 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Rhondo Cooper, Spectrum Health Hospital, 320 Michigan NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 616-391-2031, rhondo.cooper@spectrum-health.org
Youth development, in the broadest sense, is the process of helping youth to negotiate the transitional periods of adolescence. Encouraging and supporting positive choices within realistic and sensible limits. Participants in this training will discover creative strategies for involving youth in Community Health Care Work. Using the tools in this training Community Health Care Workers will develop the skills necessary for motivating youth to take an active role in impeding public health care crises such as: AIDS, Teen Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Violence. The Invictus Youth Program is an innovative approach to service delivery in the greater Grand Rapids area for African American males. The program is a transitional model that seeks to help youth involved, negotiate the difficult transitional periods of middle and high school. This program takes place in three phases: self-evaluation, self-exploration and implementation. The model helps youth to discover their means for interpretation of their reality. The model’s intent is to create whole individuals that are self-motivated, goal focused and personally responsible. The strategy of partnering with youth around the issue of community health care, will provide youth with valuable life lessons to live by in addition to providing community health care workers with a timely cost effective valuable resource.
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Keywords: Adolescent Health, African American
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.