The Next Steps: BC Youths' Response to the AHS III and Ideas for Action: A Project of the Adolescent Health Survey III

A report on a workshop held with youth, as follow-up to the 2003 Adolescent Health Survey (AHS). The AHS was a large-scale survey conducted in grades 7-12 in British Columbia . The workshop had three components: discussing AHS III research results; exploring the meaning and importance of "protective factors" in youth health; and developing ideas for action. Youth's top four health priorities were alcohol and drug use; mental health and suicide; racism and discrimination; and sexual health. The report summarizes youth's perspectives on each of the four issues; their ideas for action; and examples of unique and creative projects that they suggested for addressing these issues.