Praxis, Power, and Processes: Youth Participation in Health Policy – A Response to Recent Commentaries

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School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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We are appreciative of the opportunity to further engage in critical discussions and to advance the knowledge on youth participation in health policy processes, by providing a response to commentaries on our paper, “Between rhetoric and reality: learnings from youth participation in the Adolescent and Youth Health Policy (AYHP) in South Africa.”1 ...(Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 01 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 01 May 2024
  • First Publish Date: 05 May 2024

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