|
 About |
 |
Title: Youth4Health
Location:
Global
Status:
In Progress
Timeline: Ongoing
Categories: Technology, Media, Health
Tags: youth, navigation, health, wellness, mentalhealth, food, foodsecurity, toronto, ontario, london, kitchenerwaterloo
Description:
Youth4Health is a community-based research project that seeks to empower newcomer youth to become “health navigators”. Youth from recent immigrant families often serve as bridges between their households and their wider communities. Now, with the widespread availability of powerful information and communication technologies, such as mobile phones, search engines and web-based social networks, there are unprecedented opportunities for youth...
|
 |
 |
 |
| Project Blog |
 feed |
|
Jan 3rd, 2012 - 07:01:08 | Andrea Yip
The Youth Voices Research Group. (read more)
Apr 16th, 2011 - 02:59:54 | jo quayson
Health issues are often times ignored because of the stigma attached to them. Mental illness is particularly overlooked either deemed as not a “real illness” in some cultures or typecast as... (read more)
Apr 15th, 2011 - 11:27:05 | jo quayson
What working as a YHN means to me:
Working as a youth health navigator has by far been one of the most enriching experiences. Being able to work in two very different communities and work online... (read more)
Apr 12th, 2011 - 02:04:39 | Andrea Yip
Website and Graphic Designer: Position Summary
read more (read more)
Apr 5th, 2011 - 10:04:19 | Andrea Yip
Andrea Yip (@andie86) shares her summary of #hcsmca’s special edition chat about youth health navigation.
Thanks to everyone for joining @colleen_young and the @Youth4Health team on... (read more)
Mar 31st, 2011 - 18:14:53 | Abie Quayson
The Wellesley community centre, located at Wellesley and Sherbourne, is an amazing place to keep active for people in this neighbourhood. There are many ways to keep physically active, for example... (read more)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Menu
Who Is Involved?
Documents
Photo Album
