Beyond access and supply: youth-led strategies to captivate young people's interest in and demand for youth programs and opportunities.

Full Abstract

Increasing access, even increasing supply, may not be sufficient to attract young teens who do not typically participate in youth programs. Several youth mapping projects in rural and urban communities have led to these conclusions:
youth do not know what is available even in their own neighborhoods, young teens have a strong voice in how they spend their discretionary time, and we need to learn how to market youth programs much more effectively. This author reviews important findings from youth community-mapping experiences and showcases a project attempting to move beyond access and supply issues to increasing young people's interest and engagement in community youth development programs.

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Author information

Author/s: Saito, Rebecca N (RN);

Affiliation: Center for 4-H and Community Youth Development, University of Minnesota, USA.

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: New directions for youth development (New Dir Youth Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol (issue 112) : pp 57-74, 8-9

Dates: Created 2007/03/16; Completed 2007/05/14;

PMID: 17361903, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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