Participatory action research (PAR) with children and youth: An integrative review of methodology and PAR outcomes for participants, organizations, and communities - ScienceDirect

• PAR with children and youth varies widely in approaches to methodological choices and depth of children’s involvement. • Children are often involved in later stages of PAR projects and are disengaged from the process of the analysis of the data. • PAR affects children and youth as well as social service organizations and communities, and outcome of PAR are interrelated. PAR with children and youth varies widely in approaches to methodological choices and depth of children’s involvement. Children are often involved in later stages of PAR projects and are disengaged from the process of the analysis of the data. PAR affects children and youth as well as social service organizations and communities, and outcome of PAR are interrelated. Due to an increasing emphasis on children's rights, children's participation in studies about social issues has become a trend. The research community has been liberally utilizing the concept of participatory action research (PAR). Thus, oversimplific

• PAR with children and youth varies widely in approaches to methodological choices and depth of children’s involvement. • Children are often involved in later stages of PAR projects and are disengaged from the process of the analysis of the data. • PAR affects children and youth as well as social service organizations and communities, and outcome of PAR are interrelated. PAR with children and youth varies widely in approaches to methodological choices and depth of children’s involvement. Children are often involved in later stages of PAR projects and are disengaged from the process of the ana