Youth engagement to achieve health equity

Are healthcare organizations and leaders prepared

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11055612
AutoresAstraea Augsberger (0000-0002-8860-8584, School of Social Work Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA, autor de correspondencia), Adrienne Young (0000-0002-3305-8175, School of Social Work Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA), Adrienne M Young (0000-0002-4498-4342, Boston University), Noor Toraif (0000-0002-1416-3543, School of Social Work Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA), Melanie Morris (0000-0003-3819-8107, School of Social Work Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA), Katherine Gergen Barnett (0000-0002-7900-6231, School of Medicine Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA)
Año2023
Volumen71
Número3-4
Páginas410-422
Fecha de publicación2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12656
PMID36661430
OpenAlexW4317567835
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas41

Youth engagement in institutional decision‐making is necessary to ensure policy and practice is responsive and relevant to youth and community needs. In particular, it is critical to engage the voices and experiences of youth of Color who have historically been marginalized by healthcare organizations. The present study used multiple methods to examine youth and adult perspectives on the facilitators and barriers to implementing a citywide youth advisory board of youths of Color for a safety net hospital. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings illustrate the need to employ an antiracist framework to ensure organizational and adult readiness to engage youth of Color in an advisory board. Organizational readiness included assessing organizational culture, clear expectation setting, and creating safe spaces for youth. Adult readiness included adult facilitators who are trained in antiracist and equity‐focused practice and the youth–adult partnership model, and a recognition of the bidirectional benefits of youth engagement in decision‐making. The implications and recommendations of this study are timely given the historical mistrust between healthcare organizations and communities of Color, as well as the racial health inequities that have been further exposed during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Equity (law) · General partnership · Health care · Health equity · Health psychology · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Nursing · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support