title: Empowering immigrant youth in Chicago: utilizing CBPR to document the impact of a Youth Health Service Corps program.
abstract: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach that engages community residents with a goal of influencing change in community health systems, programs, or policies. As such, CBPR is particularly relevant to historically marginalized communities that often have not directly benefited from the knowledge research produces. This article analyzes a youth empowerment program, Chicago's Youth Health Service Corps, from a CBPR perspective. The purpose of this work was (1) to discuss Youth Health Service Corps as a health promotion program, (2) examine the use of CBPR within the immigrant community, and (3) discuss preliminary findings using a model on critical youth empowerment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Ferrera); School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley (Dr Sacks); Centro Sin Fronteras, Chicago, Illinois (Ms Perez and the Rev Mr Coleman); Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Mr Nixon); and Bayanihan Foundation, Chicago, Illinois (Mr Asis).
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferrera
authors.forename: Tina K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Asis
authors.forename: Walter L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002641:Chicago; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011209:Power, Psychological; D015397:Program Evaluation