HealthMajor Program

9740

Total Hours

Contributed.

102621

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

133

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

3725

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth who were educated on health and well-being through 4-H programs (KOSA)

33337

Number of youth who indicated they made healthy lifestyle choices as a result of what they learned through 4-H programming (PRACTICE)

19302

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #13 “Is 4-H a place where you have a chance to be a leader?” (SEEC)

9495

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #6 “Is 4-H A place where you get to figure out things for yourself?” (SEEC)

10924

Number of youth who indicated they increased their daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables eaten as a result of 4-H programs (PRACTICE)

14805

Stories

Union County 4-H Offers CPR to Teens

Union County now has 28 teens who are certified in CPR. CPR or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is a lifesaving procedure that is performed if a persons heart stops beating. If CPR is performed it can double or triple chances of survival. According to the American Heart Association in one year alone, 436,000 Americans die from a cardiac arrest. Bystander CPR improves survival. Most often out of hospital cardiac arrests will occur in homes at 73.4%, public settings 16.3% and nursing homes 10.3%. Uni...

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Union County 4-H Offers CPR to Teens

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