Preparing the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals
Program
Highlights
PHI's FACES for the Future connects schools, healthcare organizations and professionals, and community benefit organizations. Jointly they provide a cohesive system of support for youth from low-income communities of color to ensure that they have the tools necessary to become future healthcare professionals and meet the growing workforce demands.
400 FACES youth advocates improved their knowledge and skills and received certifications
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Focus Areas
Capacity Building & Leadership, Healthy Communities -
Issues
School-based Efforts, Workforce Development -
Expertise
Health Education & Promotion
PHI’s FACES for the Future addresses the lack of diversity in health professions, which directly contributes to health disparities in communities, by providing youth from low-income communities of color the training, tools and skills necessary to become future healthcare professionals.
FACES Public Health Youth Advocates are trained as peer educators in their communities and learn basic public health practices including analyzing population health and identifying health disparities in their own neighborhoods. They learn how to talk to peers, family, and community members about public health issues and how to conduct challenging conversations and motivational interviews. Youth advocates also receive training in areas such as: Narcan/Opioid Overdose Intervention, Stop the Bleed, CPR and Mental Health First Aid.
In 2024, over 400 FACES youth advocates improved their knowledge and skills and received certifications in these trainings.
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