Research Report
This research report was commissioned to provide current and relevant research and literature on best and promising practices that could guide the project and the resources.
Over a period of three months and in collaboration with the planning team from OPHA and the partners, the author searched out relevant literature from peer-reviewed journals and grey literature and was directed by key informants about literature and programs which fit the inclusion criteria. A synopsis of this literature and analysis and several recommendations for OPHA’s pilot project were presented and this report developed. The results of this search were limited by time and budget which reduced access to all information that had been formally studied and published.
The literature review focused on four key areas – resiliency and protective factors, youth engagement, the settings approach for health promotion, and the prevention of illicit drug use plus the relevance of each of these with the target age group, with each other and with the inclusion criteria identified by the partners.