Youth Engagement Toolkit
The Youth Engagement Toolkit, an interactive book with imbedded videos and activities, describes how youth engagement is a core component of comprehensive school health.
The toolkit:
- Helps communicate the importance of youth engagement as a key approach to implementing comprehensive school health
- Provides research and rationale for practicing youth engagement in schools, school boards and districts, government ministries, health regions, and community organizations
- Provides a how-to resource of effective practices to support youth engagement in these contexts
The toolkit enhances school health in 6 areas:
- Positive mental health
- Physical activity
- Healthy eating
- Substance Use
- Injury prevention
- Healthy relationship
Why we’re recommending this resource:
- Accuracy of information: well-researched, appropriately cited, and well written / organized
- Authority: author is identifiable and has related qualifications and/or credentials / affiliated with a reputable institution
- Objectivity: minimal to no biases or affiliations with a company selling products of promoting a questionable agenda.
- Canadian resource