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Step into my shoes: What works (and doesn’t work) in enhancing youth participation and involvement.
Time:
Wednesday, 06/Nov/2024:
11:15am - 12:45pm
Location:Wachtkamer 1e en 2e klasse
Presentations
Step into my shoes: What works (and doesn’t work) in enhancing youth participation and involvement.
Charlotte van Tuijl1, Irene Fierloos1, Ilse van de Groep1, Lysanne te Brinke1, Milene Gonçalves2, Susanna Osinga1
1Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The; 2Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The
Healthy Start, a convergence programme, integrates social, medical and technical sciences to examine complex societal challenges for youth, from conception to young adulthood. The overall goal is to realize scientific and societal impact in order to improve physical, mental and social health of children and adolescents. The programme is a collaboration between the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus Medical Centre, Delft University of Technology and a wide range of societal partners, such as youth associations, civil society organizations and healthcare professionals. The convergence programme consists of six ambitions.
One of the Healthy Start’s ambition programmes is to improve the participation and involvement of unheard youth in Rotterdam (https://convergence.nl/healthy-start/youth-participation-and-involvement-2/). Research shows that youth participation and involvement may have positive outcomes for young people’s well-being, self-confidence, and development of new skills (1, 2). In addition, it may
