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The Community Advocates program of the LAYC, trains students enrolled in the 10th-12th grades to be Health Advocates and Peer Educators.  This program engages young people in promoting environmental level changes for trending health topics in the community.  The participants are guided through three phases of the program in which they are trained in health promotion, social marketing, and community mobilization.   Participants will partake in a community assessment that will inform the development of a health campaign.  The campaign is later used as a platform to drive change through policy change, community engagement, and social media.  Participants are exposed to media literacy concepts and marketing theory.

Current Health Topics

Tobacco

This cohort has researched the effects of tobacco and tobacco ads on youth.   Using what they have learned from their community assessment and the mapping project, participants have created a tobacco campaign regarding point-of-purchase advertising.   This campaign will be used to mobilize the community towards eliminating all tobacco advertising in stores.

Nutrition and Fitness

This cohort will focus their efforts on researching the nutrition and fitness status of the community. Participants will identify factors that may help/hinder their efforts in promoting healthy lifestyles. The Community Advocates will launch a new Healthy Initiative among youth centers, residential housing, and other influential entities in the area.

Contact Information

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