What's Coming Up?
SYHPANZ Youth Health ForumThe idea of hosting a series of Youth Health Forum at the School of Population Health where like-minded people can meet to discuss and share ideas and learning about youth health and wellbeing, came out of the Youth Workforce Development Symposium held in July 2009. The October ForumThe first forum was held on the afternoon of Tuesday 20th October 2009 and attracted 60-70 people. The forum was a collaboration between Rainbow Youth, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and the University of Auckland and focussed on the needs of same-sex and both-sex attracted youth and queer young people. In particular the forum celebrated the release of the Youth'07 report Results for 'Young People Attracted to the Same Sex or Both Sexes'.
At the forum Mathijs Lucassen from the University of Auckland provided an overview of the health and wellbeing of young people attracted to the same sex or both sexes. Thomas Hamilton, from Rainbow Youth updated participants on Queer youth health and wellbeing: Where we're at and what we plan to do.
And Dr Kathleen Quinlivan presented some findings from a research project she has been involved in: Ways Forward: What can we learn from queer youth?If you are interested in receiving information about future forum please email Sue Grant
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