The Well Connected Communities initiative brought together a coalition of passionate youth, adults, and community partners to help erase the stigma around mental health and grow awareness on resources available to help. Learn how Well Connected Communities is making a … Continued
The Well Connected Communities initiative recently presented three Culture of Health awards to one youth volunteer, an adult volunteer, and a Land Grant University that have been leaders in healthy living programming in their communities. Award nominations were solicited from … Continued
On a recent webinar, Well Connected Communities leaders were asked to share what accomplishments from the last year they are proud of. Below are a few of the activities that were shared: Positive feedback from youth—that being a part of … Continued
The Idaho Well Connected Communities team has been focused heavily on local health data. After identifying a community that was lacking in data, they created a written survey and solicited community input at the county fair. The survey listed six … Continued
As part of their Well Connected Communities work, partners in Pendleton County have focused their efforts on reducing youth substance abuse. In this video, Mary Pettit, Chair of Champions for a Drug-Free Pendleton County, and Kenna Knight of the University … Continued
While educating young people on the realities of prescription drug abuse is important, research has shown that traditional fear-based anti-drug messaging is not particularly effective. The “What’s Your Side Effect?” approach is to package information on prescription drugs inside a broader … Continued
Michelle Skiles Rodgers, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, and Monica Hobbs Vinluan, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, share their thoughts on how youth can play an important role in being a catalyst for system change in this article from the Journal … Continued
The first generation 4-Hers of the Milan Navigators 4-H Club are well on their way to making a difference in the health of their community. After attending a training on how to be health advocates, the youth decided to implement … Continued
Eleven students from Seaford High School, recently volunteered to serve as peer-to-peer educators with the National 4-H Botvins LIfeSkills Training Program. These teens will use the skills they learned in training to help spread anti-drug messages and positive life skills … Continued
SALT LAKE CITY — Noted author and social scientist Arthur Brooks was searching for an epiphany about how to solve the growing opioid crisis when he came across a lecture about poverty by the late Cardinal Francis George of Chicago. … Continued