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1. Building Healthier Communities
in the Dominican Republic
Amber Breidel
Noah Labelle
Professor: Dr. Arelis Moore de Peralta

2. Las Malvinas II
Located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dr. Arelis Moore and Dr. McDonell in Las Malvinas II, May 2014

4. Bi-national Research Teams

5. CHANGE Framework (CDC)
Community at
Large
Institutions/community orgs. Heath Care School Work
SECTORS
MODULES
Public Health Priorities
Sanitation Education
Chronic Disease
Management
Vaccine
Preventable
Diseases
Unwanted
Pregnancy
METHODS
Focus Groups (2)
• Community at Large
Interviews
1-Neigborhood Association
2. Las Malvinas School
3. Health Area Directorate
4. Industrial Park
5. Environmental Authority
Household Survey (GIS)
1. Assets
2. Risks Factors
3. Disease History

6. Utilizing GIS
-Geographic Information Systems
-Collector app

7. GIS Household Survey

12. Focus Groups Interviews

13. Identified Priorities
• Primary Health Care Center (UNAP)
• Drinking water into their households
• Sewage system
• More efficient trash collection system
• Bigger school building: Addition of high school
• Increased safety and more opportunities to use ecological park
• Vocational training, employment opportunities for community members

14. A Healthier Las Malvinas II
Challenges:
- Limited community organizations and associations
- Neighborhood Association
- Small churches
- Elementary and middle school
- Insufficient coordination (UNIBE Coalition)
- Limited financial resources- Low-income
community
- Political climate
Opportunities
- Long tradition of community
engagement
- Long tradition of mutual support
- Strong local leadership (Neiborhood
Assoc.)
- Clemson and UNIBE partnership
- Positive view of UNIBE in the
community
- Industrial Park Association on-board
- Area Health Directorate on-board
- Opportunity for advocacy and building
more partnerships

15. Thanks!