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From the Annual Summit to Year-Round Impact: TPS Advances Youth Leadership

The Pittsburgh Study (TPS) remains deeply committed to advancing child thriving through partnerships with schools, organizations, and institutions across the region. A key strategy for this work is to offer young people meaningful, ongoing, opportunities to engage, connect, and lead. Together with community and school partners, TPS is a catalyst for broader efforts including the creation of a shared curriculum and resources that connects young people with experiences that build confidence.

The Pittsburgh Study (TPS) is a collective impact initiative.  We collaborate across systems and disciplines, convening a variety of partners, organizations, and individuals to collectively promote child thriving and health equity in our region.

TPS is not just one study. We’re made-up of multiple large and small research-informed, co-created interventions that span from pregnancy to adolescence to school-based and community-level programs.

The Pittsburgh Study is unique because we invite neighbors to be part of doing science together as Citizen Scientists.  We conduct research WITH community, not,“to” or “on” communities). We encourage deep involvement in all aspects of the science and are committed to returning data to the people and communities who help to produce knowledge and to ensure that data are translated to action.

We believe that community members are experts. Strengths, assets, resources, and wisdom are ever present in our neighborhoods and communities. We center community voices and expertise, and together, uplift innovative practices and local solutions.

We are accountable to research practices that promote reciprocity. We aim for equitable benefits for participants, our community, and academic scientists. We are accountable for shifting standards of health equity within our networks of institutional partners. We are accountable to young people and their families. We seek to develop, model, and translate programs and practices which are healing-centered, and trauma-sensitive. In a word, we build toward a humanized Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

Publications

We share what we learn and deliver those results back to the community. We invite everyone to learn more about the work of our TPS research and community teams.

Data Resources

Study data are gifts, a glimpse into realities faced by young people and families. We are grateful for all that is shared and use this information to guide the data to action process.

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Scholars & Participants

We safeguard participant privacy and aim to reduce barriers to participation as much as possible. Your time and attention are precious, and we value your contribution.

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Resources for Families

Children, youth, and families often face challenges beyond control. We work to connect them with community-based resources and programs to serve both immediate and longer-term needs.

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