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Executive Summary
Needs and Analysis
Solution Description
Solution Criteria
Solution Choice
Questions?
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• Yadira Orozco – Team Leader, Executive
Summary, Need Statement and Criteria
• Elsy Sandoval – Team Leader, Executive
Summary and Who is in Need?
• Esperanza Mata – Who is in Need?
• Francisco Gomez – Need Statement
• German Leonor – Need Statement
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Yadira Orozco & Elsy Sandoval
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To research the
effect of Drugs and
Abortion in our
community.
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1.What is the rate of social,
cultural, age groups of
abortion?
2.What are the risks a baby takes
from having addicted parents?
3.What percentage of abortions
are due to drug abuse?
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• Watsonville California
– Clinics: Salud Para la
Gente
– Shopping centers: Target,
Walgreens, K-Mart, Mi
Pueblo.
– Main Campus in Aptos
and Watsonville Campus
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By: Yadira Orozco
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Background
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Surveyed 150 people
– 31% Had a High School Diploma
– 59% Married
– 43% Had a job
– 33% worked 40 0r more hours
– 84% were Hispanic
– 41% Spanish
– 57% Acquaintance with someone
who had had an abortion
– 68% of women who have an abortion
fall into depression
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a. English 20%
b. Spanish
41%
c. Bilingual 36%
d. Other
1%
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a. YES 59%
b. NO
40%
How many hours per week?
a. Less than 5 Hrs.
4%
b. 5hrs. – 20 hrs.
9%
c. 20 hrs. – 40 hrs.
16%
d. 40 hrs. +
33%
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a. YES 38%
b. NO 55%
c. No Answer 7%
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• More knowledge
on the impact of
sex in our
community
• More family
support
• Females should
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Know someone?
a. YES 57%
b. NO
42%
Relationship to Individual
a. Family Member 15%
b. Friend
31%
c. Spouse
3%
d. Other
13%
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• Too many abortions
• Too much drug abuse
• Lack of maturity
By: German Leonor
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Cocaine
Cristal Meth
Weed
Ecstacy
Heroin
Vacating
Alcohol
Other
47%
43%
40%
38%
45%
31%
60%
17%
Chances of the baby being born normal
Least chance
Greatest Chance
18% 17% 16% 18% 15% 3%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7%
3% 2%
2%
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Cocaine
39%
Crystal Meth 49%
Weed
64%
Shrooms
6%
Ecstasy
20%
Heroin
20%
Vacating
5%
Alcohol
52%
Other
6%
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150 Surveys Collected
Gender
• Males
37%
• Females 51%
• No Answer 12%
Age
•13 and Below 4%
•14-17 13%
•18-20 35%
•21-30 50%
•31-39 23%
•40 and Above 25%
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Primary School 10%
Middle School 3%
Some High School 19%
High School Diploma 31%
Some College 23%
College Diploma 11%
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• Not enough
knowledge
• Not enough
family support
• Not prepared
and unaware
By: Francisco Gomez
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
Drugs 38%
Alcohol
31%
Unwanted Pregnancies 65%
Unprotected Sex 62%
Rape 42%
Social Status 19%
Age 39%
Cultural Beliefs 19%
Pride 13%
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a. From Parents
23%
b. From Friends
1%
c. Illegal
Activities 4%
d. Job 43%
e. Other
23%
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• More knowledge on the impact of sex
would create better sex awareness in
our community. Therefore wiser
decisions will take place.
• With more family support, our
community will have less risk of
unwanted pregnancies and drug
consumption. Women would protect
themselves from unwanted
pregnancies.
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• More
unwanted
pregnancies
• More drug
consumption
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Addicted Father
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•
•
•
•
•
Addicted Baby
44%
Mental Disabilities 49%
Deformation
43%
Miscarriage
34%
Born Premature 37%
Other
15%
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Addicted Mother
•
•
•
•
•
•
Addicted Baby 55%
Mental Disabilities
55%
Deformation
50%
Miscarriage
39%
Born Premature
46%
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a.
b.
c.
d.
Male
Female
Both
Other
11%
67%
10%
13%
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Evidence to support our
claim:
• Surveys
– Quotes
• Due to too much drug abuse a “A baby
would have a lesser chance of living in a
mothers wound.”
• “La hembra tiene la decision final de
estar bajo la influencia de las drogas
embarasada y las probabilidades de un
aborto son mas altas”
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Latino Young Adults who are not
parent dependable between the
ages of 21-30 years of age.
By: Esperanza Mata
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a. YES 45%
b. NO
54%
Stay Home Mother?
a. YES 55%
b. NO
45%
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Hispanic/Latino 85%
White
7%
Asian
1%
African-American 1%
Other
3%
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By: Elsy Sandoval
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a. 7% : 1 – 10%
b. 15% : 11 – 25%
c. 34% : 30 – 50%
d. 24% : 50 – 80%
e. 14% : 80 – 100%
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Abortion and Drugs
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•
•
More
Knowledge
Family support
Female should
protect
themselves from
unwanted
pregnancies.
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Solution #1
-More sex
education
-Longer time
introducing
the topic of
sex
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Solution #2
-Parents should
have more
responsibility
-Parents should
be more
involved in
their kids lives.
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Solution #3
-Effective
birth
control
-Abstinence
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a. 1 - 3 months
b. 3 - 6 months
c. 6 - 9 months
62%
19%
14%
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Commits suicide
30%
Fall into depression 68%
Drug addiction
50%
Risk their lives
40%
Other
9%
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Criteria for Selecting the
Solutions
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•
•
Cost Less
Time to Create
Easy to Create
Effective to
Community
• Reach the People
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Criteria
Criteria
Cost Less
Time to
Create
Easy to
Create
Effective to
Community
Reach the
People
Solution #1
Solution #2
More
Knowledge
Family
Support
Solution #3
Female
Should be
More
Protected
xx
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x
xxx
xx
xx
xxx
xxx
X
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Chosen Solution
If a parent
supports their
children while
growing up, their
children wont
lack sex
knowledge that
could drive them
to make a bad
sex choice.
By: Yadira Orozco
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Goals of Solution
Parents should
be prepared
to be parents
before
becoming
parents.
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Solution Outcomes
• We would let the
community
acknowledge the
lack of
responsibility that
the community has.
• Provide counseling
classes for families.
• Offer an extra
course in school of
sex education.
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Solution Objectives
• Go to high schools
and convince the
school district to
provide a sex
education course.
• Have volunteer
counselors to
provide counseling
for families.
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