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HMS, HAG EQ-Bank 021

Describe TWO strategies a local council could implement to promote SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) for improving youth mental health, including indicators of success.   (4 marks)

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Strategy 1: Create youth-specific public spaces

  • Councils should build infrastructure such as skate parks, basketball courts and quiet zones with free Wi-Fi.
  • These spaces provide safe, accessible environments for social connection, physical activity and stress relief.
  • Success can be measured through electronic usage data, reduced vandalism rates in surrounding areas, youth satisfaction surveys and increased physical activity levels among local young people.

Strategy 2: Develop connected walking and cycling paths

  • These types of initiatives should prioritise linking schools, youth centres and residential areas and have adequate lighting and safety features.
  • This promotes active transport, reduces isolation and creates opportunities for incidental social interactions.
  • Success indicators could include hard data on increased pedestrian/cyclist counts or mental health presentations to emergency departments of young people.
  • Surveys could also be used as evidence of success by showing improved perceptions of neighbourhood safety.
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Strategy 1: Create youth-specific public spaces

  • Councils should build infrastructure such as skate parks, basketball courts and quiet zones with free Wi-Fi.
  • These spaces provide safe, accessible environments for social connection, physical activity and stress relief.
  • Success can be measured through electronic usage data, reduced vandalism rates in surrounding areas, youth satisfaction surveys and increased physical activity levels among local young people.

Strategy 2: Develop connected walking and cycling paths

  • These types of initiatives should prioritise linking schools, youth centres and residential areas and have adequate lighting and safety features.
  • This promotes active transport, reduces isolation and creates opportunities for incidental social interactions.
  • Success indicators could include hard data on increased pedestrian/cyclist counts or mental health presentations to emergency departments of young people.
  • Surveys could also be used as evidence of success by showing improved perceptions of neighbourhood safety.

HMS, HAG EQ-Bank 020

Outline how a social media campaign could be used to advocate for SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) in reducing youth vaping rates and how its effectiveness could be measured in the short and longer term.   (3 marks)

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  • A social media campaign could enlist peer influencers who share personal stories about quitting vaping and suggest healthier alternatives.
  • Effectiveness in the short term can be measured through engagement metrics including likes, shares, comments and pre/post campaign surveys on vaping attitudes.
  • Effectiveness in the longer term can look at youth vaping statistics in the local region, school-based data on vaping incidents and health service usage for vaping-related issues as evidence of behaviour change.
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  • A social media campaign could enlist peer influencers who share personal stories about quitting vaping and suggest healthier alternatives.
  • Effectiveness in the short term can be measured through engagement metrics including likes, shares, comments and pre/post campaign surveys on vaping attitudes.
  • Effectiveness in the longer term can look at youth vaping statistics in the local region, school-based data on vaping incidents and health service usage for vaping-related issues as evidence of behaviour change.