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  2. Youth empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. [1] Youth empowerment aims to improve quality ...

  3. Positive youth development - Wikipedia

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    Positive youth development principles can be used to address gender inequities through the promotion of programs such as " Girls on the Run." Physical activity-based programs like "Girls on the Run" are being increasingly used around the world for their ability to encourage psychological, emotional, and social development for youth.

  4. Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - Wikipedia

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    e. Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson in collaboration with Joan Erikson, [1] is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood.

  5. Youth leadership - Wikipedia

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    Youth leadership is the practice of teens exercising authority over themselves or others. [1] Youth leadership has been elaborated upon as a theory of youth development in which young people gain skills and knowledge necessary to lead civic engagement, education reform and community organizing activities. Countless programs around the world ...

  6. Youth engagement - Wikipedia

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    Youth engagement is the sentiment young people feel towards a particular person, activity, place or outcome. It has been a focus of youth development, public policy and social change movements for at least forty years. [1] According to a Cornell University program, "Youth engagement is one of the buzzwords in the youth development field.

  7. Child development - Wikipedia

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    A child using fingers to make a small, circular hole in the sand, 1997. Child development involves the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the conclusion of adolescence. It is—particularly from birth to five years— a foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society.

  8. Adolescent health - Wikipedia

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    Adolescent health. Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being. [1] The term adolescent and young people are often used interchangeably, as are the terms Adolescent Health [2] and Youth Health. Young people's health is often complex and requires a ...

  9. Youth participation - Wikipedia

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    Youth participation, also called youth involvement, has been used by government agencies, researchers, educators, and others to define and examine the active engagement of young people in schools, sports, government, community development and economic activity. In 1975, the National Commission on Resources for Youth in the United States defined ...