The Health Professions Education Foundation Announces $250,000 in Scholarships Awarded to Youth Leaders in Pregnancy Prevention.News Editors/Health/Medical Writers/Education Writers SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 The Health Professions Education Foundation announced today its selections for the fall 2002 Youth for Pregnancy Prevention-Leadership Recognition Program (YAPP-LRP). The Foundation awarded $250,000 to ten youth from across the state. The purpose of the program is to award scholarships to youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who have demonstrated leadership in promoting healthy adolescent ad·o·les·cent adj. Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence. n. A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager. sexuality and teen pregnancy prevention in their local communities. Each scholarship recipient will receive a $25,000 scholarship ($5,000 per year over five years). In return for the scholarship, each recipient must choose to study a discipline in the health professions. In addition, each recipient must practice his or her profession in a medically underserved area medically underserved area A region that has a relative or absolute deficiency of health care resources–eg, hospital beds, equipment and/or medical personnel of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). after graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. . Each scholarship recipient will also receive recognition at the annual awards ceremony. The awards ceremony will be held on May 29, 2003 at the Hotel Sofitel (Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. ) as part of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI TPPI Time Proportional Phase Increment TPPI Inverse of Tangential proper part (RCC Spatial Logic) TPPI TEFA Pedagogical Perspectives Interview ) conference. The scholarship recipients addressed teen pregnancy issues by attending forums and working with local governments and schools. Through their peer counseling work, they helped youth get through serious medical and emotional issues. Sometimes these youth leaders are the only people their peers can talk to about making healthy and responsible choices. The 2002-2003 recipients of the YAPP-LRP scholarship are: Angela Akens, 20 (Burlingame, CA) Jessie Funes, 22 (Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA) Cherisse Johnson, 19 (Vista, CA) Francisco Martin, 22 (Fremont, CA) Lorenzo Valdez, 22 (Highland, CA) Nancy Arellano, 19 (Oceanside, CA) Nichole Johnson, 20 (Vacaville, CA) Delia Lopez, 19 (Los Angeles, CA) Guillermo Ortega, 20 (Oceanside, CA) Luis Sierra, 21 (Los Angeles, CA) The Health Professions Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , public benefit corporation, established to provide scholarships and loan repayment grants to health professional students. The Foundation's mission is to improve access to health care in rural and urban underserved areas, where individuals do not receive adequate health care due to cultural and/or language barriers, geographic barriers, or economic barriers. Since 1990, the Foundation has awarded nearly $7.8 million in scholarships and loan repayment grants to approximately 1,500 health professional students. |
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