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Vivian Chavez

San Francisco State University, Health Education, Faculty Member

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Vivian Chávez has an eclectic background in health, expressive arts, community organizing and nonviolence. A storyteller by nature, she has developed a teaching approach to heal the mind/body divide characteristic of higher education. Her passion is to promote health and justice by developing respectful partnerships. Over the last decade she has collaborated with organizations to disseminate their work. She co-edited Primary Prevention: Strategies in Community Wellbeing, co-authored Drop That Knowledge: Youth Radio Stories, and translated Media Advocacy content for culturally appropriate and community accessible terminology.

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Five. Alumni Lives

Two. Collegial Pedagogy

A Bridge between Communities: Video-Making Using Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research

Health Promotion Practice, 2004

Health educators can play a critical role in bringing together the partners and resources to succ... more Health educators can play a critical role in bringing together the partners and resources to successfully make videos using principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). This article is a “how-to” guide for making videos using community-based participatory research principles. The authors describe video-making and CBPR, then outline six steps on how to make a video using principles of CBPR: (a) engaging stakeholders, (b) soliciting funding and informed consent, (c) creation of shared ownership, (d) building cross-cultural collaborations, (e) writing the script together, and (f) pulling it all together: editing and music selection. Still photographs and key themes from the video A Bridge Between Communities are presented as a running case study to illustrate these steps. The article concludes with implications for health promotion research and practice.

Actualizing the Legacy of Helen Rodríguez-Trías: Building Intersectional Health Equity and Justice

Drop That Knowledge

Cultural Humility and Social Inclusion

Cultural Humility and Social Inclusion. In: Liamputtong P. (eds) Handbook of Social Inclusion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48277-0_7-1, 2021

Cultural humility is a commitment to critical self-reflection, redressing power imbalances, and d... more Cultural humility is a commitment to critical self-reflection, redressing power imbalances, and developing mutually respectful partnerships for a more inclusive society. As such, cultural humility is an embodied practice that addresses hierarchy, challenges organizational policies, and builds community capacity. This chapter starts with an open definition and a historical framework that serve as a reference point, or conceptual map, for the practice of cultural humility in promoting social inclusion among socially excluded people. Cultural humility levels of impact are explored with attributes at the personal, interpersonal, and organizational levels. The author shares a personal experience that informs her work teaching and learning cultural humility with multicultural multilingual college-aged students. The intention is to question conventional sites of knowledge production and contribute with conocimiento, a form of autobiography used as a strategy to make transparent the dynamics of power and privilege that often

Health Promotion and The Life/Art Process

Tamalpa Newsletter, 2019

Operational Definitions of Youth Violence

The methods used to understand, interpret and critically present youth violence have wide ranging... more The methods used to understand, interpret and critically present youth violence have wide ranging implications for developing policy and programs engaging our cultural context. While the last thirty years tremendous advances have occurred naming and researching violence, violence problems continue to be difficult to address because no one factor causes—or for that matter prevents—violence. This exploratory study uses quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine operational definitions of youth violence the scientific literature. The study describes how violence in the lives of young people is defined in a sample of peer reviewed journal articles published between and 1987-1997.

CULTURAL HUMILITY RELEVANCE FOR CBPR

POSTER Cultural Humility: reflections on the body, power & relationships

This poster was presented at the Pacific School of Religion, Changemakers Program, May 2016.

Drop that knowledge : youth radio stories

... Illustrations Youth Radio postcard frontispiece 1. Karissa Harden and Quincy Mosby xii 2. Gen... more

Youth Radio and the Pedagogy of Collegiality

Harvard Educational Review, 2005

... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines an... more ... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines and comics,Web-based experi-ments ... But I think just personally, based on what&#x27;s going on nowadays, it is really a smart thing to be ... My mom has a tendency to blow things out of proportion . . . ...

Language, Gender and Violence in Qualitative Research

The International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2001

Page 1. Applied Research and Evaluation LANGUAGE, GENDER AND VIOLENCE IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH VIV... more

Youth Radio and the Pedagogy of Collegiality

Harvard Educational Review, 2005

... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines an... more ... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines and comics,Web-based experi-ments ... But I think just personally, based on what&#x27;s going on nowadays, it is really a smart thing to be ... My mom has a tendency to blow things out of proportion . . . ...

V. Chávez, “Language, Gender and Violence in Qualitative Research,” International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2002

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

The purpose of this exploratory study is to provide a deep understanding of young women's persona... more The purpose of this exploratory study is to provide a deep understanding of young women's personal accounts of violence to inform prevention programs and policies. Individual and focus group interviews about everyday experiences with violence were conducted with 67 young women, ages 15-19, at a high school in San Francisco, California. Qualitative methods were used to assess the range of young women's experiences with community and interpersonal violence. Three themes emerged from the data: 1) witnessing dating violence; 2) emotions and the language of the body; and 3) the paradox of love and violence. Violence in the lives of young women challenges assumptions about what "youth violence" means, how it happens, and who it happens to.

V. Chávez & L. Soep, “Youth Media and Pedagogy of Collegiality,” Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 75 No.4 Winter 2005

Harvard educational review

Cultural Humility: People, Principles & Practices

http://www.ces4health.info/find-products/view-product.aspx?code=XT4NJRJP

V. Chávez, “Silence Speaks: The Language of Internalized Oppression and Privilege in Community Based Research,” Metropolitan Universities Journal, April 2005, Vol. 16, No 1

The complexity of language, internalized oppression, and privilege in community based research ar... more The complexity of language, internalized oppression, and privilege in community based research are explored in this paper. The need for theory and practice that acknowledge these issues is discussed. Specific challenges and lessons learned from research on the needs of Latina and South East Asian "newcomer" young women ages 12-18 in San Francisco are identified. The article concludes with a new set of recommendations based on this experience.

Operational Definitions of Youth Violence in Empirical Research

The International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1999

The methods used to understand, interpret, and critically present youth violence have wide rangin... more

Spanish language television news portrayals of youth and violence in california

International quarterly of community health education, 1996

Language is central to Latino1 culture and to the current multicultural multilingual realities of... more Language is central to Latino1 culture and to the current multicultural multilingual realities of the United States. This exploratory study takes those who may be unfamiliar with Spanish language television news through a comparative analysis of television portrayals of youth and violence. Findings from this ethnographic content analysis reveal that local Spanish language television news stories on youth and/or violence are framed thematically (with a social, political, and economic context) three and a half times more often than English language local television news. This study highlights the importance of engaging the Spanish media in the future health promotion efforts. Public health advocates can share information related to the socioeconomic factors associated with violence and outline policy and programmatic solutions with Spanish language journalists.

Five. Alumni Lives

Two. Collegial Pedagogy

A Bridge between Communities: Video-Making Using Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research

Health Promotion Practice, 2004

Health educators can play a critical role in bringing together the partners and resources to succ... more Health educators can play a critical role in bringing together the partners and resources to successfully make videos using principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). This article is a “how-to” guide for making videos using community-based participatory research principles. The authors describe video-making and CBPR, then outline six steps on how to make a video using principles of CBPR: (a) engaging stakeholders, (b) soliciting funding and informed consent, (c) creation of shared ownership, (d) building cross-cultural collaborations, (e) writing the script together, and (f) pulling it all together: editing and music selection. Still photographs and key themes from the video A Bridge Between Communities are presented as a running case study to illustrate these steps. The article concludes with implications for health promotion research and practice.

Actualizing the Legacy of Helen Rodríguez-Trías: Building Intersectional Health Equity and Justice

Drop That Knowledge

Cultural Humility and Social Inclusion

Cultural Humility and Social Inclusion. In: Liamputtong P. (eds) Handbook of Social Inclusion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48277-0_7-1, 2021

Cultural humility is a commitment to critical self-reflection, redressing power imbalances, and d... more Cultural humility is a commitment to critical self-reflection, redressing power imbalances, and developing mutually respectful partnerships for a more inclusive society. As such, cultural humility is an embodied practice that addresses hierarchy, challenges organizational policies, and builds community capacity. This chapter starts with an open definition and a historical framework that serve as a reference point, or conceptual map, for the practice of cultural humility in promoting social inclusion among socially excluded people. Cultural humility levels of impact are explored with attributes at the personal, interpersonal, and organizational levels. The author shares a personal experience that informs her work teaching and learning cultural humility with multicultural multilingual college-aged students. The intention is to question conventional sites of knowledge production and contribute with conocimiento, a form of autobiography used as a strategy to make transparent the dynamics of power and privilege that often

Health Promotion and The Life/Art Process

Tamalpa Newsletter, 2019

Operational Definitions of Youth Violence

The methods used to understand, interpret and critically present youth violence have wide ranging... more The methods used to understand, interpret and critically present youth violence have wide ranging implications for developing policy and programs engaging our cultural context. While the last thirty years tremendous advances have occurred naming and researching violence, violence problems continue to be difficult to address because no one factor causes—or for that matter prevents—violence. This exploratory study uses quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine operational definitions of youth violence the scientific literature. The study describes how violence in the lives of young people is defined in a sample of peer reviewed journal articles published between and 1987-1997.

CULTURAL HUMILITY RELEVANCE FOR CBPR

POSTER Cultural Humility: reflections on the body, power & relationships

This poster was presented at the Pacific School of Religion, Changemakers Program, May 2016.

Drop that knowledge : youth radio stories

... Illustrations Youth Radio postcard frontispiece 1. Karissa Harden and Quincy Mosby xii 2. Gen... more

Youth Radio and the Pedagogy of Collegiality

Harvard Educational Review, 2005

... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines an... more ... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines and comics,Web-based experi-ments ... But I think just personally, based on what&#x27;s going on nowadays, it is really a smart thing to be ... My mom has a tendency to blow things out of proportion . . . ...

Language, Gender and Violence in Qualitative Research

The International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2001

Page 1. Applied Research and Evaluation LANGUAGE, GENDER AND VIOLENCE IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH VIV... more

Youth Radio and the Pedagogy of Collegiality

Harvard Educational Review, 2005

... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines an... more ... based organizations across the United States in which young people produce &#x27;zines and comics,Web-based experi-ments ... But I think just personally, based on what&#x27;s going on nowadays, it is really a smart thing to be ... My mom has a tendency to blow things out of proportion . . . ...

V. Chávez, “Language, Gender and Violence in Qualitative Research,” International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2002

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

The purpose of this exploratory study is to provide a deep understanding of young women's persona... more The purpose of this exploratory study is to provide a deep understanding of young women's personal accounts of violence to inform prevention programs and policies. Individual and focus group interviews about everyday experiences with violence were conducted with 67 young women, ages 15-19, at a high school in San Francisco, California. Qualitative methods were used to assess the range of young women's experiences with community and interpersonal violence. Three themes emerged from the data: 1) witnessing dating violence; 2) emotions and the language of the body; and 3) the paradox of love and violence. Violence in the lives of young women challenges assumptions about what "youth violence" means, how it happens, and who it happens to.

V. Chávez & L. Soep, “Youth Media and Pedagogy of Collegiality,” Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 75 No.4 Winter 2005

Harvard educational review

Cultural Humility: People, Principles & Practices

http://www.ces4health.info/find-products/view-product.aspx?code=XT4NJRJP

V. Chávez, “Silence Speaks: The Language of Internalized Oppression and Privilege in Community Based Research,” Metropolitan Universities Journal, April 2005, Vol. 16, No 1

The complexity of language, internalized oppression, and privilege in community based research ar... more The complexity of language, internalized oppression, and privilege in community based research are explored in this paper. The need for theory and practice that acknowledge these issues is discussed. Specific challenges and lessons learned from research on the needs of Latina and South East Asian "newcomer" young women ages 12-18 in San Francisco are identified. The article concludes with a new set of recommendations based on this experience.

Operational Definitions of Youth Violence in Empirical Research

The International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1999

The methods used to understand, interpret, and critically present youth violence have wide rangin... more

Spanish language television news portrayals of youth and violence in california

International quarterly of community health education, 1996

Language is central to Latino1 culture and to the current multicultural multilingual realities of... more Language is central to Latino1 culture and to the current multicultural multilingual realities of the United States. This exploratory study takes those who may be unfamiliar with Spanish language television news through a comparative analysis of television portrayals of youth and violence. Findings from this ethnographic content analysis reveal that local Spanish language television news stories on youth and/or violence are framed thematically (with a social, political, and economic context) three and a half times more often than English language local television news. This study highlights the importance of engaging the Spanish media in the future health promotion efforts. Public health advocates can share information related to the socioeconomic factors associated with violence and outline policy and programmatic solutions with Spanish language journalists.