Start Date

2020

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Health promotion among all populations— including children and adolescents— is one of the national preventive strategies recommended by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Some of the most serious precursors to health problems affecting the population of the United States are obesity, depression, and unintended pregnancy. The health consequences of these mostly preventable conditions will hinder individuals, families, and communities from long and healthy lives now and for generations to come. The fifth annual virtual Health Education and Leadership Training for a Hopeful Future (HEALTH) Camp was conducted over Zoom from June 15 to 23. The camp was designed to reach and serve girls from low-income, ethnic minority families to promote a culture of health and to increase interest in health professions among young women–especially ethnic minorities like African Americans and Hispanic girls. The virtual camp also engaged parents by providing two-thirty-minute parent sessions. Engaging parents helps with recruitment, retention of campers as well as reinforcing the knowledge learned during camp.

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Girls' and Parent's satisfaction with a summer virtual H.E.A.L.T.H Camp

Health promotion among all populations— including children and adolescents— is one of the national preventive strategies recommended by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Some of the most serious precursors to health problems affecting the population of the United States are obesity, depression, and unintended pregnancy. The health consequences of these mostly preventable conditions will hinder individuals, families, and communities from long and healthy lives now and for generations to come. The fifth annual virtual Health Education and Leadership Training for a Hopeful Future (HEALTH) Camp was conducted over Zoom from June 15 to 23. The camp was designed to reach and serve girls from low-income, ethnic minority families to promote a culture of health and to increase interest in health professions among young women–especially ethnic minorities like African Americans and Hispanic girls. The virtual camp also engaged parents by providing two-thirty-minute parent sessions. Engaging parents helps with recruitment, retention of campers as well as reinforcing the knowledge learned during camp.