- About Youth Vital Signs
- Who We Are
- Background
- Key Findings and Grades
- Arts Scene
- Going Green
- Poverty
- Youth Voice
- Youth Spaces
- Health and Well-being
- Youth Housing and Homelessness
- Education and Learning
- Safety
- Employment and Training
- Transportation
- Culture, Identity and Belonging
- Mobile Text Survey
- Grader Profile
- Differences Among Us
- Youth in Action
- Links to Community and Resources
- Find Us
Key Findings and Grades - Health and Well-being
FAST FACTS
Youth-friendly Clinics
Vancouver has 10 youth clinics at community health centres that offer free services on a drop-in basis with no ID required. But the majority are only open from 2 to 5 p.m., which is usually when we have to go to school. Only two clinics stay open until 8 p.m., and then, only once a week.
Source: Vancouver Coastal Health
Sports and Money
Sports can be out of reach for some of us. In 2005, youth from Canadian families that earned $80,000 and over were twice as likely to participate in sports as those with household incomes of less than $30,000.
Source: Sports Participation in Canada 2008, Statistics Canada
Help with Mental Health
Youth are often unable to connect with mental health services due to stigma, lack of awareness and limited professional resources. Approximately 140,000 B.C. children and youth experience mental disorders each year that create significant stress and barriers for them at school, with their family and the community.
Source: A Review of Child and Youth Mental Health Services in B.C., 2008
YOUTH IN ACTION
HUSTLE: Men on the Move
There’s help for male youth hustling on the streets of Vancouver who want to leave the sex trade. HUSTLE: Men on the Move provides one-to-one peer and crisis support for the youth. Created by Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society, the project aims to increase the overall health and safety of the young men, while creating a sense of community.
www.bccec.wordpress.com or www.peersvancouver.org