Positive Youth Development

If you could peek through the third-floor window of a narrow townhouse in Washington, DC, you’d see exposed bricks, a broken wall, and beyond that a young man standing on a cliff above crashing waves. To the left, you’d make out a poem describing the young man’s journey from uncertainty to possibility. “I'm lost in an ocean of madness/In the desert of hesitation,...
“Better to Bend Than to Break: Coping Strategies Utilized by Substance-Abusing Homeless Youth” (abstract). Forthcoming from the Journal of Health Psychology; published online October 7, 2010.
“What Increases Risk and Protection for Delinquent Behaviors Among American Indian Youth? Findings from Three Tribal Communities” (abstract), Youth & Society 41(3):382-418.
Tribal youth are disproportionately affected by HIV. The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center has compiled HIV prevention resources for Native young people. The materials include a version of the evidence-based sexual health curriculum “Making Proud Choices,” adapted for use in Native communities.
Tired of the silence around adolescent pregnancy, the Cherokee Youth Council decided to start a conversation. They knew that the best way to reach their peers was to talk directly to them. So the council put together a 13-minute film addressing teenage pregnancy from both a youth and a Native perspective. (For a snapshot of another group of Native youth using video to speak out, read this article...
Jenna Musselman-Palles and her colleagues at Chicago’s Alliance for Local Service Organizations, known as ALSO, knew that teen dating violence had become an epidemic in the city. But they didn’t have anyone on staff who knew how to talk to youth about the tricky and personal subject of relationship abuse.
Date: 9/15/2010 | Time: 6:24 | Size: 4 MB Two young women discuss their attempts to understand dating violence in their Chicago neighborhood and what they and other teens are doing about the problem.   JOHN LINGAN:  Welcome to the Positive Youth Development Podcast Series from the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  The series...
Two young women discuss their attempts to understand dating violence in their Chicago neighborhood and what they and other teens are doing about the problem. Time: 6:50 | Size: 4 MB | Transcript    
Las víctimas vienen de ciudades, suburbios y pequeños pueblos de todo el país, y representan todas las razas, grupos étnicos y grupos socio-económicos. Aun así, ciertos jóvenes tienen más probabilidad de ser convertidos en víctimas:
Prostitución. Pornografía. Sexo para sobrevivir. La explotación sexual con fines comerciales es más que simplemente personas jóvenes sufriendo abuso sexual a manos de adultos. Los perpetradores convierten a los jóvenes en víctimas cuando pagan, o prometen pagar, dinero, productos o servicios a un joven o a su chulo (“pimp”) a cambio...
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