Table 3 Adolescent participation in policy and guideline development data extraction
References | Document name | Document type/policy format | Country/organisation | Jurisdiction | Demographics (adolescent) | Purpose of engaging adolescents | Duration of participation/participatory activities conducted | Adolescent engagement description | Main chronic disease or risk factors of interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Health England [47] | Improving young people’s health and wellbeing: A framework for public health | Framework | Public health England | National | N = 51 (10–24 years)—survey NR for discussions Mixed group, included vulnerable adolescents | To include adolescent voices/ opinions into policy and program development | NR | Surveys and twitter ‘discussion hours’ | Health and well-being |
WHO [10] | Global Strategy for women’s children’s and adolescent’s health (2016–2030) | Strategy | WHO | International | NR | Variety of views/stakeholder representation | 12 months | Face-to-face consultations, via conferences, surveys | Health and well-being |
Health Canada [16] | Health Canada’s Healthy Eating strategy | Strategy | Canada, Health Canada | National | N = 97 (17–24 years) N = 2 (< 17 years) General members of the public | Variety of views/ stakeholder representation | 2 years | Online consultation workbook | Health and wellbeing- healthy eating |
WHO [11] | Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): guidance to support country implementation | Guideline | WHO | International | NR Young and vulnerable adolescents included | “Nothing for them without them’, “To put young people in the driver’s seat” | NR | Consultation workshops Helped develop adolescent friendly version of guidance | Health and well-being |
Government of Canada [49] | Canada’s Youth Policy | Policy | Canadian government | National | Online have your day booklet participants Total N = 4804 N = 1690 (< 16 years old) N = 1512 (17–20 years old) N = 1601 (21–24 years old) | To give adolescents a voice in the decision making | NR | Online ‘have your say’ booklet Online discussion forum Video comment submissions Youth roundtables face-to-face (discussions) | Physical and mental health |
Commonwealth Department of Health [43] | Australian 24-h movement guidelines for children (5–12 years) and young people (13–17 years): an integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep | Guideline | Australia, Department of Health | National | N = 10 (9–16 years) Include indigenous adolescents & mixed backgrounds | To ensure adolescents will be able to use the resource | NR | Reviewed draft resource, interviews, focus groups, dissemination strategies discussion | Health and wellbeing |
Ross et al. [48] | Adolescents Well-being framework | Framework | UN H6+ | International | Online consultations N = > 340 ((13–29 years) Other activities NR Mixed group, Included indigenous and vulnerable adolescents | To include adolescent voices/ opinions into policy and program development | NR | Consultations Involvement in planning of the global summit for adolescent well-being 2023 | Health and well-being |
UNESCO [44] | Making every school a health-promoting school: Implementation guidance | Guideline | WHO/ UNESCO | International | NR | To ensure adolescents will be able to use the resource | NR | Consultations | Health and well-being |
Department of education, skills and employment [46] | Australia’s Youth Policy framework | Framework | Australian government | National | 15–24 years Focus on marginalised adolescents | To include adolescent voices/ opinions into policy and program development | > 2 months | Consultation exercises Surveys | Health and wellbeing |