Juvenile Mentoring Program: A Progress Review.

Novotney, Laurence C.; Mertinko, Elizabeth; Lange, James Evan; Baker, Tara Kelley

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“…Community psychology and youth violence literature suggests the presence of a supportive adult mentor in the life of at‐risk youth is an important link to opportunities for success; our findings support this . Most study participants expressed feeling comfortable with their advocates.…”

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Boston Violence Intervention Advocacy Program: A Qualitative Study of Client Experiences and Perceived Effect

James

Bibi

Langlois

et al. 2014

Academic Emergency Medicine

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Objectives: This study intended to explore clients' experiences and provide a contextual basis for understanding their perceptions of the effectiveness of the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP).Methods: This was an exploratory, qualitative study conducted in an urban, Level I trauma center from July 1, 2011, to February 24, 2012. Emergency department (ED) patients older than 18 years with penetrating trauma, and who were enrolled in the VIAP, were eligible. Two trained, qualitative interviewers who were not part of the VIAP obtained consent and conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, deidentified, coded, and analyzed. Thematic content analysis consistent with grounded theory was used to identify themes related to client experiences with VIAP, life circumstances, challenges to physical and emotional healing postinjury, services provided by VIAP, and perceptions of VIAP's effectiveness.Results: Twenty subjects were interviewed. Most were male, African American, and younger than 30 years of age, reflecting the overall program's clientele. Most subjects perceived their advocates as caring adults in their lives and cited aspects of the peer support model that helped establish trusting relationships. Major challenges to healing were fear and safety, trust, isolation as a coping mechanism, bitterness, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Every subject noted important services provided by VIAP advocates. Most subjects explicitly stated that they had positive experiences with the VIAP and perceived advocates' roles as a positive influence, providing client-centered advocacy, education, and support.Conclusions: This study provides insight into the lives of 20 BMC VIAP clients and contextualizes their unique challenges. Participants described positive, life-changing behaviors on their journey to healing through connections to caring, supportive adults. Information gained from this study will help the VIAP to further support its clients. However, future research is needed to identify best practices for ED-based violence intervention programs and to measure community-wide efficacy in different settings.ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2014;21:742-751

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Boston Violence Intervention Advocacy Program: A Qualitative Study of Client Experiences and Perceived Effect

James

Bibi

Langlois

et al. 2014

Academic Emergency Medicine

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“…Although evidence from the corporate mentoring literature suggests that female and male mentors might provide different types of relationships (i.e., psychosocial vs. instrumental), gender of the mentor has not been shown to be associated with relationship quality (Bogat & Liang, 2005). Similarly, gender matching of youth and staff has not been found to be a robust predictor of outcomes-although there is some evidence that at-risk males experience better outcomes when matched with male mentors (Novotney, Mertinko, Lange, & Baker, 2000). There also is no clear pattern of difference in outcomes between cross-race versus same-race mentoring relationships.…”

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Youth Perspectives on Their Relationships With Staff in Juvenile Correction Settings and Perceived Likelihood of Success on Release

Marsh

Evans

2008

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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This study explored youth perspectives on their relationships with staff in juvenile correction settings and perceived likelihood of success on release. Surveys were administered to 543 youth committed to select facilities in Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon. Youth were asked to nominate a staff they turn to most for help and advice, then report on the qualities of their relationship with that staff. Results indicate that youth have different types of key helping relationships with staff, and that youth forecasts about their future vary across these relationship types.

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“…Whilst the BBBS-M mentoring program is not geared specifically to young offenders or children/adolescents at risk of offending, the profile of its youth participants parallels closely the characteristics typical of young offenders including parental drug or alcohol abuse, problems at school, poor family relationships, family violence, behavioural problems, low educational achievement and drug use [ 4 , 34 ]. Whilst it is impossible to be definite about the proportion of referred youth who might follow a path of juvenile crime or heavy drug use, it is reasonable to conclude that many in the client group display characteristics or come from a background typical of adolescents who pursue such high-risk behaviours.…”

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Are youth mentoring programs good value-for-money? An evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne Program

Moodie

Fisher

2009

BMC Public Health

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Juvenile Mentoring Program: A Progress Review.

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Boston Violence Intervention Advocacy Program: A Qualitative Study of Client Experiences and Perceived Effect

Boston Violence Intervention Advocacy Program: A Qualitative Study of Client Experiences and Perceived Effect

Youth Perspectives on Their Relationships With Staff in Juvenile Correction Settings and Perceived Likelihood of Success on Release

Are youth mentoring programs good value-for-money? An evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne Program

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