Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research provides a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles. In this text, author Melvin Delgado emphasizes how youth-led research represents a profound political and social statement about making relevant research result in significant changes to programs in the field of youth services.Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research provides a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles. In this text, author Melvin Delgado emphasizes how youth-led research represents a profound political and social statement about making relevant research result in significant changes to programs in the field of youth services.List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Part I. SETTING THE CONTEXT 1. Overview 2. Conceptual Foundation for Youth Involvement Part II. YOUTH AS RESEARCHERS: APPROACHES AND CONSIDERATIONS 3. Guiding Goals, Principles, Objectives, and Outcomes of Youth-Led Research 4. Youth Research Competencies: Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills 5. Continuum of Youth Involvement in Research 6. Youth-Led Research and Methods 7. Initiating and Sustaining Youth-Led Research 8. Ethical Conduct and Decision Making 9. Funding of Community Research and Program Evaluation Part III. FIELD EXAMPLES 10. Field Examples of Youth-Led Community Research Part IV. FUTURE CHALLENGES 11. Challenges and Implications for Practice 12. Epilogue References Index About the Author