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| 4061 - 4-H Health Core Curriculum | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4061.1) | 150 |
Number of youth who indicated they pay attention to how much fruit they eat each day (Common Measures – HE 1) |
| 4061.2) | 110 |
Number of youth who indicated they pay attention to how many vegetables they eat each day (Common Measures – HE 2) |
| 4061.3) | 75 |
Number of youth who indicated they pay attention to how much water they drink each day (Common Measures – HE 3) |
| 4061.4) | 145 |
Number of youth who indicated they eat breakfast every day or most days (Common Measures – HE 6) |
| 4061.5) | 200 |
Number of youth who indicated they learned about healthy food choices through 4-H (Common Measures – HE 10) |
| 4061.6) | 75 |
Number of youth who indicated they pay attention to how active they are each day (Common Measures – BA 1) |
| 4061.7) | 60 |
Number of youth who indicated they pay attention to how much time they spend in front of a screen (TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone) each day (Common Measures – BA 2) |
| 4061.8) | 200 |
Number of youth who indicated they talked about ways to be active in 4-H (Common Measures – BA 5) |
| 4061.9) | 40 |
Number of youth that report they know how to handle stress |
| 4061.10) | 100 |
Number of youth who report making healthy lifestyle choices |
Author: Mary Jane Little
Major Program: 4-H Health Core Curriculum
The GEM curriculum (Get Experience in Mindfulness) is national 4-H curriculum that provides tools for educators to enable students with stress and coping mechanisms. Mason County 4-H hosted a 6 week program at St. Patrick's school for 7th and 8th graders. The lessons entail stress recognition and management, anxiety recognition and grounding techniques, how to identify stress triggers, and personality tests to get to know how others may experience stress. Students worked through individual a
