title: They Just Respect You for Who You Are: Contributors to Educator Positive Youth Development Promotion for Somali, Latino, and Hmong Students.
abstract: Youth from immigrant communities may experience barriers to connecting with schools and teachers, potentially undermining academic achievement and healthy youth development. This qualitative study aimed to understand how educators serving Somali, Latino, and Hmong (SLH) youth can best promote educator-student connectedness and positive youth development, by exploring the perspectives of teachers, youth workers, and SLH youth, using a community based participatory research approach. We conducted four focus groups with teachers, 18 key informant interviews with adults working with SLH youth, and nine focus groups with SLH middle and high school students. Four themes emerged regarding facilitators to educators promoting positive youth development in schools: (1) an authoritative teaching approach where teachers hold high expectations for student behavior and achievement, (2) building trusting educator-student relationships, (3) conveying respect for students as individuals, and (4) a school infrastructure characterized by a supportive and inclusive environment. Findings suggest a set of skills and educator-student interactions that may promote positive youth development and increase student-educator connectedness for SLH youth in public schools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Suite 166, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA. miallen@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Michele L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development, 330 Wulling Hall, 86 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. rosa0077@umn.edu.|SoLaHmo Partnership for Health and Wellness, West Side Community Health Services, 153 Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul, MN, 55107, USA. rosa0077@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Maira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosas-Lee
authors.affiliation: SoLaHmo Partnership for Health and Wellness, West Side Community Health Services, 153 Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul, MN, 55107, USA. lortega753@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.affiliation: SoLaHmo Partnership for Health and Wellness, West Side Community Health Services, 153 Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul, MN, 55107, USA. hangx012@umn.edu.|Powell Center for Women's Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 293, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. hangx012@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Mikow
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.affiliation: SoLaHmo Partnership for Health and Wellness, West Side Community Health Services, 153 Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul, MN, 55107, USA. spergament@westsidechs.org.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pergament
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Suite 166, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA. rjpratt@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pratt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012572:School Health Services; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Adolescence; Community based participatory research; Qualitative research; Resilience; School connectedness