@article{ref1,
title="A community-academic partnership for school-based nonviolence education: the Healthy Power Program",
journal="Journal of school health",
year="2019",
author="Dunn, Melissa and Drew, Christa and O'Brien, Joseph and Wood, Michael and Mora, Eriberto and Diener, Sam and Perry, Donna J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Youth violence is a significant problem affecting community health. Community-academic partnerships can advance youth nonviolence education by synergizing the strengths of collaborators while working toward a common goal. We describe a collaboration between an urban public middle school, community nonprofit, and university-based graduate school of nursing in implementing and evaluating the Healthy Power program, a school-based youth nonviolence program for middle-school boys. <br><br>METHODS: A participatory program evaluation approach was used to plan and implement evaluation of the Healthy Power program with a cohort of 8 students. Collaborative planning allowed for the selection of measures that reflected program objectives and were of value to community partners while also scientifically sound. A mixed-methods approach included a focus group and a pretest-posttest with quantitative items and open-ended questions. <br><br>RESULTS: While the quantitative pre-posttest did not show any significant change, the open-ended questions and focus group suggested that students had advanced their understanding and application of conflict resolution skills. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the usefulness of community-academic partnerships for peace/conflict resolution education and program evaluation. Such programs may benefit from mixed methods of evaluation.<br><br>© 2019, American School Health Association.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4391",
doi="10.1111/josh.12850",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12850"
}