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‘I felt that I was benefiting someone’: youth as agents of change in a refugee community project

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Makhoul, Jihad Alameddine, Maysam Afifi, Rema A.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Youth can be ‘powerful catalysts’ in their own and their community's development. The paper describes the experience of youth based on their participation as decision makers in and implementers of a community-based research project in a Palestinian refugee camp of Beirut, Lebanon. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 youth and 10 of their family members or friends. The participants were asked to describe the reasons they joined the project, why they stayed on, what they liked most/least about the project, how the project influenced their lives and what they would change about the project. Thematic analysis identified recurrent themes. Youth joined the program because of its benefit to children and their community. They stayed with the program because of the solidarity they found with the team and because of their relationship with the children. They perceived that they had an important role to play in the project's success. Youth acknowledged all the skills they gained from the project. Focus groups with others corroborated their statements. This project confirmed that youth can be powerful change agents in their own development and that of their communities. An Enabling Attributes Model is proposed for projects that aim to actively engage youth as community catalysts.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyr011
Ending Page	926
Page Count	13
Starting Page	914
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02681153
e-ISSN	14653648
Journal	Health Education Research
Issue Number	5
Volume Number	27
Language	English
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publisher Date	2012-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Oxford University Press
Subject Keyword	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Education Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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