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Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 1:30 PM
Auditorium Room 1
Jovenes de Salud Youth Apprenticeship Program
Carmen Robles, Association for Nonsmokers-MN, tobaccocr@yahoo.com, Jose William Castellanos, MD, CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio), DREGAN Project, jcastellanos@clues.org. Learning Objectives: Mobilize youth as community health advocates, lobbyists and future health providers Understand the role of mentors (padrinos, madrinas, tios y tias postisas) Integrate academics and hands-on experiences for entry into Community Health Care certified programs
Audience: Youth, program providers, funders, educators, mentors, employers
Key Points: Connecting academics with hands-on experiences
Learning Objectives: How to motivate and engage youth as community health workers
Benefits: Hearing from youth themselves!
Related Web Pages:
www.promotoresdesalud.org
www.ansrmn.org
www.clues.org/aboutus/Reports/Latino_FullReport_Final.pdf
www.preventionminnesota.com