Expanding How We Understand Youth Well-Being - new publications and webinar on 1/25

[Pettit, Kathryn]

Friends –

 

Sharing the exciting news about a suite of products we just released related to domains of youth wellbeing.  My team also has a webinar coming up in a couple of weeks to share about the work, with a guest speaker from Aspen about their youth-led project on wellbeing indicators (registration below).

 

Two of the products I’ll highlight as particularly NNIP-relevant.  Our guide to thinking critically when using indicators presents questions that people should ask themselves as they use secondary data (who decided what data to collect?  What is missing? Etc.)  I also put together a catalog of all national data sources/data tools that have information related to youth wellbeing (heavy on useful ones with state and national-level data, not many at the neighborhood level).

 

 

Suite of products on youth wellbeing

• A Review of the Domains of Well-Being for Young People (Report)
• Expanding Views of Youth Well-Being: A Summary of Domains (Fact sheet)
• Thinking Critically When Using Indicators about Young People (guide)
• Five Ways to Improve How We Measure Young People’s Well-Being (Blog)
• Catalog of National Data Sources on Young People (Excel Sheet)

 

Urban Institute Events Expanding How We Understand Youth Well-Being Thursday, January 25, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST   Virtual Event     Adolescence and young adulthood are critical life stages full of possibility, but to experience healthy development, young people need support in all aspects of their lives. The youth field—or people working with and doing research related to young people, such as policymakers, funders, researchers, and practitioners—would benefit from understanding the distinctive but interrelated domains of youth well-being that need nurturing.  The Urban Institute invites you to a webinar that will present domains of youth well-being featured in a series of new products that urges the field to refine how it defines and measures these domains. The session will cover important considerations and guidelines to keep in mind when conceptualizing and measuring well-being for young people. Juan D. Martinez Pineda (Zapoteca/The Cloud People) from The Aspen Institute will join Urban researchers to provide an overview of the youth-led participatory action project aimed at defining and measuring youth well-being. The discussion will delve into the importance of youth engagement and the central role of culture in the development of well-being metrics.       REGISTER HERE       Speakers: Amelia Coffey, Senior Research Associate, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute Hannah Sumiko Daly, Research Associate, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute Florencia Gutierrez, Senior Research Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation Kathryn L.S. Pettit, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, Urban Institute Juan D. Martinez Pineda (Zapoteca/The Cloud People), Director, Fresh Tracks; Senior Program Manager, Forum for Community Solutions, The Aspen Institute Kimberly Spring, Director, Research and Evaluation, Annie E. Casey Foundation   Support for this event is provided by Annie E. Casey Foundation. For more on Urban’s funding policies, go to urban.org/about/our-funding. We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. Please email eve...@urban.org if you require any accommodations or have any questions about this event.