Title
A Community-Academic Partnership for School-Based Nonviolence Education: The Healthy Power Program
Publication Date
2020-01-01
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Nursing
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Education | Peace and Conflict Studies | Public Health and Community Nursing
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Youth violence is a significant problem affecting community health. Community-academic partnerships can advance youth nonviolence education by synergizing the strengths of collaborators while working toward a common goal. We describe a collaboration between an urban public middle school, community nonprofit, and university-based graduate school of nursing in implementing and evaluating the Healthy Power program, a school-based youth nonviolence program for middle-school boys.
METHODS: A participatory program evaluation approach was used to plan and implement evaluation of the Healthy Power program with a cohort of 8 students. Collaborative planning allowed for the selection of measures that reflected program objectives and were of value to community partners while also scientifically sound. A mixed-methods approach included a focus group and a pretest-posttest with quantitative items and open-ended questions.
RESULTS: While the quantitative pre-posttest did not show any significant change, the open-ended questions and focus group suggested that students had advanced their understanding and application of conflict resolution skills.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the usefulness of community-academic partnerships for peace/conflict resolution education and program evaluation. Such programs may benefit from mixed methods of evaluation.
Keywords
anti-sexist education, community-academic partnership, peace education, program evaluation, youth violence
DOI of Published Version
10.1111/josh.12850
Source
Dunn M, Drew C, O'Brien J, Wood M, Mora E, Diener S, Perry DJ. A Community-Academic Partnership for School-Based Nonviolence Education: The Healthy Power Program. J Sch Health. 2020 Jan;90(1):65-69. doi: 10.1111/josh.12850. Epub 2019 Nov 24. PMID: 31762056. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The Journal of school health
Related Resources
PubMed ID
31762056
Repository Citation
Dunn M, Drew C, O'Brien J, Wood M, Mora E, Diener S, Perry DJ. (2020). A Community-Academic Partnership for School-Based Nonviolence Education: The Healthy Power Program. Graduate School of Nursing Publications. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12850. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_pp/130