Table of Contents

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Part I. SETTING THE CONTEXT 1. Overview 2. Conceptual Foundation for Youth Involvement Part II. YOUTH AS RESEARCHERS: APPROACHES AND CONSIDERATIONS 3. Guiding Goals, Principles, Objectives, and Outcomes of Youth-Led Research 4. Youth Research Competencies: Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills 5. Continuum of Youth Involvement in Research 6. Youth-Led Research and Methods 7. Initiating and Sustaining Youth-Led Research 8. Ethical Conduct and Decision Making 9. Funding of Community Research and Program Evaluation Part III. FIELD EXAMPLES 10. Field Examples of Youth-Led Community Research Part IV. FUTURE CHALLENGES 11. Challenges and Implications for Practice 12. Epilogue References Index About the Author

About the Author

Scholarly and Practice Interests Latino and other marginalized urban population groups, youth development-youth-led research and macro-practice, community-capacity enhancement, non-traditional urban settings