YoH (Youth on Health) groups were established within the Primary
Care Trust to enable young people to have a say on health issues
that mattered to them. Young people conducted research within
local schools and came up with a number of proposals to improve
the nutritional value of food. They also addressed issues of how
lunch times were organised. Changes made included abolishing
separate dinning for pupils with packed lunches so friends can
sit together, healthy vending machines and the introduction of
salad bars and water fountains. The EEFO programme seeks to
address barriers which prohibit young people from accessing the
services that they need. Young people trained to become young
assessors i.e. mystery shoppers and went on to evaluate a sample
of services offering sexual health provision.
Feedback/recommendations from the young assessors have been
incorporated into the new quality standards and these will
improve access to and improve the service provided by sexual
health services for young people. As pa