Talking About Youth Health in BC

Before the workshopBefore the workshop you will want to familiarizeyourself with the results of the AHS. The provincialresults are available in A Picture of Health:Highlights from the 2008 BC Adolescent HealthSurvey. The results for your local Health ServiceDelivery Area are also available at www.mcs.bc.ca.You may also want to consult with local youthworkers, school nurses, students, principals, andParent Advisory Committee members to ensurethe workshop is geared to the current issues andhealth concerns facing local students.Additional support with delivering this workshop isalso available from McCreary’s Youth Participationstaff at 604-291-1996 ext. 222.6FacilitatorYou will need one primary facilitator to run the workshop.It may also be helpful to have a second facilitator availableto take notes and keep score of the AHS trivia quiz.If you are looking for someone to facilitate your NextSteps classroom workshop, try to recruit adults who workin the field of youth engagement, who are interested inyouth health or who are interested in hearing youth’sperspectives. Ideally, try to find adults who haveexperience in working in partnership with youth or whoare in decision making positions.ParticipantsThis workshop is designed for a classroom audience withstudents in grades 7-12.It can be used with younger and older students and withyoung people outside the classroom setting. If you wouldlike some assistance to adapt this for a differentaudience please contact nextsteps@mcs.bc.caLayoutIf you are using your regular classroom, you may want toarrange the chairs in a circle, or let the students sit onthe floor. McCreary has created a PowerPoint of the AHSkey findings and trivia questions:www.mcs.bc.ca/powerpoint/AHS4_next_steps_youth_game.ppt. If you choose to use the powerpoint ensure theroom is layed out so that everyone can see the slides.EvaluationWe have included a number of evaluation forms in theWorkshop Resources section: the Youth and AdultParticipant Feedback Forms and the CoordinatorFeedback Form (pages 36-43). These should becompleted at the end of the workshop.Please return copies to McCreary. It isalso really helpful if you can provide uswith additional information such asthe age range and number ofparticipants, responses to thedata from participants, andany action plans or projectsthat result from the workshop.Please return evaluations to:Youth Participation CoordinatorMcCreary Centre Society3552 Hastings Street EastVancouver, BC V5K 2A7McCreary Centre Society