INSight Youth Corps

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INSight Youth Corps

• Indianas Network of Students Inspiring Good
  Health Today

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INShape Indiana INSight Youth Corps

• INShape IN statewide health initiative to
  coordinate efforts around the state to combat
  obesity and smoking
• INSight Youth Corps student-led initiative
  developed out of INShape IN
• Experience based learning
• Enhance personal and academic achievement
• Build leadership skills

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INSight Youth Corps

• VISION
• The vision of the Youth Corps is to develop
  a statewide network of high school students
  trained as mentors and leaders to promote, model,
  and teach healthy behaviors in their schools and
  communities.

• MISSION
• The mission of the Youth Corps is to empower
  youth to make choices and take action that will
  positively impact their own health and the health
  of their peers, families, and communities.

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Introduce Yourselves

• Your name
• Your grade level
• An unknown fact about yourself

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Youth Corps Members

• Commit to participate
• Attend Youth Corps meetings
• Participate in the Youth Corps training
• Participate in Youth Corps projects

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Youth Corps Project APeer Health Training

• Offer peer health training in a classroom
  pre-school, elementary, middle-school, or high
  school
• Choose curriculum and peer group to target for
  project
• Use high quality resources
• Target one of 3 topics
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity
• Tobacco Cessation

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Youth Corps Project BCreative Health Project

• Spread healthy living messages
• Utilize creative talents and interests
• Address some aspect of the 3 target areas
  nutrition, activity, tobacco cessation

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Examples of Creative Projects

• Quarterly health newsletter
• Developing health survey and follow-up
• Creating an artistic health display
• Developing public health messages to be broadcast
  on TV or radio
• Conduct health essay contest
• Host a school health fair
• Encourage a physical activity within school

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Brainstorming

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• Ideas for Project B
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Resources

• http//www.in.gov/inshape
• http//www.in.gov/inshape/insight