Substance Use and Mental Health – 4-H Youth Development

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who reported an increased knowledge of substance use prevention, addiction, and/or recovery (or related subject matter)	4763
Number of individuals who reported an increased ability to use destigmatized language	184
Number of individuals who adopted/implemented strategies focused on substance use prevention and/or recovery	214
Number of youth who experienced improved social skills and/or self-efficacy	1874
Number of individuals who reported intended behavior change as a result of participation in substance use prevention and/or recovery programming	433
Number of individuals who gained increased knowledge of how to respond to mental health concerns	501

Youth Mental Health First Aid

about 3 months ago by Crystal Smith

The mental health in youth and young adults has been an unspeakable topic for years until of recent many in Eastern Kentucky. The past several years for the youth, young adults, and basically everyon... Read More
Health Rocks Mentorship Program

about 18 days ago by Samantha Klotz

Using the 4-H Health Rocks Curriculum, 18 Nelson County High School students were trained to mentor Old Kentucky Home Middle School students on substance use and prevention. The high school students w... Read More
Health Rocks

about 3 months ago by Bernita Cheirs

According to (NIH) the National Institute of Drug Abuse website, statistics for 2022 showed twelve percent of eighth graders, twenty-point-five percent of tenthgraders, and twenty-seventy point three ... Read More
Truth & Consequences

about 20 days ago by Stephen Conrad

Data from the last decade (The Recovery Village) shows rates of middle school substance abuse and addiction in kids as young as 11 or 12 years old have swelled across the United States. In 2015, more ... Read More