Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Civic Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program

Description

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities and to address barriers to equity, through the acquisition of civic leadership and development skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Activism Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Activism Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth of color, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering civic leadership, civic development, and wellbeing. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth of color as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health and decrease health disparities in youth of color.

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior Problem, Mental Health Wellness 1

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Study overview

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities and to address barriers to equity, through the acquisition of civic leadership and development skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Activism Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Activism Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth of color, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering civic leadership, civic development, and wellbeing. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth of color as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health and decrease health disparities in youth of color.

Can A Youth Civic Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program Reduce Structural Racism and Support Functioning and Wellbeing for Youth of Color?

Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Civic Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program

Condition
Adolescent Behavior Problem
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60608

Boston

METCO, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02119

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adolescents ages 14 and older in grades 9-12 during the Fall/Winter or in grades 9-11 during the Spring
  • * Enrolled in a partner site in MA or Chicago, Il
  • * Adolescents are only included with parent consent and youth assent if they are under the age of 18. Adolescents at least 18 years old can provide consent.
  • * They participated in the pilot phase (UG3)
  • * They cannot commit to participation in the full study (e.g., attendance at all intervention sessions)
  • * They are not in grades 9-12 at a partner site
  • * Parent/guardian has a preferred consent language other than English or Spanish.

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Boston University Charles River Campus,

Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

2028-03