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A group of inner-city youth last week celebrated the launch of their C.H.I.L.L. Health Guide—25 pages of information about health issues teens should know. C.H.I.L.L., or Community Health Information Living and Learning, covers diabetes, cancer, mental health, substance abuse, sexual health and domestic violence, and includes information on symptoms, causes, risks, prevention and resources for each.
Writing, publishing and distributing the guide was one project for the 14- to 21-year-olds in the Health Career Ambassadors Program (H-CAP), run by the Hyde Square Task Force in collaboration with four community health centers in Boston, including Brookside Community Health Center and Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center. The 12 youth ambassadors also interned at these centers to gain exposure to various careers in health care.
“This program is helping to build healthier community inane area that used to be overrun by drug dealing and youth violence,” HCAP coordinator Yi Chin Chen said.
The C.H.I.L.L. Health Guides are available at Brookside, Southern Jamaica Plain and the Teen Health Center at English High School. To get copies, e-mailyichin@hydesquare.org
H-CAP ambassadors are Eric Avalo, Felix Ayala, Osvaldo Caban, Jr., Ginet Gillen, Marque Hackett, Yesenia Molina, Christian Pimentel, Eric Quezada, Karina Rosario, Kiara Rosario, Denisse Tejadaand Giovanny Tejeda.