Programme objective
Develop young people’s capacity to conduct participatory inquiry, organise community action and contribute to local health decisions.
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Youth leadership and community development
Community Youth Health Leadership and Action
Young people investigate community health concerns, organise collective action and participate meaningfully in local decisions.
A framework for action shaped by local priorities
How we work together
BarnMD uses Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR). In practice, residents help identify local priorities, understand the causes, decide what matters most, organise local leadership, take action and review the results.
- 01Getting to know the community
- 02Understanding local needs
- 03Agreeing priorities together
- 04Building local leadership
- 05Planning and taking action
- 06Reviewing progress together
- 07Planning for the future
Examples of activities
- ✓Youth-led participatory community health research
- ✓Community asset and health-priority mapping
- ✓Formation of representative youth action committees
- ✓Youth-designed and community-approved action projects
- ✓Peer initiatives and youth advocacy
- ✓Participatory evaluation and learning
Participate in community-led change
Contact BarnMD to discuss local health priorities and how a community-led project could be planned. Activities are developed with residents and proceed after appropriate safety and operational reviews.