Kara Napolitano
Biographic Data
| ID | 129283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kara Napolitano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kara |
| FAMILY NAME | Napolitano |
| SIGNATURE | NAPOLITANO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Metropolitan State University of Denver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Community-Based Transdisciplinary Vision for the Future of Human Trafficking Research
We present a 10-year vision for human trafficking research developed through a two-day workshop with 30 human trafficking experts from within and outside of academia. Led by the Human-centered Action Research to Disrupt Human Trafficking (HART) team, the workshop brought together researchers from diverse disciplines (social science, computational science, public policy, and healthcare) alongside lived experience experts, service providers, policy…
How Do Local Efforts Address a Global Issue? Communities Need Good Data
This essay offers reflections and lessons learned from one organization's efforts to contribute to and measure progress statewide within the United States. Through collecting inclusive data using community-based participatory methods, local efforts can be sustained by building upon locally tailored solid tools and longitudinally gathering statewide data to demonstrate gaps and progress. Inclusive data drive political and systems buy-in, increase …
Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking
Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected and analyzed the data on how partners and organizations across the state work toward ending human trafficking. LCHT uses Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to measure an…
The Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking
Community-based participatory action research (CBPR) is an inclusive methodology well suited to researching, mitigating, and ending human trafficking. CBPR principles, including recognition of power dynamics across communities, allowing practitioners, stakeholders, and survivors to participate in the research design and analysis, and establishing norms of reciprocity and ongoing engagement, can enhance the quality of research produced to end huma…
Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking
Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected and analyzed the data on how partners and organizations across the state work toward ending human trafficking. LCHT uses Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to measure an…
The Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking
Community-based participatory action research (CBPR) is an inclusive methodology well suited to researching, mitigating, and ending human trafficking. CBPR principles, including recognition of power dynamics across communities, allowing practitioners, stakeholders, and survivors to participate in the research design and analysis, and establishing norms of reciprocity and ongoing engagement, can enhance the quality of research produced to end huma…
Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking
Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected and analyzed the data on how partners and organizations across the state work toward ending human trafficking. LCHT uses Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to measure an…
How Do Local Efforts Address a Global Issue? Communities Need Good Data
This essay offers reflections and lessons learned from one organization's efforts to contribute to and measure progress statewide within the United States. Through collecting inclusive data using community-based participatory methods, local efforts can be sustained by building upon locally tailored solid tools and longitudinally gathering statewide data to demonstrate gaps and progress. Inclusive data drive political and systems buy-in, increase …
A Community-Based Transdisciplinary Vision for the Future of Human Trafficking Research
We present a 10-year vision for human trafficking research developed through a two-day workshop with 30 human trafficking experts from within and outside of academia. Led by the Human-centered Action Research to Disrupt Human Trafficking (HART) team, the workshop brought together researchers from diverse disciplines (social science, computational science, public policy, and healthcare) alongside lived experience experts, service providers, policy…
Sex work and related issues (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Community-based participatory research (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Human trafficking (2 works) · Participatory action research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)