Society, Health, Behavior and Prevention Studies Application and Research Center Established

The Society, Health, Behavior and Prevention Studies Application and Research Center has been established at Bahçeşehir University to protect the young population of Türkiye, where 49 percent of the population is under the age of 25, to support efforts toward raising a healthier generation and to develop new policies.

Established by Bahçeşehir University to protect the mental and physical health of our children and young people, the future of Türkiye, to examine through scientific research the roots of behaviors that put their health at risk, and to increase efforts to prevent risky behaviors, the Society, Health, Behavior and Prevention Studies Application and Research Centerwill develop new policies to address the gaps in this field in Türkiye.

SUBSTANCE USE AND TENDENCIES TOWARD CRIME TO BE RESEARCHED

In Türkiye, it is of great importance to examine young people's attitudes toward substance use and abuse, crime, violent tendencies and all kinds of risk behaviors that endanger their mental and physical health, and to reintegrate into society those who experience problems as a result of risky behaviors. Among the most important goals of the Society, Health, Behavior and Prevention Studies Application and Research Center, founded by expert and accomplished academics, are to prevent behaviors that create social and individual risks, through theoretical research and practical work with young people, so that young people are not pushed out of society and can protect their mental and physical health, and to raise young people's awareness of these risks.

POLICIES TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE PURSUED

The center, which will carry out interdisciplinary studies in the social and health sciences in Türkiye and abroad and develop research and application projects to understand the social and psychological roots of behaviors that put young people's health at risk, will conduct all these activities in cooperation with relevant non-governmental organizations and local and international associations working in the field of public health.

FREE TRAINING PROGRAMS TO BE OFFERED

The center, which will train experts working in the prevention of behaviors that endanger mental and physical health, will also organize training and working groups for specialization in the subject, and free training programs will be developed to raise public awareness of mental health in all its aspects. Established under the leadership of Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Head of the Department of Sociology Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Narlı , the center's other members include BAU Head of the Department of Psychology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metehan Irak, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tufan Adıgüzel, BAU faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Doruk Uysal Irak, BAU faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Serap Özer, BAU faculty member Dr. Mine Özaşçılar and BAU faculty member Dr. Kaya Akyıldız .