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Talk‐Story: Perspectives of Children, Parents, and Community Leaders on Community Violence in Rural Hawaii
Author(s) -
Affonso Dyanne D.,
Shibuya June Y.,
Frueh B. Christopher
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00650.x
Subject(s) - focus group , outreach , qualitative research , poison control , general partnership , qualitative property , suicide prevention , psychology , medical education , sociology , nursing , public relations , medicine , political science , social science , environmental health , machine learning , anthropology , computer science , law
Purpose: To enhance our understanding of what community violence means to a multiethnic school community in rural Hawaii and obtain people's perspectives of how to deal with and prevent violence‐related behaviors among children. Design and sample: An exploratory design was used to collect qualitative data from a purposive sample of 150 key stakeholder participants, including 84 school children aged 5–10 years and 66 adults. Measurement: Focus group methodology via Hawaiian island‐style (culturally adapted techniques) of “talk‐story” and a metaphor of introduction were used to elicit contextual data on the experiences, meanings, and perceptions of youth violence. Qualitative narrative analyses were used to analyze the data. Results: Five higher order themes were found, including the need to: build a common understanding of what violence looks like; develop school‐based identification, management, and prevention efforts; develop comprehensive school health services; develop state‐level school health policies; and conduct outreach to make violence prevention a community affair. Conclusion: The findings will inform the development of a school‐based culturally adapted violence‐prevention program led by teachers, in partnership with parents, students, and community‐cultural leaders.