youth health groups
DESCRIPTION
Improvement Story session at the 2013 Saskatchewan Health Care Quality Summit. For more information about the summit, visit www.qualitysummit.ca. Follow @QualitySummit on Twitter. Youth Health Groups are youth groups that are formed in each of our communities to build on the strengths of the youth to deliver health messaging to their peers and other members of the community. Youth Health Groups aim to: Mobilize youth to take action on their own; Promote individual and family health; and Empower youth to make better self-care choices. Better Health Amanda LaBoucane and Liz Durocher, Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health AuthorityTRANSCRIPT
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Youth Health Groups Amanda LaBoucane and Liz Durocher
This Session is sponsored by:
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YOUTH HEALTH GROUPS
Department of Community Health Development
Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority
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Problem Statement
Across a vast land of beauty & potential…
Disheartening youth suicide & teen
pregnancy…
Alcohol & drug abuse
Struggle to obtain optimum health &
wellness
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Regional Description
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KY Population Health Status
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Aboriginal Identity
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High School Graduates
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Diabetes Prevalence
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Provincial Diabetes Rates
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Age-Specific Birth Rates
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Suicide
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Community Outreach Education Workers
(COEW)
…the KEY to reaching our Communities
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The Medicine Wheel
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“Wholistic Health of Keewatin
Yatthé Health Region
Residents”
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Youth Health Groups
Program Plan & Story
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Reflection
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YOUTH HEALTH GROUPS
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Who?
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What?
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When?
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Where?
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Why?
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How?
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Our Story Continues…
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Building on Our Strengths!
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Peers Helping Peers!
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Thank you!
References:
Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority Annual Report,
2011 – 2012
Population Health Unit Health Indicators Report 2011
Music credits:
Drops of Brandy: An Anthology of Métis Music
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Your Feedback
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Are there any Health Promotion or Community Health
Initiatives that youth are involved with in your
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