The Youth Food Program Alliance brings together effective systems change, agriculture, and culinary programs working with young people across CT to build their abilities and resources.
ICR’s work includes research and programming on a wide range of topics related to social justice, disparities, cultural representation, and community partnerships. Our research addresses health and wellbeing across the age spectrum and uses cutting edge social science and participatory research methodologies. Click on the links below for more information and examples of research and programming in each area of ICR’s work:
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GalleryYouth Action Hub
Participatory Action Research, Youth
The Youth Action Hub is a center of research and advocacy staffed and led by youth/young adults to contribute youth voice in current research and policy advocacy around youth homelessness in Connecticut.
GalleryBuilding the Capacity of Facilitators to Implement YPAR in Oregon
Participatory Action Research, Youth
OHA and ICR partnered to develop and evaluate a set of training resources to accompany ICR's YPAR Curriculum Adapted for Oregon.
GalleryRecipes for Life
Mental Health, Older Adults, Participatory Action Research
"Recipes for Life" explored the ways in which older adults successfully cope with the aging process. Through an arts-based intervention, older adults shared life experiences and thoughts on successful aging.
GalleryInter-Generational Culture Gaps, Stress Coping and ATOD Risk and Resilience among Chinese and Other East Asians American (COEAA) Youth
Intervention Research, Participatory Action Research
We recruited Eastern Asian community researchers (high school students, college students, parents) from the community as equal research partners.
GalleryAAPI PAR Study I. Experience of Stress and Substance Use among AAPI Students
Intervention Research, Participatory Action Research
This study is a supplemental study of NIDA funded R01 research named IDU Peer Recruitment Dynamics and Network Structure in Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS).
GalleryCoalition Building and Youth Substance Abuse Prevention in West Hartford, CT
Mental Health, Participatory Action Research, Science and Art, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
ICR's prevention program in West Hartford is a collaboration between the West Hartford Substance Abuse Prevention Commission, Institute for Community Research, West Hartford high school students and school administration, and community members.
GalleryYouth Participatory Action Research to Reduce Teen Substance Use in Meriden
Community Alliances, Participatory Action Research, Science and Art, Specialized Methods, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
This youth participatory action research (YPAR) program is a year round youth employment opportunity for economically disadvantaged youth in Meriden, Connecticut, funded by the Workforce Alliance, Inc.
GalleryBuilding Youth Leadership Capacity in Food Justice Campaigns
Community Alliances, Health Disparities, Participatory Action Research, Specialized Methods, Youth
ICR is working with food justice organizations across Connecticut to develop the next generation of leaders in the local food justice movement.