273949 Dynamics of Youth Engagement in Health Initiatives

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

David Valdez, MFA , Weingart East LA YMCA, Los Angeles, CA
Discuss the creative methods used by non-profits engaged in Building Healthy Communities. Presentation will highlight growing commitment of youth who are focused on understanding multiple layers of good health.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate how youth development work can impact a generation of individuals into sparking social justice movements in their communities. Analyze how a positive-based or mentoring approach can affect the lives of intercity youth.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Director of the Youth Institute at YMCA – a digital media program that teaches high school kids how to make movies. Also, for the last three years I have been working on Building Healthy Communities Youth Development, currently co-chair of the youth engagement committee in Boyle Heights.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 4095.0: Health Happens Here: Building Community Power and Systems Change for Social and Health Equity in California: A New Public Health Practice for the 21st Century?