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Views of the European Youth on Health Problems of the 21st Century and search for solutions

30 August – 6 September, Ankara, Turkey

Aims and targets of the project:

Youth meeting: To create a platform of meeting, discussion and cooperation by gathering the European Youth who are interested in and sensitive to health problems and willing to create solutions.

Inquiry / Opinion poll: To find out the European youth generation’s outlooks, concerns, knowledge and interest level to upcoming health issues in the 21st century.

Sharing information and ideas: To maintain the youth to get more information about this subject and to discuss problems and present solutions during the seminar.

Increasing sensitivity: During the seminar, as European youth, to increase our sensitivity and to raise awareness on upcoming health issues.

Finding and presenting solutions: To develop solutions, to determinate targets for local/regional solutions, to declare these suggestions to authorities by using various methods.

Promoting cooperation: To promote the cooperation among partners and keep on it for new actions related to common objectives at the end of the seminar.

Local / Regional works: To raise awareness among young people and society at the local level, and to realize common works with various organizations for implementing these objectives.

Seminar program:

First questionnaire: General opinion of the participants on health problems.

Presentation / Discussion: Health problems: Past, Present and Future.

Workshops:

  • Research – presentation: Giving a disease / problem to each group, research, discussion, presentation.
  • Brainstorming: What will be major global health problems in near future?
  • Discussion: What can we do to solve these problems from now on?
  • Village visit: Medical screening, awareness raising activities.

Hospital visit:

  • Watching an operation – observation.
  • Observing clinics about specified issues.
  • Interview with patients and physicians.

Last questionaire and outcome report: Discussing what has been learned and achieved through the project preparing an outcome report including solutions to problems according to the information and ideas that have been developed.

Final panel: Presentation and discussion of the results.

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Ankara, Turkey - August/September 2006