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Healthy Habits
This campaign focuses on providing information and education to young people and parents to produce the outcome of healthy habits and reduce high risk behaviors that contribute to poor health. Healthy Habits campaign projects: Original education brochures on high risk topics specifically impacting upper elementary, middle school, and high school students. Includes vegetarian diets, healthy eating, dieting, and smoking tobacco. Community ConnectionsPrograms for kids and parents are offered year round (some by distance education) on different areas of health, safety, wellness, and parenting. TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use)Adult facilitators are trained to teach teens to present TATU to peers and younger students. TATU promotes education and information through young people teaching young people about not smoking tobacco and about the health and environmental consequences of smoking tobacco. Annual TATU adult facilitator workshops and quarterly mailings to TATU facilitators and presenters are offered. Informed Choice: A Smoking Awareness ProgramA slide presentation teaching students grades 5 - 12 the consequences of smoking tobacco. Available for borrowing. Health and Medical Careers EducationTwice a year the department presents information and resources to teens on positive futures through medical and health careers through on-campus presentations and distance learning. Nutrition - "Everything Under the Sun" Nutrition Education WorkshopsA practical, interactive one hour workshop that introduces childcare providers to activities and resources for teaching preschoolers and families about making healthy choices for good nutrition daily. Body TwistersA fun, interactive floor mat activity available for loan to preschool and elementary school classrooms. Teachers can use this game as a springboard into exploring different parts of the human body. Taking Charge: 2000 and BeyondA comprehensive curriculum with resources to help teens postpone sexual activity by building decision-making, goal-setting, relationship skills and career choices. This program will be available for use in 2001 for middle school classrooms and with youth organizations. For more information...Contact the Community Education Department by phone at [Keywords: reduce high risk behaviors, vegetarian diets, healthy eating, dieting, smoking tobacco, smoking awareness, health and medical careers, good nutrition, sexual activity] |
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