YouthHealthLink

Positive Youth Development

Working with young people requires a paradigm shift from viewing young people as future citizens to viewing young people as today’s citizens, with the capacity to effect change when given adequate supports and opportunities. It requires a breakdown of stereotypes that both adults and young people have about each other. The breakdown of stereotypes can occur through positive interactions

as adults and young people work together as a team to achieve goals.

GOAL: Enhance adolescent health by promoting youth development strategies and activities, youth leadership and youth involvement.

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Issues Identified on the Adolescent Health Data Report

Build Resiliency

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The NMFYC and NMDOH-OSAH are committed to working with youth health partners on the 7 Capacity Areas identified in the Adolescent Health Strategic Plan (AHSP) . This collaboration is to improve systems and services, with the aim of enhancing youth health in NM.

For details of each capacity area, please click on capacity area links.

Seven Strategic Plan Capacity Areas/Goal

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"A Shout Out" and "Thank You" goes to NM Youth Artist Erin Harrison (Anime Artwork) for using his creativity and artistic talent to reflect the teen healthy lifestyles characters included on the cover page and in the contents of the ASHP.

His work is also included on this website. See Page 2 of the AHSP for his bio!