Youth Health Conferences Starting Soon Across Austria

After Vienna and Styria, the format is now also being rolled out in Upper Austria, Tyrol, and Carinthia. Other federal states will follow, according to the Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG), which coordinates the project, on Tuesday to the APA.

Youth Health Conferences: Aim is Active Participation

The psychosocial health of children and adolescents is at the center of the current "Preventive Measures Strategy Agreement" of the Federal Health Agency. These funds are used to expand the youth health conferences. The aim is active participation: young people choose their health topics, develop projects, and implement them independently. Numerous activities, micro-projects, and workshops like "XUND entscheiden" and "Doc*Talk" are planned. The focus is on young people between the ages of twelve and 20, especially from disadvantaged groups.

"The psychosocial health of young people is a central question for the future," emphasized Health State Secretary Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ). "With the youth health conferences, we create spaces where young people can bring in their concerns, learn from each other, and develop solutions together." Young people can submit their ideas at https://beteiligen-gesundheit.at/de-DE/pages/jugendbeteiligung. Information and tools for professionals are available at https://wohlfuehl-pool.at/jugendbeteiligung.

(APA/Red)

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