Understanding young people, risk and protective factors

Understanding young people, risk, and protective factors is crucial for anyone working with young people. This module will focus on risk and protective factors, taking into account the unique needs of young people.

Who is this course for?

Professionals working with young people

What will you learn in this course?

  • Define risk and protective factors for individuals and for groups of people
  • Understand the developmental stages of young people and the relationship with risk and protective factors
  • Describe the evidence regarding risk and protective factors and recommendations from research
  • Consider how changeable risk and protective factors are
  • Identify how to increase protective factors for an individual
  • Consider how culture affects risk and protective factors
  • Describe a range of self-help prevention strategies
  • Initiate ways of increasing health education strategies in the workplace.

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