Health Rocks!®
Health Rocks!® is curricula for a healthy living program targeted at young people ages 8 to 14.
The program aims to:
- Reduce youth smoking and tobacco use.
- Help youth build life skills that lead
to healthy lifestyle choices with special emphasis on youth smoking and tobacco
use prevention.
- Help youth understand influences and
health consequences of tobacco, drug, and alcohol use to make healthy choices.
- Engage youth and adults in partnership
to develop and implement community strategies that promote healthy lifestyle
choices.
- Build positive, enduring relationships
with youth involved as full partners through widely varying "communities
of interest" to address youth risk behaviors.
Health Rocks!® also provides health information regarding
norms and consequences of youth tobacco, alcohol, and drug usage. The
curriculum is designed for teen/adult facilitation, with teaching tips and key
health messages embedded in the hand-on activities.
To see how Health Rocks!® and other 4-H programs support Positive Youth Development, please visit the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development.
Purchase the Health Rocks!® Curriculum at 4-H Mall