Youth Health Groups Amanda LaBoucane and Liz Durocher

This Session is sponsored by:

YOUTH HEALTH GROUPS

Department of Community Health Development

Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority

Problem Statement

Across a vast land of beauty & potential…

Disheartening youth suicide & teen

pregnancy…

Alcohol & drug abuse

Struggle to obtain optimum health &

wellness

Regional Description

KY Population Health Status

Aboriginal Identity

High School Graduates

Diabetes Prevalence

Provincial Diabetes Rates

Age-Specific Birth Rates

Suicide

Community Outreach Education Workers

(COEW)

…the KEY to reaching our Communities

The Medicine Wheel

“Wholistic Health of Keewatin

Yatthé Health Region

Residents”

Youth Health Groups

Program Plan & Story

Reflection

YOUTH HEALTH GROUPS

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

How?

Our Story Continues…

Building on Our Strengths!

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October 2012 – February 2013

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Peers Helping Peers!

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

Your Feedback

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Initiatives that youth are involved with in your

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