Health Promotion Practice
Volume 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 488-496

Applying Ecological Positive Youth Development Theory to Address Co-Occurring Health Disparities Among Immigrant Latino Youth (Article)

Edberg M.C.* , Cleary S.D. , Andrade E.L. , Evans W.D. , Simmons L.K. , Cubilla-Batista I.
  • a The George Washington University, WashingtonDC, United States
  • b The George Washington University, WashingtonDC, United States
  • c The George Washington University, WashingtonDC, United States
  • d The George Washington University, WashingtonDC, United States
  • e The George Washington University, WashingtonDC, United States
  • f The George Washington University, WashingtonDC, United States

Abstract

This article outlines the theory and resulting approach employed in a multilevel, integrated, collaborative community intervention called Adelante, implemented by a university–community partnership in a Latino immigrant community to address co-occurring health disparities of substance abuse, sex risk, and interpersonal violence among youth. The basis for the intervention is a social–ecological interpretation of positive youth development theory, which focuses on changes in the person environment context and community assets as a preventive mechanism. This approach is viewed as appropriate for a community facing multiple barriers to health equity. The article describes the translation of this positive youth development model to practice, including the design of the intervention, intervention components, and the protocol for evaluation. The Adelante intervention is intended to reduce health disparities and, in addition, to add a broader community model to the evidence base. © 2016, © 2016 Society for Public Health Education.

Author Keywords

Latino minority health health disparities Community intervention

Index Keywords

immigrant minority health cooperation health promotion sexual behavior health equity health disparity Health Status Disparities human adolescent development violence Substance-Related Disorders substance abuse drug dependence ethnology Hispanic Americans Humans migrant Hispanic Adolescent Emigrants and Immigrants juvenile leadership sexual health theoretical model Family Relations organization and management Social Environment family relation Cooperative Behavior
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021151840&doi=10.1177%2f1524839916638302&partnerID=40&md5=11f20df9e9c84963a35613d93dbf568b
DOI: 10.1177/1524839916638302
ISSN: 15248399
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English