Centers of Community and Family Development: publicly-funded organization that provides social services to marginal populations in Mexico City
Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia del Distrito Federal:
Johny Ponce: a colleague and doctoral candidate in Public Health at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
First project: Upon the request of the directors for the Centers of Community and Family Development, Johny and I designed and conducted a workshop in Preventative Health Education for adolescents. We designed a two-hour workshop on the prevention of teen pregnancy and the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases. We conducted the workshop for about 100 students and a handful of parents, with the objective to dispel myths about pregnancy and STD prevention and discuss other topics related to sexuality and puberty. The workshop's goals were also to discuss cultural themes and peer pressure, to reinforce the ability of adolescents to be confident and comfortable to delay having sex until they are ready, and to always avoid unprotected sex to prevent and reduce the risk of pregnancy and STD's.
Second activity: Johny and I spent a Saturday with medical students and physicians from Universidad Panamericana on a preventative health program for children in a small town in the state of Mexico, called San Jose, Toxi. We helped with the visual screening exams, empirical treatment of intestinal parasites, and screening for allergies.
With the director, María de Jesús Ventura Chavez
Health Clinic in rural San Jose, Toxi
Health Clinic in rural San Jose, Toxi
Visual screening exams.
Taking a history
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