Amy Aparicio Clark’s childhood in Peru influenced her career helping Latino adolescents be more successful in school and in life.
Growing up in Lima, Peru, Amy Aparicio Clark would accompany her physician father to visit underserved patients living in shanty towns on the outskirts of the city or in rural areas.
Saving Sex for Later is funded by the Annie E. Casy Foundation. Salud y Exito is funded by the National Institutes of Health. For more information contact Amy Aparicio Clark at aclark@edc.org
EDC's Health and Human Development division is helping communities around the world mobilize and respond to what is predicted to be another wave of the H1N1 flu pandemic this fall.
To promote reproductive health and reduce adolescent pregnancies among Latino youth, a successful HHD parenting education program, Saving Sex for Later, is now tailored to Spanish-speaking families
Pregnancy rates among teens in the United States have declined over the past decade. Yet they continue to remain higher among Latinas than any other ethnic group.
This project is a collaboration with Clínicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc., Breaking the Cycle, and Mile End Films. It is funded by the Annie E Casey Foundation. For more information contact Alexi San Doval at asandoval@edc.org.
Intercamhs is an international network of agencies and individuals who believe that addressing mental health issues in schools is vitally important to the well-being of school community members.
Project:
International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools (Intercamhs)
