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What are some of the health topics taught in the program?
The curriculum contains eleven lesson modules focused on the following topics: privacy, health literacy, & cultural competency; hypertension & diabetes; obesity & healthy eating; oral health; mental health wellness; asthma awareness; bullying prevention; heat & sun safety awareness; substance misuse prevention; functional foods; and teen relationships. This curriculum serves as a tool for sharing health messages in your community and will enhance the classroom and lab knowledge if taught in a school setting. An optional lesson module focused on illness & injury (I2) simulation can be an implementation guide for teachers. The (I2) simulation was created with the goal of increasing empathy through simulating prevalent illnesses and injuries found across the South, specifically in Mississippi. The JrMWV training can be delivered to health science classes, family and consumer science classes, mayor’s health councils, 4-H groups, or other organizations that have an interest in promoting a culture of wellness.
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Bullying is personal to Je'Kylynn Steen, whose experiences as a victim and witness, helped give her insight into a project that can help others who may face the same challenges.
As a community health intern with the Junior Master Wellness Volunteer Program, she served as the primary author of a new bullying module to help young people recognize this pervasive problem and learn strategies to stop it.
If you’d like to volunteer more in the New Year, Extension has some wonderful opportunities. We have volunteer organizations designed for all ages and interests, including gardening, healthcare, natural resources and youth development.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- October is Children’s Health Month, but Mississippi’s Junior Master Wellness Volunteers are dedicated year-round to “promoting healthy living through community connections” in the state.
The Junior Master Wellness Volunteer program, or JrMWV, is a community health education and volunteer leader training program offered through the Mississippi State University Extension Service 4-H program in partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the UMMC/Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute.
Ann Sansing, MSU Extension community health coordinator, said this is the latest program developed in a five-year partnership with the medical center around delivery of the Community Health Advocate curriculum, which began there under the leadership of Dr. Rick deShazo.
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Rocheryl Ware sees members of her 4-H Junior Master Wellness Volunteer group as catalysts that can help change Mississippi's health landscape.
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Three Junior Master Wellness volunteers share healthy living messages
Arlencia Barnes, Quindarrius Whitley, and Taylor Harris learned how to be successul through the Junior Master Wellness program.
As a young child, Emily Davis was the victim of a horrific crime, but, with the support of her family and the pediatrician who documented the evidence, Davis became a survivor.
Katelyn Orr helped Cleveland residents get their hearts pumping and burn a few calories during the Community Walk in April.
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The Myth is Real: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy among African-Americans
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 11:30am
Conversations about Coronavirus: Interview with Cardeysha Ward
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