This project seeked to develop a small-scale young people led, Young People’s Health Initiative Partnership in Hangleton and Knoll. It focussed on bringing the key delivery services, strategic co-ordinators and young people together using action-research methods to explore and implement integrated and co-ordinated health promotion responses relating to young people’s key identified issues Project Outline

Based on a small scale consultation with a group of young people from the Hangleton & Knoll estates the three main issues affecting young people were identified as being:

Drugs & alcohol (including smoking)
Sexual health
Mental health (including self harm, bullying, fights)

Initially a core group of 8-10 young people aged (13-19) was established and gradually relevant professionals were selected by the group and filtered in.

The process and outcomes from this project were used to inform some of the University teaching material on the Health Promotion courses and the Project Worker's participation in this course also contributed to the overall sustainability of the work delivered in Hangleton & Knoll. Project partners

The Hangleton and Knoll Project

The Hangleton and Knoll project is a community development and youth work project that works with the local community to identify and meet its needs. Residents are supported to help themselves and each other.

International Health Development Research Centre, University of Brighton

The International Health Development Research Centre has been established within the Faculty of Health to provide a focus for research, development and consultancy related to knowledge development and dissemination in salutogenic and socio-ecological aspects of health. Its work adopts an international perspective.

Its location reflects the Faculty of Health's strategic commitment across its schools to perceiving health as a holistic concept. The work of IHDRC is based on the philosophy of health, not just disease and belief in participation and empowerment, social justice and equity.