Pathways to Resilience: Formal Service and Informal Support Use Patterns among Youth in Challenging Social Ecologies IDRC Project Number: 104518 Final technical report February 2015 Country/Region: China, Colombia, South Africa Prepared by: Tian Guoxiu, Faculty of Politics and Law Capital Normal University Beijing, China [email protected] Alexandra Restrepo Henao, National School of Public Health Universidad de Anioquia Medellín, Colombia [email protected] Linda Theron, Optentia Research Focus Area Faculty of Humanities North-West University, Hendrik van Eck Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa [email protected] Madine VanderPlaat Dept. of Sociology & Criminology Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Canada This report is presented as received from project recipient(s). It comprises the reports by the P.I.s from China, Colombia, and South Africa, some of which have been edited for clarity. The report also includes content from students involved in the project, which appears with their consent. The authors gratefully acknowledge the editorial support of Aliya Jamal (RA at the Resilience Research Centre). It has not been subjected to peer review or other review processes. Keywords: resilience, youth, China, Colombia, South Africa, community advisory panel, social ecology, formal service ecology, formal supports, informal supports, mixed methods Table of Contents Tribute to Luis Fernando Duque .................................................................................................. 1! 1! Research problem ................................................................................................................... 2! 2! Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 4! 3! Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 7! 3.1! Country-specific operationalization ....................................................................................... 7! 3.2! Country-specific capacitation of student use of methodology ............................................. 12! 4! Project Outputs ..................................................................................................................... 14! 4.1! Community-University partnerships .................................................................................... 14! 4.2! Researcher training and development .................................................................................. 17! 4.3! Research and knowledge production ................................................................................... 17! 4.4! Knowledge dissemination .................................................................................................... 20! 4.5! Knowledge mobilization ...................................................................................................... 22! 4.6! Reflections on the implementation and management of project activities .......................... 23! 4.7! Reflections on aspects of project management particularly important to success ............... 28! 4.8! Curricular outputs/teaching materials .................................................................................. 30! 4.9! Policy and practice documents ............................................................................................. 31! 5! Project Outcomes .................................................................................................................. 33! 5.1! Researcher capacitation ....................................................................................................... 33! 5.2! Growth in researcher capacity ............................................................................................. 38! 5.3! Sustained community engagement/ownership ..................................................................... 48! 6! Overall Assessment and Recommendations ....................................................................... 56! 6.1! Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 57! 7! Reference List ........................................................................................................................ 60! 8! Project Outputs ..................................................................................................................... 60! ! List of Tables Table 1: Objective 1 ........................................................................................................................ 4! Table 2: Objective 2 ........................................................................................................................ 5! Table 3: Objective 3 ........................................................................................................................ 6! Table 4: Objective 4 ........................................................................................................................ 6! Table 5: Study sample goals and actuals ........................................................................................ 7! Table 6: Age distribution in questionnaires (China) ....................................................................... 9! Table 7: Students and postdoctoral researchers involved ............................................................. 17! Table 8: Research outputs ............................................................................................................. 18! Table 9: Knowledge dissemination events ................................................................................... 20! Table 10: Knowledge dissemination mechanisms ........................................................................ 21! Table 11: Curricular outputs/teaching materials ........................................................................... 30! Table 12: Expert lectures and trainings (China) ......................................................................... 152! Table 13: Workshops and research supervision (China) ............................................................ 153! Table 14: Summary of training workshops (South Africa) ........................................................ 155! Table 15: Meetings with community and advisory panel ........................................................... 163! Table 16: Project Team Members ............................................................................................... 165! Table 17: Assignment of project activities ................................................................................. 167! Table 18: Impact of training delivered (China) .......................................................................... 198! Table 19: Community-based engagement with Khazimula program (South Africa) ................. 198! ! Appendices Appendix A: Pathways to Resilience Youth Measure (PRYM) ................................................... 73! Appendix B: Excerpts from Original Project Proposal ............................................................... 105! Appendix C: Researcher Training and Development ................................................................. 151! Appendix D: Panel Meetings (Colombia) ................................................................................... 157! Appendix E: Project Team Members and Assignment of Project Activities .............................. 164! Appendix F: Photographs (South Africa) ................................................................................... 170! Appendix G: Community Advisory Panel Letters ...................................................................... 172! Appendix H: Community-based Engagement and Training ....................................................... 197! Appendix I: Department of Social Development Application for Khazimula (South Africa) ... 201! Appendix J: Registration for Pathways to Resilience Workshop (South Africa) ....................... 212! Appendix K: Pathways to Resilience Workshop Invite (South Africa) ..................................... 214! Appendix L: Khazimula Feedback Report (South Africa) ......................................................... 216! Appendix M: Feedback on Khazimula Training (South Africa) ................................................ 220! Tribute to Luis Fernando Duque It was our honour as a team to have counted Dr Duque among the lead investigators on this ICURA. From the very start, Dr Duque was an invaluable leader who helped design the study. Dr Duque received his Doctor of Medicine and Master in Public Health from Johns Hopkins and the University of Antioquia. During his lifetime he held various roles that significantly influenced the development of public health and higher education. He was Vice Minister of Health in Colombia, Director of the Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior (ICFES), a World Bank consultant, Director of the University of Antioquia, and Dean of the National School of Public Health at the University of Antioquia, among others. Over the last thirteen years he focused his work on the state of Antioquian society, identifying violence as the leading cause of death and disease, which in the 2000s constituted the main problem in public health. As a result, he spent the last years of his life studying violence and risky behaviors. He founded the Previva program at