{"id":79,"date":"2023-09-30T15:28:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T19:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2024-07-26T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:26:57","slug":"dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Bridging Gaps for Health and Equity: Student-Led Initiatives in Underserved Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-4-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-4-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-4.png 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Temple PHBB students are partnering with the Global Health Alliance and the Philadelphia &#8220;Madrugadores&#8221; Rotary club in the small town of Enriquillo and the Haitian immigrant community of Pe\u00f1alba to support training in the management of chronic diseases, and to develop educational activities on hygiene, bullying, and gender equity in elementary and high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-71-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-71-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-71-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-71-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/files\/2023\/10\/image-71.png 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2022:<\/strong> PHBB&#8217;s first trip was in October 2022 to visit the community and get a better understanding of our partners and their goals. We visited Enriquillo, the main hospital in Enriquillo, and the Haitian immigrant community of Penalva. We talked to leaders and community members about their water issues, we visited a primary school and talked to the teachers about their challenges, and visited the Regional Board of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023:<\/strong> PHBB returned to Enriquillo and Pe\u00f1alba in June of 2023. We conducted surveys among 36 households and delivered a handwashing activity among 55 elementary school age children in Pe\u00f1alba, led four focus groups among high school students, delivered a presentation on effective communication to approximately 15 health promoters at the main hospital, and distributed educational materials to six businesses in Enriquillo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024:<\/strong> In May 2024 we returned to the two communities and the students implemented educational activities for children and parents on handwashing, oral health and healthy communication at the school in Pe\u00f1alba, implemented educational activities on sexual health, bullying and effective communication at the high school in Enriquillo. We also met with the President, three Vice-Chancellors, and a member of the Board of Regents from the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Tecnol\u00f3gica de Barahona (UCATEBA), and members from Executive Board of the Barahona Rotary Club to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding between the two universities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridging Gaps for Health and Equity: Student-Led Initiatives in Underserved Communities Temple PHBB students are partnering with the Global Health Alliance and the Philadelphia &#8220;Madrugadores&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/dominican-republic\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dominican Republic<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21891,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/phbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}