title: Developing youth capacity for community-based research: the Sarasota County demonstration project.
abstract: Although youth involvement in health promotion efforts is not a new concept, projects that actively involve youths in planning research, collecting data, and making research design decisions are rare. This article describes the evaluation process and outcomes for a youth-directed data collection initiative. Eleven youth researchers conducted 112 personal in-depth interviews and 22 focus groups involving 206 youths in 5th through 12th grade. Youth researchers felt confident they could conduct focus groups and in-depth interviews and staff ratings of youths' effectiveness in moderating focus groups indicated they were successful in carrying out the qualitative research.
authors.affiliation: Florida Prevention Research Center, University of South Florida, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Department of Community and Family Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. (MDC 56), Tampa, FL 33612-3805, USA. kmbrown@hsc.usf.edu
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Forthofer
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Merritt
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Landis
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: McDermott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012108:Research Personnel; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D000078329:Workforce