories noted by the study. The study recommends more training for beneficiaries if such programmes are to be more effective in future. This study is of significance as it adds to the existing body of knowledge the effectiveness of micro credit as a poverty alleviation strategy. Moreover, the paper is of importance to the Zimbabwe government and other development agents as it provides credible and perhaps more reliable accounts on the performance and effectiveness of Zimbabwe’s youth empowerment programme.

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Balogun, Adeyemi. "We are going to join millions of unemployed graduates." Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society 6, no. 1 (June 12, 2018): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v6i1.165.

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As part of the measures to deal with the rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria, entrepreneurship programmes were incorporated into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, which was initially meant to promote common national awareness among graduate youths. While this experiment created a problem due to the NYSC posting policy, the empowerment programmes face other challenges that constrain their outcome. The posting policy privileged the allocation of graduate youths to work establishments where many of them are either under-utilised or incompetent. The NYSC empowerment programmes, on the other hand, grappled with the problems of corruption by job empowerment agencies, the negative attitude of corps members towards vocational and technical skill acquisition and inadequate resources to assist corps members who want to put their business plans into practice. The present paper concludes that the NYSC posting policy and empowerment programmes offer corps members little chance for the acquisition of relevant skills needed for self-development and is unable to properly address the problem of unemployment in Nigeria.

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Garg, Ajay. "Empowerment of Youth for Rural Development." Journal of Commerce & Trade 14, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.26703/jct.v14i1-7.

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Yowell, Constance M., and Edmund W. Gordon. "Youth Empowerment and Human Service Institutions." Journal of Negro Education 65, no. 1 (1996): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2967365.

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Klaus, H. "Youth Empowerment to Achieve Patient Engagement." North Carolina Medical Journal 76, no. 3 (July 1, 2015): 187–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.18043/ncm.76.3.187.

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Lawrencejacobson, Abigail R. "Intergenerational Community Action and Youth Empowerment." Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 4, no. 1 (April 18, 2006): 137–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j194v04n01_15.

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Mohajer, Nicole, and Jaya Earnest. "Youth empowerment for the most vulnerable." Health Education 109, no. 5 (August 28, 2009): 424–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09654280910984834.

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Holden, Debra J., Peter Messeri, W. Douglas Evans, Erik Crankshaw, and Maureen Ben-Davies. "Conceptualizing Youth Empowerment within Tobacco Control." Health Education & Behavior 31, no. 5 (October 2004): 548–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198104268545.

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Rees, Stuart. "Biographies of youth: Implications for empowerment." Australian Social Work 48, no. 2 (June 1995): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03124079508414071.

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Duzcu, Murad. "TURKEY: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH GOVERNMENTAL INITIATIVES." Conflict Studies Quarterly, no. 30 (January 5, 2020): 3–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/csq.30.1.

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Nicotera, Nicole, Sarah Brewer, and Eric DesMarais. "Developing the Civic Skills of Public School Youth: A Mixed Method Assessment." International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement 1, no. 1 (December 31, 2013): 61–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.37333/001c.001001007.

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This study employed mixed methods to examine the experiences of public high school youth (N=126) who participated in youth-designed and youth-led community action over the course of an academic year. The authors explore the development of leadership skills, attitudes toward school-community, and sense of agency. Quantitative findings demonstrate statistically significant changes in youths’ civic attitudes and skills. Qualitative findings provide nuanced understanding of youths’ experiences with responsibility-accountability, confidence-empowerment, perseverance, leadership, mentorship, relationship, and professional skills.

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Wallerstein, Nina. "Empowerment to reduce health disparities." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 30, no. 59_suppl (September 2002): 72–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948020300031201.

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This article articulates the theoretical construct of empowerment and its importance for health-enhancing strategies to reduce health disparities. Powerlessness is explored as a risk factor in the context of social determinants, such as poverty, discrimination, workplace hazards, and income inequities. Empowerment is presented and compared with social capital and community capacity as strategies to strengthen social protective factors. A case study of a youth empowerment and policy project in New Mexico illustrates the usefulness of empowerment strategies in both targeting social determinants, such as public policies which are detrimental to youth, and improving community capacities of youth to be advocates for social change. Challenges for future practice and research are articulated.

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Cooper, Amy, Vincenza Nazzari, Julie Kon Kam King, and Annie Pettigrew. "SPEAKING RIGHTS: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH A PARTICIPATORY APPROACH." International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies 4, no. 3.1 (August 21, 2013): 489. http://dx.doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs43.1201312627.

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Using Equitas’ Speaking Rights Program as a best practice example, this article outlines the essential practices and conditions of a participatory approach to human rights education for youth, and explores how this approach effectively supports youth empowerment. The authors maintain that programs that use a participatory approach to human rights education are more likely to engage youth in actions for social change within their communities. They suggest that youth workers who are trained and well equipped to address issues that are on the minds of youth are critical in helping youth develop the skills and motivation to participate.

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Shrestha, Bidhya. "Youth empowerment and contraceptive use in Nepal." Nepal Population Journal 18, no. 17 (December 31, 2018): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/npj.v18i17.26376.

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Contraceptive choices have an enormous impact on health, schooling and employment prospects. Access to full range of contraceptive method is vital for ensuring the health of youth. This study examined the association between youth empowerment in the domestic sphere and contraceptive use among currently married female youth in Nepal using the data of Nepal Demographic Health Survey, 2011. A sample of 2,553 currently married women of reproductive age 15-24 were chosen for this study. Bivariate analysis with cross tabulation and chi-square test were used to examine the association between each independent and dependent variables. Logistic regression model was employed for examining the effect of each independent variable as well as control variable on dependent variable. Result showed that the effect of youth empowerment remains statistically significant and has influence on their use of contraceptives, even after adding the control variables into the model. Youth who are empowered they use contraceptive about 2 times higher than those who are not empowered. Influence of some selected socio-economic and demographic variables on contraceptive are also examined. The study shows that the presence of son at home on contraceptive use is strongly associated (OR=4.58). Thus youth empowerment is necessary to increase contraceptive use.

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Egwu, Grace Ifeoma. "Youth Empowerment, Wealth Creation and Security as Key to National Development." UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities 21, no. 3 (May 19, 2021): 91–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v21i3.5.

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This paper examined youth empowerment, wealth creation and security as key to national development. The paper was guided by three objectives viz-a-viz; finding out how the empowerment of youth enhances national development, determining how wealth creation in the country is capable of enhancing national development and examining the role security play in entrenching national development. Reviews of literature were carried out in line with the objectives of the study using secondary data as method of data collection. The paper concluded that youth empowerment, wealth creation and national security enhance a nation’s positive and sustainable development. The paper suggested that government should make youth empowerment and wealth creation process in the country seamless so that majority of her unemployed youth can key into the scheme to uplift self and enhance national development. Also, the government should make national security a priority at all times. This is because without adequate security in the country, the zeal to be creative will be discouraged, investment will be limited, thus making development of the country to be stagnated as interested persons and organizations will be scared to invest. Keywords: Youth Empowerment, Wealth Creation, Security, National Development

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Nyatepeh Nyatuame, Promise, and Akosua Abdallah. "Youth Theatre and Community Empowerment in Ghana." Theatre and Community 9, no. 2021-1 (June 30, 2021): 122–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.51937/amfiteater-2021-1/122-149.

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As contemporary theatre and new production models are now being evaluated with more regard to community empowerment, the importance of proper tools for evaluation of the process has increased. The article explored the community youth theatre practices of the Community Youth Cultural Centre (CYCC) of the National Commission on Culture (NCC) in Ghana. We examined the role of the youth theatre at CYCC in the light of community empowerment. Using the qualitative case study design, six artists with a minimum of five years and a maximum of thirty years of work experience with the CYCC were interviewed. Performance activities and documents of the CYCC were also observed and analysed. The findings revealed four themes: Objectives of the centre; Youth theatre practices; Abibigoro/puppetry theatre models; and non-formal and cultural education. It was found that staff and artists at the CYCC employed diverse theatrical modes to facilitate community empowerment processes. The study recommends that cultural and creative centres in Ghana should harness the potentials of the community youth theatre, develop community-specific and context-driven performance models to support artistic- aesthetic-cultural and non-formal education processes to enhance our collective strive for community empowerment in Ghana.

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Nwaokugha, Douglas O. "Exploring Sport As Effective Engagement Mechanism For Youth Empowerment And Youth Development In Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region." Archives of Business Research 9, no. 3 (March 21, 2021): 157–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.93.9696.

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The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is synonymous with crisis occasioned by militancy, agitations and insurgency from the youth, who in recent times have become aware of the neglect, marginalization, human rights abuses, environmental degradation etc, people of the region suffer in the hands of the Nigerian government and Multinational Corporations that explore and exploit the Niger Delta environment for its rich natural resources. Investing time in militancy, agitations and insurgency as presently spearheaded by youth in the region has created more problems than solve the Niger Delta crises. Using the philosophical method, this paper makes a case on how sport can be an effective engagement mechanism for youth engagement and youth empowerment. The paper sees sport as a human engagement whose effective exploration and utilization can lead to the empowerment of youth in Nigeria’s Niger Delta and consequently recommends that states intervention agencies, politicians and philanthropists should make the provision of sport infrastructure a topmost priority for youth development and empowerment. The paper strongly maintains that policies that target youth empowerment in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria will surely be a foundation for sustainable peace and stability not only in Nigeria but across the globe.

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Ariyadi, Fachriza. "ANALISIS IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PEMBERDAYAAN PEMUDA MELALUI PROGRAM JAMBORE PEMUDA INDONESIA (JPI) DALAM PEMBANGUNAN KEPEMUDAAN DI PROVINSI KALIMANTAN TIMUR." Jurnal Administrative Reform 7, no. 1 (January 9, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.52239/jar.v7i1.3073.

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This research is an analysis of the implementation of public policies that specifically focuses and leads to a portrait of the implementation of youth empowerment policies through the Indonesian Youth Jamboree (JPI) Program in youth development in East Kalimantan Province. This study uses a descriptive qualitative methodology. The results showed that the implementation of youth empowerment policies through the JPI program in youth development in East Kalimantan province has generally been going well. Key Word: Policy, Implementation, Indonesian Youth Jamboree (JPI)

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LATOPA, Abdullateef Ayinde, and Kabiru Ishola GENTY. "QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE DIMENSIONS OF EMPOWERMENT." LASU Journal of Employment Relations & Human Resource Management 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 69–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.36108/ljerhrm/8102.01.0190.

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This study explored the youth participation process in the agriculture empowerment program towards achieving the dimensions of empowerment. A qualitative case study approach was adopted using the Youth Integrated Training Farm, Malete, Kwara State Nigeria as a case. Thirty informants were purposively sampled and for the study. Multiple methods of data collection were employed namely in-depth interviews, Focus Group Discussion, field observation, and documents analysis. The findings revealed that nine steps are involved in the youth participation process. These steps were identified and themed into three groups; Planning, organization, and implementation. The participation process also achieved youth empowerment in economic, social and psychological dimensions. The result of the findings further revealed that despite the empowerment dimensions that were achieved, the vision of the program was not met due to some salient factors relating to the inability of the state government to record success in the last step of the participation process, which is the empowerment incentives.

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Marcellinus, Ohagwu Onyekachi. "TECHNICAL TRAINING: A PATHWAY TO YOUTH EMPOWERMENT." MATTER: International Journal of Science and Technology 6, no. 1 (June 17, 2020): 101–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.20319/mijst.2020.61.101112.

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Martinez Rodriguez, Elianys, and Houssnia Tiana. "Promoting Youth Empowerment through International Cultural Exchanges." Iris Journal of Scholarship 2 (July 12, 2020): 57–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.15695/iris.v2i0.4828.

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The present study explores the perceptions of a group of Moroccan students about the impact that an international Youth Ambassador program (the Marrakesh-Scottsdale Cultural Exchange Program) had on empowering them, promoting global understanding, and fostering their sense of citizen diplomacy. The study uses mixed methods to explore the participants’ perceived impact of the exchange experience on three individual-level constructs: empowerment, cultural competence, and citizen diplomacy. The results, which align with the literature, show mostly positive effects on the variables examined. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.

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Colombini, J. "Combating Child Labour and Promoting Youth Empowerment." Refugee Survey Quarterly 27, no. 4 (December 1, 2008): 74–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdn060.

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Morrel-Samuels, Susan, Laney A. Rupp, Andria B. Eisman, Alison L. Miller, Sarah A. Stoddard, Susan P. Franzen, Peter Hutchison, and Marc A. Zimmerman. "Measuring the Implementation of Youth Empowerment Solutions." Health Promotion Practice 19, no. 4 (October 20, 2017): 581–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839917736511.

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Scholars have increasingly emphasized the importance of using evidence-based programs to promote health and prevent disease. While theoretically and empirically based programs may be effective in carefully controlled conditions, many fail to achieve desired outcomes when implemented in real-world settings. Ensuring high-quality implementation of health promotion programs is critically important as variation in implementation is closely associated with program effectiveness. The purpose of this article is to present methods used to document and assess the implementation of the Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES) program. We collected process evaluation data on 25 YES groups from 12 schools over a period of 4 years. The evaluation assessed four key aspects of delivery: fidelity, dose delivered, dose received, and program quality. We found wide variations in delivery for some measures, while others were more consistent across groups. These indicators of program delivery provided a strong basis for evaluating program implementation, taking actions to improve it, and ultimately, deepening understanding of program effectiveness. The study suggests a model for using multiple methods to collect and analyze data about aspects of program delivery to guide future implementations.

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Angulo-Ruiz, Fernando, and Albena Pergelova. "An Empowerment Model of Youth Financial Behavior." Journal of Consumer Affairs 49, no. 3 (August 31, 2015): 550–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joca.12086.

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Ile, Isioma, Evans Sakyi Boadu, and Mark Bendall. "The paradox of youth empowerment: Exploring youth intervention programme in Ghana." Cogent Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 1528709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2018.1528709.

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Alex Wagaman, M. "Promoting Empowerment Among LGBTQ Youth: A Social Justice Youth Development Approach." Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 33, no. 5 (January 21, 2016): 395–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-016-0435-7.

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Kim, Sehwan, Charles Crutchfield, Charles Williams, and Nancy Hepler. "Toward a New Paradigm in Substance Abuse and other Problem Behavior Prevention for Youth: Youth Development and Empowerment Approach." Journal of Drug Education 28, no. 1 (March 1998): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/5et9-x1c2-q17b-2g6d.

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The purpose of this article is to 1) address a paradigm shift taking place in the field of substance abuse prevention directed for youth and 2) to introduce an innovative approach to substance abuse and other problem behavior prevention that reflects this shift in prevention paradigm. The new path introduced is youth development and empowerment (YD&E) approach. In order to establish a conceptual foundation for this approach, this article 3) reviews the theoretical advances made in the field of substance abuse prevention during the last three decades. This is followed by a conceptualization of the processes of implementing the YD&E program by 4) specifying the mechanism used for the empowering processes and by 5) identifying the structural components of the youth empowerment model that serve the empowering processes. It is hoped that this article serves as a conduit for an improved approach to adolescent substance abuse prevention and youth development that goes beyond, rather than against, the traditional risk-factor approach. In this new approach, youths are viewed as assets and resources to our community rather than social problems or community liabilities. The organizing concept of this new paradigm is: social, economic, and public opportunity denied to youth is equal to social problems imposed on youth by adults.

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