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The youth workers contacted the addiction prevention office with a request for methods and knowledge on these topics. A peer project was created from these inputs. The JA staff members already have experience with the peer approach. The actors involved see great potential with this approach to carry out educational work for young people in the field of violence and addiction.
Within the scope of the Peer2Peer project, a participatory approach to addiction prevention in adolescence was to be developed and tested. This completely participatory approach, involving young people at an early stage in the development of health and prevention issues, was largely a novelty. For practice as well as for science, the actors hoped to gain comprehensive insights into the design of participatory approaches, as well as health-promoting measures from a youth perspective.
A first group of young people was involved in the youth work at the GZ Hirzenbach and the project was launched. Other topics, such as "fun bats" and violence on the Internet, were raised by the young people. The themes identified by the young people were discussed in equal discussion groups between young people and adults and ideas are developed on how to exchange the themes identified with other young people. The aim was that health promotion can take place among the young people themselves and that the relevant specialist bodies can be contacted if necessary.
At the same time, the possibilities of a peer project in the schools around the GZ Hirzenbach were being explored. In the interest of young people, a strategy paper on peer-based prevention and education measures could be drawn up. One result could be the development of a school mentor programme or the integration of new modules into existing social competence training. In addition, young people should be involved in the planning process and not just in the counselling process.
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