Young Nungas Yarnin' Together

Michael Bentley, Laura Winslow

The Young Nungas Yarnin' Together Project has established an Indigenous Youth Peer Education program, whose aims are to:

• Engage young Indigenous people in drug prevention and early intervention activities with other youth
• Provide young Indigenous people with the knowledge, skills and ability to actively support other young people who use drugs
• Provide young Indigenous people as 'peer educators' with access to appropriate and up to date information on harm minimisation principles, resources and support.

The purpose of the evaluation is to undertake a process evaluation of the Indigenous Youth Peer Education program component of the Young Nungas Yarnin' Together Project.

A focus group with peer educators has been conducted and interviews with project staff are underway. The evaluation is due for completion in June 2008.