About

The objectives of the OPHA Youth Engagement project are:

1. To assess the needs of public health staff working on school health teams within 36 health units and provide them with needed resources, coaching, tools and support in this important area.
2. To increase youth engagement and increase protective factors to reduce drug use among approximately 500 students in Grade 6, 7 & 8 using the health promoting schools framework.
3. To work closely with local health units to increase the factors that foster resilience and protective factors against illicit drug use and risk taking behaviours within 6 pilot test sites, followed by a provincial roll-out in 2011.  

The project is advised by a Partner Group please link to the Partners page) consisting of representatives from the Injury Prevention Public Health Managers Alliance; Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition (OHSC); Ophea; and other key partners.

To order OPHA’s Youth Engagement Toolkit or OPHA’s A Project Lead’s Guide to Planning, Implementing, & Sustaining Youth Engagement Programming, please download the YE Order Form [PDF] and mail it to us with your cheque.  Both French and English versions are available.