Abstract
Youth is a dynamic and complex transition period in life where many factors jeopardize its present and future health. Youth involvement enables young people to influence processes and decisions that affect them, leading to changes in themselves and their environment (e.g. peers, services, communities and policies); this strategy could be applied to improve health and prevent diseases. Nonetheless, scientific evidence of involving youth in health-related programmes is scarce. The aim of this paper is to describe youth involvement as a health promotion strategy and to compile practical recommendations for health promoters, researchers and policy makers interested in successful involvement of young people in health-related programmes. These suggestions aim to encourage a positive working synergy between adults and youth during the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, research and/or health promotion efforts that target adolescents.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 147-153 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Journal for Quality in Health Care |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 18 May 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Participation
- Youth involvement
- Health promotion
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© 2018, the Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzy113