Although challenging at times, conducting youth participatory action research is extremely important for youth development, relationship building, and research outcomes.
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The PRYDE program has taught me the importance of engaging with the populations I am interested in learning from. As a graduating senior, I’m pondering the balance of research and practice as I look towards my future career. One of my favorite parts about the PRYDE program is that it gives me the opportunity to do a little bit of both at the same time.
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My favorite moments with NYS Farmers Market Nutrition Program was raising awareness about the program and connecting people with resources they could use to improve their diet quality and food security. It was the most important and rewarding part of my summer.
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Attending SCRA was an invaluable experience and has encouraged me to continue learning about how traumatic experiences in early childhood can inform the developmental process.
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“As a 4-H alumna myself, facilitating this Youth Summit as part of the 4-H Career Explorations summer program highlighted the importance of empowering young people.”
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My summer turned out to be a completely different experience than I was expecting due to the IRB approval for the project taking much longer than anticipated. However, the change of plans gave me the opportunity to develop another skill that was essential to my translational research training: learning how to effectively communicate about our program’s goals to our community partners.
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