Over the past two years, the Center for Youth Wellness and H2O productions, (based at Leadership High School in San Francisco) have worked in partnership to implement a research study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) that utilizes principles of community based participatory research (CBPR). CBPR is a framework of research that emphasizes collaboration among partners and highlights the voice of community in identifying research topics of interest and solutions to resolve identified concerns (Israel, Schulz, Parker, Becker, 1998; Minkler & Wallerstein, 2003).
The CYW-H2O/LHS partnership highlights the voice of local high school students in the Bayview and Excelsior districts of San Francisco in understanding the prevalence of adversities and the relationship between adversities, socio-demographic factors, and academic performance.
[For more of this story, written by Sukhdip K. Purewal, go to http://centerforyouthwellness.org/blog/LHS]
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