IMpower is the subject of eleven published papers in major scientific journals in collaboration with leading researchers at Stanford University , Johns Hopkins University , and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . Two studies were conducted through rigorous randomized controlled trials.
IMpower was piloted and studied for seven years through partnership with No Means No Kenya/Malawi, Ujamaa-Africa and, most recently, Native American youth in South Dakota. All IMpower programming is based on the collective experiences, voices, and feedback of over 225,000 children.
IMpower United is a Resource Lab with three main areas of focus: