Publications
Publications
To support the research and evaluation mission, the CYD extends knowledge by providing education on research-based knowledge of children, youth, families, and communities, and by publishing monographs, reports, fact sheets, and abstracts of research. The CYD also provides training on applied research and program evaluation. The target audience for education and training efforts conducted by the CYD is UC Cooperative Extension Youth Development Advisors. This page contains recent 4-H CYD publications. Click here to access our older publications.Advances in Youth Development (New Book Publication)
Advances in Youth Development: Research and Evaluation from the University of California Cooperative Extension (2001 - 2010). Subramaniam, A., Heck, K., Carlos, R. & Junge, S. (Eds.). University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
This is an edited compilation of articles featuring the outcomes of research and program evaluation in the past decade in California 4-H. The topics represented in this volume include health and healthy living, citizenship, leadership, life skills, and science education, and volunteer and staff development pertaining to these areas.
Click on the full text pdf for the whole book or on the subsequent links to individual chapters.
Advances in Youth Development (Full Text pdf)
Introduction (includes Foreword, Table of Contents and List of Contributors)
Chapter 1:Overweight and Self-Perceptions of African American Children
Chapter 2: Driving among Urban, Suburban and Rural Youth in California
Chapter 3: Trying Hard: An Investigation of Youth Engagement and Voice in Community Programs.
Chapter 4: A Safe Place to Learn and Grow: Fostering Youth Social Skills in Afterschool Programs
Chapter 5: Teens as Teachers Enhance Environmental Education and Personal Skills through Service Learning
Chapter 6: Developing Afterschool Programs for Teens: 4-H Bloco Drum and Dance
Chapter 7: Extending Science Education with Engineering and Technology: Junk Drawer Robotics Curriculum
Chapter 8: Insights from an Evaluation of a Healthy Living Project
Chapter 9: Professional Development Increases Afterschool Staff's Confidence and Competence in Delivering Science, Engineering and Technology
Chapter 10: Moving beyond the Demonstration Model: The Importance of Experiential Learning in the 4-H Youth Development Program.
Chapter 11: Volunteer Leader Development - Digest and Modules
Monographs
This series includes in depth literature reviews of current issues in youth development.
Spring 2010: The Step-It-Up-2-Thrive Theory of Change - Katherine Heck, Aarti Subramaniam, & Ramona Carlos
Winter 2009: Youth Development Frameworks - Katherine Heck & Aarti Subramaniam
Spring 2008: Social Capital and Implications for Positive Youth Development - Richard Enfield
Spring 2006: Adolescents and Driving: Factors Influencing Behavior - Katherine Heck & Ramona Carlos
Winter 2006: Soldiers of the Soil: A Historical Review of the United States School Garden Army - Rose Hayden-Smith
Fall 2004: Clarifying the World of Work for Our Youth: Vocations, Careers, and Jobs - Brenda Bryant, Anisa Zvonkovic, Juliana Raskauskas, & Cheryl Peters
Summer 2002: Garden-Based Learning in Basic Education: A Historical Review - Aarti Subramaniam
Reports
Fall 2009: CYD SPECIAL REPORT PLP Year 2. This special report describes the results of an evaluation of a pilot plan for implementing a new staffing structure within UCCE and the 4-H Youth Development Program statewide.
Fall 2009: Youth in Governance and Youth Adult Partnerships: An Examination of Promising Practices. This special report describes the results of a study on youth in governance prevalence and opportunities within the 4-H program.
Fall 2009: 4-H Study of Youth Development: Report of California's 2008 data. This report describes the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development and provides information about youth in 4-H in California and how they compare with other young people.
Winter 2008: 4-H Staff Professional Development: Identifying Training Needs Across the State This report describes the results of the Professional Research, Knowledge, and Competencies survey among youth development staff members.
Summer 2006: 4-H Center for Youth Development Needs Assessment Report describing staff needs.
Fact Sheets
The fact sheets below include data that were drawn from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development.
Fact sheet on positive youth development
Fact sheet on civic engagement
Research You May Have Missed
Research You May Have Missed (RYMHM) provides a summary of recent research on topics of interest to youth development professionals.
Fall 2010: Healthy living
RYMHM Fall 2010
Spring 2010: Spiritual growth and character
RYMHM Spring 2010
Fall 2009: Motivation
RYMHM Fall 2009
Spring/Summer 2009: Informal science programs
RYMHM Spring Summer 2009
Winter 2009: Retention in youth development programming
RYMHM Winter 2009
Fall 2008: Cultural competence
RYMHM Winter 2009
Summer 2008: Science education
RYMHM Summer 2008
Spring 2008: Civic engagement
RYMHM Spring 2008
Winter 2008: Outcome evaluation
RYMHM Winter 2008
Fall 2007: Volunteers
RYMHM Fall 2007
