Why this Guide is Important
In collaboration with partners in six communities in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, and a national advisory committee of diverse stakeholders and knowledge experts, this guide was created to enable organizations and communities to promote girls’ health through girls’ empowerment groups.
This guide aims to enable service providers to attain the following outcomes:
• Participants have strengthened protective factors including self-esteem, communications skills, critical thinking, connectedness and social supports
• Participants have increased knowledge about healthy living practices
• Participants have increased confidence and ability to make healthy choices
• Participants are applying new knowledge and skills and making healthier choices in their lives