presented by the la plata county epic team sponsored by: dragon youth project at san juan basin...

Presented by the La Plata County EPIC TeamSponsored by:

Dragon Youth Project at San Juan Basin Health Department

Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation

“Moving from Interest to Action initiative” supported by the National Association of City & County Health Officials & the Association of Maternal &

Child Health Programs

WHAT is Photovoice?

Photography with a voice!!• A community assessment tool used to gather

data in a creative way to bring awareness to community members – young & old

• Keeps track of community’s strengths & concerns• Promotes important discussion in community• Helps work towards positive changes• A way to express ourselves!!

WHERE is Bayfield?

• Southwest Colorado – La Plata County

• Population – 1,800• “Bedroom Community”

– 18 miles east of Durango (pop. 15, 500)

• 31% of Bayfield population are youth under age 18

WHY???There’s nothing to do!

I can’t buy condoms THERE!

Everyone else is doing it…

I’d rather be bowling then having sex…

I can’t talk to my parents about THAT!

WHY are we doing this?• To change the community• To show what teens don’t have but need to

stay healthy• To break assumptions that teens actually have

something to do• To give teens a voice!• To encourage healthy decision making by

Bayfield teens• To try to prevent teen pregnancy

La Plata County EPIC TEAM• EPIC TEAM stands for Every Pregnancy Is

Considered Through Every Aspect of the Mind and consists of teens from La Plata County (currently only Bayfield) who are concerned with preventing teen pregnancy in our area

• The EPIC TEAM hopes to help La Plata County teens become more aware of consequences and more capable of making healthy decisions

• We have been meeting since Winter 2008

Our Thoughts…

Our Hopes

• To make a difference and get a real response• To help the community see that we can make

changes• To offer more health services for teens• To avoid the increase of teen pregnancy in

Bayfield

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!!

Contact Us!

Kendra Gallegos ReichleEPIC TEAM Coordinator

San Juan Basin Health DepartmentPO Box 140

Durango, CO 81302(970) 247-5702 ext 225

kendra@sjbhd.orgFIND US ON FACEBOOK!!

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