COMANI

EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE

Rahwa Kibrom

COMANI CENTER

To gain practical experience

Introduce and apply the social determinants of health

Help minimize the impact of health risk within the community

To acquire and learn Mexican culture and understand the people

Learn a second language (Spanish)

GOAL

Social Determinants of Health

Recognize existing problem, identify possible

reasons for the observed problem and create a plan of action to resolve it

Evaluate which set of procedure, tools will produce the desired result to help the family enrolled at COMANI center

To create an opportunity for ITSON student and exchange students to work together on projects Allowing students to incorporate and exchange ideas in

order to maintain a project on the set To find a way to recruit volunteers To initiate a fundraising method

METHOD

To develop an educational program for the mothers of the

children enrolled at COMANI Educated mothers may have healthier children Knowledge about health care and nutrition, have healthier

behaviour and Hygiene Educated mothers are more likely to have better health,

which genetically leads to better health for their children Mothers education is directly associated with the physical,

mental and social well being of their family Increased school readiness, level of achievement and

adulthood

Education-healthier population-decreased mortality and morbidity rate

Project Focus

Applied a need assessment survey to evaluate

parents need Introduced the 12 Social Determinants of Health

and how to it could be used to evaluate a community

Designed educational program for parents Proposed to head departments of ITSON to offer

training courses to mothers free of charge Benefit of Volunteers

Collaborated with ITSON student and exchange students to work together on the projects

Work Completed

Grow immensely both personally and

professionally International Experience in Public Health

Career Develop a program

Leadership Public Speaking Long Term Network Open minded Ability to read, speak and write basic Spanish

Achievement

PICTURES

FUNDRAISER

Staffs:

University of Manitoba ITSON Students

Project Initiators and Organizers

Thank You