How Planet Youth Works
Planet Youth Ireland is an initiative to promote wellbeing among adolescents. It takes a “ground-up” approach whereby the local regions enter into a process with researchers, local governmental agencies, the education sector, and young people themselves.
Surveys are conducted with adolescents (post-Junior Cert), primarily 14 / 15 year olds every 2 years in a classroom setting. These surveys cover 5 domains: Community; Family, Health & Wellbeing; School and Substance Use and consists of evidence based and validated research questions. This data is analysed and produces information on the lives and experiences of our young people.
This information is utilised to inform evidence-based interventions at a local level through our partners including youth services, addiction services, education and training through provision of targeted and focussed programs and activities that meet the needs voiced by those young people.
Community Focus
Planet Youth in Ireland is growing.
The important thing to remember about Planet Youth is that it is all about communities working together. Once we get the information from the surveys its really important that we start to look at how we can reinforce the things that are working really well and reduce the impact of the things that are causing problems for young people.
Our Partners
