Activity In Youth Research Articles

The role of colate athletic centers in improving the quality of health-enhancing recreational and sports services in the higher education system: Ukrainian and foreign experience

The article summarizes and systematizes information on assessing the capabilities of collegiate athletic centers in improving the quality of health-enhancing services provided for youth. The aim of the study was to analyze the special Ukrainian and foreign literature focused on identifying the role of collegiate athletic centers in improving the quality of health-enhancing recreational services in the higher education system. The following methods were used: theoretical analysis, generalization and systematization of special scientific and methodological literature, normative and methodological documents, and information resources of the Internet. A systematic analysis of a significant number of scientific works about the organization of physical education in higher education institutions showed the limitations of scientific developments related to the role of collegiate athletic centers in increasing the level of youth involvement in health-enhancing recreational programs of physical activity. This situation prevents solving the problem of improving the quality of physical exercise and sports services provided on the bases of higher education institutions in accordance with the functions assigned to them. The analysis of Ukrainian and foreign experience of organizing the work of collegiate athletic centers demonstrated the significant potential of these organizations in solving the problems of improving the health and increasing physical activity of student youth, whereas, the quality of the services provided was a limiting factor. Approaches to improving the quality of health-enhancing recreational services were proposed based on the generalization of best world practices and existing knowledge about the role of collegiate athletic centers in the system of higher education.

Rethinking child and youth activism in challenging times

Rethinking child and youth activism in challenging times

„Z” generation in research with Polish and Czech students. A selected comparative analysis in building and understanding relationships.

The main object of the theoretical narrative and research conclusions of the article are selected components of characteristics representative of Generation Z. The project Love in the Era of the Self , published in 2019, made it possible to select analyses of relationship scripts representing young people studying in universities from Poland and the Czech Republic. The main research objective was to ask what patterns of partner relationships are preferred and practised by young people studying in the neighbouring countries and what differentiates them?This allowed for several conclusions regarding the socio-cultural changes within the activities of today's youth and the perceived dangers of penetrating digital contact scripts, strongly codified by interfaces. This may exclude empathy in the future and generate an existential emptiness that will be satisfied by urges, reinforce self-criticism, and reduce well-being in relationships. This presents a new field of challenges for educators.

The question of implementation of the National strategy on health- improving motor activity of student youth in the context of today's challenges

Goal. To determine the main issues of the effectiveness of the implementation of the National strategy for health improving physical activity of student youth in the context of the current challenges (in the conditions of martial law and post-war recovery). The analysis of legal acts and scientific and methodological literature has shown that the legal acts regulating physical education in educational institutions are adopted haphazardly and do not solve the problems of promoting physical activity, improving health and increasing the level of physical fitness of student youth; the management of educational institutions bypasses orders and letters regulating the activities of physical education departments, as they are advisory in nature and are not binding. This has led to the elimination of physical education departments in many higher education institutions across the country. The problems of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and physical activity have been significantly exacerbated by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The duration of hostilities against russian aggression has revealed the problems of insufficient physical fitness of student youth, a potential reserve for the Armed Forces and defenders of the Motherland. Conclusions. State programmes under the National strategy for healthy physical activity and recommendations are not implemented due to their declarative nature and bureaucracy. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, together with other ministries and departments, should adopt an order obliging educational institutions to introduce appropriate physical training programmes aimed at preparing young people for future professional activities, life and defence of the Motherland, develop effective regulations and recommendations for their implementation, review standards and improve mechanisms for testing the level of physical fitness of student youth.

Overcoming a stigmatic past: National Central University students in Nanjing, China, and the politics of wartime history

Abstract The Japanese empire’s occupation of China during the Second World War left a complex and bitter legacy in postwar Chinese society. This article examines the occupation and its legacies at the grassroots, taking university students in Nanjing as a case study in occupation history and ‘bottom-up’ wartime commemoration. These young people, who studied at National Central University (NCU) under the Japanese-backed Reorganized National Government of Wang Jingwei, organized three protest movements between 1940 and 1945, defying puppet authorities, Japanese forces, and, after the war, the returning Chongqing Nationalist government, as they campaigned against corruption, opium sales, and discriminatory treatment over their status as ‘bogus students’ who supposedly received Japanese ‘enslavement education’ from a collaborationist regime. In the 1980s, after decades of marginalization under the People’s Republic of China, these former protestors began holding reunions, documenting their experiences, and campaigning for recognition from Nanjing University, which eventually recognized them as alumni. Drawing primarily on privately printed alumni memoirs and commemorative volumes, this article positions the protests in the history of youth activism in Nanjing. That NCU students were able to rehabilitate themselves was due to their own organizational prowess and a sympathetic reception from the leadership of a cash-strapped Nanjing University, though the interests of fellow alumnus Jiang Zemin and the Communist Party-state still set the parameters of historical memory. In this, the example of the Nanjing students complicates the top-down role of the state, as described in much previous scholarship on Chinese wartime commemoration, in producing politically motivated nationalist narratives of wartime history.

Features of the presentation of delinquent practices in the structure of economic behavior of young people

The article presents data from theoretical analysis and applied research that reveals the specifics of the presentation of delinquent economic behavior of young people in the media. Using the example of an interdisciplinary assessment of the structure and functioning of the phenomenon, the main characteristics of economic activity in general and its destructive form in particular are considered. An analysis of domestic and foreign views on the motivation and mechanism for implementing economic actions is presented, depending on a combination of internal and external factors. The basic characteristics of youth activity, its risk and potential areas of growth and productivity are considered. The interaction of a set of conditions and elements of economic activity is presented in the form of a complex model that demonstrates the reasons for the divergence of socially approved and preferred strategies in the youth community. Using the example of quantitative and qualitative content analysis, the authors described the specifics of displaying destructive economic activity in its relationship with the reflection of the target audience and the gender specificity of information perception. The presence of high interest (and frequency of publication) in content that considers illegal actions as a unique way of self-realization, in turn, reflects the most significant risk potential of the media environment, characterized by a low resource for implementing effective social control.

The Role of Cadres to Educate on the Activities of the Youth Integrated Service Post in Jamika Village Bojongloa Kaler Bandung

Adolescence is a transitional phase from childhood to adulthood. This phase has many physical and psychological changes that can cause various problems. The RW 09 Jamika integrated youth service post is a form of community-based health effort (UKBM) to bring adolescent health services closer to the RW 09 area. It has a function as a means of nonformal education regarding adolescent health. Implementing the integrated youth service post in RW 09 Jamika is suspected to have been more optimal for educating adolescents. This is because the youth of RW 09 Jamika have problems including (1) having anemia, (2) smoking habit, (3) the habit of staying up late, and (4) rarely doing physical activity. The aims of this study were (1) to describe the role of cadres in educating youth at RW 09 Jamika integrated service post activities; (2) to describe the inhibiting factors for cadres to help educate youth in youth integrated service post activities in RW 09 Jamika; and (3) provide solutions in increasing the role of cadres in educating youth integrated service post activities in RW 09 Jamika. The research method used is qualitative. This research data collection technique consists of interviews, documentation, and observation. The results of this study are (1) the role of the cadres is carrying out peer counseling, implementing the five-desk principle, and providing multiple questionnaires; (2) the inhibiting factors for the role of cadres in educating are the knowledge of cadres who have not mastered it optimally, limited time for training cadres and youth to be carried out by health center staff, and limited infrastructure; and (3) the solution to increasing the role of cadres in educating is to conduct coaching for cadres, scheduling according to the schedule of puskesmas officers or youth activities, and collaborating with related devices to help fulfill facilities and infrastructure.

The effectiveness of “RS Centing” intervention to improve knowledge and behavior among adolescents to prevent stunting

Introduction: Based on data from the 2021 Indonesian Nutritional Status Study (SSGI), the prevalence of stunting in Gresik Regency is 23%, close to the prevalence rate of stunting in East Java of 23.5%. Despite the decline, stunting is still a challenge for the government. The Gresik Regency government is focusing on ten sub-districts as priority focus locations for reducing stunting, one of which is the Kebomas Sub-District. Therefore, the researchers analyzed the implementation of Remaja Sehat Cegah Stunting/Healthy Youth Posyandu Prevent Stunting (RS Centing) program, which focuses on educating youth about stunting. Methods: Pre-experimental research, with a population of 75 teenagers, was selected based on inclusion: (1) age criteria (17-21 years old), (2) respondents who actively participate in youth activities, and (3) live in areas focused on stunting. The sampling technique used simple random sampling, which obtained 64 respondents. The dependent variable is adolescents’ level of knowledge and attitudes toward stunting—data analysis using simple linear regression analysis test. The research (1) gives a pre-test about knowledge and behavior for preventing stunting, (2) the “RS Centing” program provides assistance and outreach to young people in stunting focus locations. Then, (3) after assisting for three months, the team gave a post-test knowledge and behavior about stunting. The instruments used to conduct the research were questionnaires, pre and post-respondent knowledge, and behavior towards stunting, which would be given to respondents by Google link.Results: There was an influence of the RS Centing program on increasing knowledge (P-value <0.01) and attitudes (P-value <0.01) of adolescents in preventing stunting in Kebomas District, Gresik. Conclusion: The knowledge factor has the greatest influence (P-value 0.041, and relative value 0.000-0.376). Through this research, the Gresik Regency Government can optimize the RS Centing Program to reduce stunting in the Gresik Regency and achieve a stunting prevalence target of 10% in 2024. Keywords: attitudes of adolescents; knowledge; stunting

Humanitarian and Youth Activism across Time and Space

AbstractThis essay engages with Daniel Laqua's book Activism across Borders since 1870: Causes, Campaigns and Conflicts in and beyond Europe (London, 2023) from the perspective of a historian of both humanitarianism and youth. This short reflection therefore focuses primarily on the book's engagement with the topic of humanitarianism, before discussing an understated, albeit important, cross-cutting theme of the book: the significance of youth in transnational activism. It highlights a number of features of Laqua's book, for instance the merits of adopting a broad chronological approach. At the same time, the essay also uses the space to present a number of reflections on activism, from questions about the generational appeal of particular causes to the way in which particular figures might spark activism. It ends with some thoughts about the source base used to write such histories of activism.

From Earning to Learning: Reasoning and Participation in Youth Co-design of Digital Badges

Youth co-design has the possibility to reframe learning and participation, repositioning and remediating youth roles. However, youth co-design processes can also unintentionally reproduce normative forms of power and learning. This paper describes how co-design processes can position youth as having full agency for the design of a digital badge system, yet their participation and design are still guided by existing normative concepts of learning. We asked: How do youth roles, positioning, activity structures, and materials shape youth agentic participation in co-design and the disruption of traditional hierarchical design processes? This paper documents the youth co-design of a digital badge system that represented participation in a program at an aquarium where youth volunteers interpret exhibits for aquarium patrons. In coordination with faculty at a local university, the badge system culminated in college credit for qualifying high school youth. During the co-design process, youth initially imported school-based frames of learning and participation that constrained definitions of the who, what, and how of learning. However, with the support of new physical and conceptual resources, the design team expanded how they framed learning and participation, while still maintaining some school-based products and processes. This paper contributes to literature on including youth in design processes, indicating the importance of scaffolding for agency and participation.

Determinants of Change in Physical Activity in Children during the Transition from Elementary to High School.

Effective public health interventions targeting factors that influence physical activity are urgently needed to reduce the age-related decline in physical activity in youth. The purpose of this study was to identify associations between physical activity and a set of potential influences on physical activity in children as they transition from elementary to high school. Participants were 951 children from South Carolina school districts who completed outcome and independent variable measures on at least two time points from the 5th to 11th grades in 2010-2017. The primary outcome variable was physical activity, measured by accelerometry. Independent variables included a comprehensive set of variables in the child, parent/home, school, and community domains. Children, parents and school administrators, and staff completed questionnaires to assess psychosocial and home, school, and neighborhood environmental influences. Growth curve analyses identified independent variables associated with physical activity over time, either as a main effect or as an interaction with age. As main effects, self-efficacy, self-schema, sport participation, weekday outdoor hours, importance of child participating in sports and physical activity, safe to play outside, and Physical Activity Resource Assessment weighted score were positively associated with physical activity. The associations between physical activity and enjoyment motivation, appearance motivation, weekend outdoor time, and home equipment exhibited significant interactions with age. Enjoyment motivation influenced physical activity during the earlier years, whereas the remaining three variables influenced physical activity in the later years. Interventions should target multiple domains of influences that may vary by age.

Region of Murcia’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and youth

ObjectiveThe aim of this review was to summarize the process and results of the Region of Murcia's 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. MethodsIndicators from the Global Matrix initiative (Overall Physical Activity, Organized Sport & Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, Active Play, Active Transport, Sedentary Behaviors, Family & Peers, School, Community & Environment, and Government) were evaluated based on the best available data in the Region of Murcia. ResultsActive play was the indicator with the highest grade (B+), followed by Organized Sport & Physical Activity (B) and Active Play (B). School and Family and Peers indicators obtained a C+ and C grade, respectively. Both Community and Environment and Sedentary Behaviors indicators received a D+ grade. The grade for Overall Physical Activity and Government indicators was D. Physical Fitness was the indicator with the lowest grade of this Report Card (D−). None of the indicators received an incomplete grade (INC) because of a lack of available information. ConclusionsThe present Report Card offers evidence highlighting the low level of physical activity in Spanish children and adolescents living in the Region of Murcia. Further studies and surveillance efforts are urgently needed for most of the indicators analyzed, which should be addressed by researchers and the Region of Murcia's Government for this specific population. A strong commitment from the Government of the Region of Murcia is needed at all levels to promote a cultural change that will lead children and young people in this region to improve the current situation.

Strengthening partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: engaging faith-based organizations and scientists in youth climate change learning and action

Collaborations with and among faith-based organizations (FBOs), natural scientists, development organizations, and youth offer untapped potential for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). FBOs are important cultural partners for achieving the SDGs globally in numbers of adherents (80% of humanity) and resources, owning 8% of habitable land, half the world’s schools, and many health and community development services; they provide assets for formal and informal education, forming youth leaders, and social justice action. Natural scientists are also critical to SDG achievement because the environmental components in many goals require specialized skills and background. We focus on Climate Action (SDG 13) as it links to other SDGs and because climate justice directly connects to human development - a major area of FBO work, and engages scientist outreach and youth action. We surveyed The UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Faith for Action and other major FBO networking initiatives that were formed to address the SDGs as well as literature covering other interfaces and partnerships between religion, sustainability, youth, SDGs, science, climate change, and education. We examined curriculum and guidebooks to identify best practices and identified gaps in partnership development. The Faith Pavilion and multifaith statements at COP28 and the international Catholic movements emerging from the SDGs-concurrent 2015 Laudato Si' encyclical and its follow-up 2023 Laudate Deum are exemplary in mobilizing educators, institutions, and organizations to integrate SDGs into activities through a faith and particular mission lens. International development FBOs and diverse religious groups worldwide support climate adaptation and mitigation by connecting their central mission to environmental care. Today’s youth are unprecedented in number, sense of urgency, experience of climate anxiety and grief, and engaged sustainability actions. Yet, youth, FBOs and scientists are often not included in SDGs work. We recommend developing partnership skills, cultural and religious literacy materials, programs, and toolkits for secular groups and scientists partnering with FBOs, and networking opportunities to form partnerships. Connecting FBOs, including youth organizations, to larger youth climate movements and other collaborative climate networks, and creating climate action materials connecting to faith backgrounds of particular youth, will better equip potential partners for achieving the SDGs.

Lieutenant Governor's Challenge:: Motivating and Honoring Delawareans to Improve Their Health and Well-Being.

The Lieutenant Governor's Challenge 2.0, Wellness Award Initiative, is an opportunity for everyone to drive change and to elevate the well-being, productivity, and prosperity among communities in Delaware. The 2.0 reference is rooted in the mission of former Lieutenant Governor, and now Governor, John Carney to address physical activity and fitness levels of youth and adults. The Lieutenant Governor's Challenge 2.0 presents the opportunity to unite the entire state in an ongoing effort to create an overall healthier population. Mobilizing communities to get healthier, promote better health outcomes, and lower health care costs are the goals of this statewide initiative.

Ethical Issues of Social Media in Nigeria

This study sought to analyse ethical concerns of social media in Nigeria. The theoretical framework adopted is the Source Credibility Theory. The study employed Critical Discourse Analysis. The population of the study consisted of the top four (4) social networking sites in Nigeria. Out of these, Twitter was purposively selected for its widespread use for youth activism, particularly within the context of the #EndSARS protest; and for being the only social media platform the federal government had temporarily banned for ethical violations. A convenient sample of ten (10) tweets, which included retweets with text and images posted both during and within 18 months after the protest, was used to collect secondary data. Findings demonstrated a mix of ethical and unethical use of Twitter within the context of the protest. The result also revealed that although Twitter is a credible source of information, there were instances of anonymous tweets, which cast some doubts on the credibility of that specific source. The study recommends that beyond social media regulations, there is a need for the promotion of media literacy in Nigeria’s workplaces and educational system. In addition, the form of self-regulation inherent in African ethics should be applied by users of social media to facilitate harmonious communication. This study has made a modest contribution in the area of source credibility theory by proposing a conceptual framework within the context of the study.

Promoting Sustainable Tourism: Assessing Student and Non-Student Youth Involvement in Outdoor Recreation Activities in Morogoro, Tanzania

Tourism, especially recreational activities, continues to be a major sector contributing to the country's foreign currency and national income. This study aimed at assessing the participation of both students and non-student youth in outdoor recreational activities so as to add knowledge by assessing students' and non-student youth’s awareness of the benefits of outdoor recreational activities, attitudes towards participating in outdoor recreational activities, and levels of satisfaction from participating in outdoor recreational activities among them. The study used a cross-sectional design, and purposive sampling was employed to include 120 respondents. Data were collected using questionnaires comprised of both closed and open-ended questions and data were analyzed using SPSS computer software together with an independent T–test to compare means of variables but descriptive data were analyzed and presented in frequencies and percentages. The results show that 55.7% of respondents were aware of the benefits of outdoor recreational activities that help in healthy and physical gains. The Majority of respondents about 44% responded that their attitude in participating in outdoor recreational activities is due to having fun with friends and family. Also, results found that there were no significant differences between male and female satisfaction in participating in outdoor recreation activities at (t88 = 1.329, P = 0.187). Finally, this study recommends that responsible actors and policymakers should do the promotion of outdoor recreation activities by raising awareness of the benefits of participating in various recreational activities.

Opportunities and Challenges for "Karang Taruna" as a Human Service Organization to Strengthening KUBE's Management

Karang Taruna is a voluntary youth organization that focuses on the growth and development of social welfare businesses, productive economic businesses, recreation, sports and the arts. One of the important goal is to develop the spirit of social entrepreneurship in the younger generation towards independence in their efforts improving social welfare, however, this goal has not been achieved yet, Karang Taruna requires a strategy. This study used qualitative research methods to find out: 1) How is the management of the youth organization; 2) What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; 3) What is the strategy for their developing and implementing youth activities. The research finding showed that it is necessary to implement a strategy to improve KUBE management as a matrix result of weakness and opportunity factors. The weakness of Karang Taruna is that the purpose of developing entrepreneurial activities has not been achieved yet, and the other side there is an opportunity to develop entrepreneurship through Business Group (KUBE) management intervention to improve its performance. KUBE is a kind of social assistance program for underprivileged people by forming micro mini enterprises so that they can become economically empowered.

Meaning making and fostering radical hope: applying positive psychology to eco-anxiety research in youth

The consequences of human activity on climate change are increasingly apparent. For example, they are causing ecological degradation and affecting human and animal health. Rightly so, it is considered as the most important challenge of this century. Researchers in psychology and mental health developed an interest in the direct and indirect effects of climate and ecological change on people's psychological wellbeing, which is referred to as a concept described as eco-anxiety or eco-distress. It is worth emphasizing that climate issues are taking a larger place in the school curriculum for youth in elementary, middle and high schools. Youth are thus increasingly aware of the major threat and understandably report legitimate concerns and worries. For some youth, eco-anxiety leads to greater involvement and activism, as can be seen by the international movement set out and led by youth activist Greta Thunberg. However, eco-anxiety can also lead to feelings of hopelessness and disengagement. Despite contributing the least to the climate and ecological crises, youth will be most affected by the impacts, and will carry the burden of the climate crisis throughout their lives. Researchers, educators and mental health professionals must therefore find ways to foster youth psychosocial wellbeing and resilience alongside ensuring that their voices are heard. To this end, it is vital that young people feel able to openly discuss climate change and associated issues alongside the distressing thoughts and feelings they engender. This can be supported by using various psychological approaches to develop effective interventions. Researchers and clinicians in child mental health could gain from drawing from research in positive psychology to develop such interventions. In this review and commentary, we will outline how eco-anxiety and child psychological wellbeing can be framed within a positive psychology framework, including the relevance of self-determined motivation. Insights from interventions based on positive psychology including exercises to foster hope, forgiveness and meaning making will also be discussed. We will highlight how such interventions can be adapted as powerful tools to foster child wellbeing and cope with their eco-anxiety.

Continuing existence: viability and indigenous youth action in Himachal Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT This paper uses field research conducted in Himachal Pradesh in 2021–2022 to analyse the efforts of Kinnauri young people to critique and address social and environmental crises in their region. The expansion of capitalism, poor governance, and climate change are contributing to major environmental loss and social crises in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Young people with origins in the region are becoming important in critiquing this process, especially at the everyday level and through social media. They focus especially on how Kinnauri ‘existence’ has been ‘hollowed out’ and fragmented through social and environmental change. At the same time, Kinnauri young people seek to repopulate and integrate ‘existence’, especially through identifying particular symbols – or metonyms – that express the possibility for recuperating social and environmental life. In making these points, we offer a case study in how a marginalised indigenous community is actively and creatively responding to capitalist intensification and climate change through building new viabilities.

COVID-19, Satirical Activism, and Chinese Youth Culture: An Introduction

This article introduces the key theme of the special issue on “satirical activism and youth culture in and beyond COVID-19 China.” It contextualizes the case studies offered by the five articles in the special issue in three key terms: COVID-19, satirical activism, and Chinese youth culture. It asks: What are the new and evolving forms and genres of satirical activism in China, and what is the implication of satirical activism on Chinese youth culture? The article points out the significance of the study of dynamics and politics of the relationship between humor and satire, youth, popular culture, and citizen activism in the era of digital connectivity and vernacular creativity; it calls for more research on the roles of humor and satire in manufacturing and managing consent and opinion.