Teen / Young Adult Perspectives on Health

 

The inspiration and innovative energy of teens and young adults are crucial elements of the future we hope for at Building H.

With the help of our colleagues at Hopelab, we collaborated with ETR/YTH and Headstream to explore the views and perspectives of young people on the concept of building health into everyday life.

With themes ranging from "building a more beautiful internet" to connection, family and place, the young people who are striving to build a healthier and more equitable future share their visions, challenges and hopes.

 

Work Products

 

A Beautiful Internet (VIDEO)

Headstream, a set of initiatives aimed at creating more inclusive, accessible and positive digital places for young people, asked a diverse set of youth entrepreneurs and advocates to envision “a beautiful internet” that would uplift digital wellbeing. The youths share their hopes for digital spaces that are open, inclusive and uplifting and they issue a call for more intentional entrepreneurship.

 
 

What WELLNESS Looks Like

ETR, a non-profit organization committed to improving health outcomes and advancing health equity for youth, families, and communities, held a workshop for teens at ARISE High School, in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. The workshop focused on what health and wellness meant to them. Key themes included the interconnection of physical and mental health, the importance of neighborhood characteristics and the need for strong connections to family and friends.

 
 

What Wellness Looks Like (Video)

A group of teens from ARISE High School share their perspectives on family, friends, community and how they all connect to wellness.

 
 

PROJECT MILK (VIDEO)

Hopelab’s milk. collaborative, a team of designers, researcher and technologists building a mental health tool for LGBTQ+ teens and young adults, asked a set of LGBTQ+ young adults for their perspectives on health, wellbeing, and how they show in up the technology they use and the spaces in which they live and work, and how our environments in 2030 could support their wellbeing.