Week 6 Response

I would like to start off like Crystal and comment on Rocio's project. I took PH 666 (Health Promotion planning, implementing, etc) with her and its so great to see how in this project for PH 663 she incorporated materials from both classes...this is why I am so excited for this project, although it may require a lot of sleepless nights.

One thing about her project that I particularly appreciated was the fact that her group piloted some ads to their tgt population. This reminded me of my experience as an intern with the County of Orange - where I created flyers for the elderly and asked for their comments/suggestions while visiting various senior centers. Although the majority of time I spoke with them about things not directly related to the flyers, I really enjoyed the experience.

To address Crystal's comment about the US being so interested putting people into categories, I suppose perhaps its because we are such a diverse country who shares no one religion, ethnic culture, etc. - we are always trying to find the easiest way to define ourselves. Doesn't this remind you of those standardized tests growing up when one question would ask you to select the ONE race you more closely relate with? What about the bi-/multi-racial ppl? How can you make them choose just one? Being bi-racial, my parents told us to never answer that question. I know they've gotten better lately bc I've seen categories for multi-racial or the option to 'choose all that apply', or other.

ciao.