Engaging Young Adolescents in Social Action Through Photovoice

The Journal of Early Adolescence

Nance Wilson

Public Health Institute, California, nwilson@phi.org

Stefan Dasho

Public Health Institute, California

Anna C. Martin

Public Health Institute, California

Nina Wallerstein

University of New Mexico

Caroline C. Wang

University of Michigan

Meredith Minkler

University of California at Berkeley

The Youth Empowerment Strategies Program (YES!) is an afterschool program designed to empower and educate underprivileged youth through participant photography research methods.  According to authors Nance Wilson, Stefan Dash, Anna C. Martin, Nina Wallerstein, Caroline C. Wang, Meredith Minker (2007), ” This article specifically focuses on the use of Photovoice as a promising way to engage youth in social change as they take photos capturing strengths and issues in their environment and use these as the basis of critical dialogue and collective action plans.”

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