Health and Human Sciences

The Strengthening Families Program: For Parent and Youth 10-14 is an evidence-based program that can help prevent teen substance abuse and other behavior problems, strengthen parent/youth communication skills, increase academic success in youth, help teach youth skills for dealing with stress and peer pressure, prevent violence, and aggressive behavior at home and at school. Ranked as the #1 prevention program out of 6,000 analyzed by the World Health Organization, the Strengthening Families Program consists of 7, 2-hr. long classes comprising of youth, parent, and family sessions.

Session topics included:

• Love & Limits
• Dreams & Goals
• House Rules
• Appreciating Parents
• Encouraging Positive Behavior
• Dealing with Stress
• Following Rules & Using Consequences
• Peer Pressure

For more information, visit https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/extension/strengthening-families-program-for-parents-and-youth-10-14-post-editable/

Each year, about 659,000 people in the United States die from heart disease, that’s 1 of every 4 deaths (CDC)! Purdue Extension’s Be Heart Smart Program helps individuals learn information to prevent and reduce their risk of developing heart disease. Over the course of four lessons, participants will learn about the risk factors associated with heart disease, important numbers to know, heart-healthy eating, and how to make sustainable heart-healthy lifestyle changes.

Be Heart Smart cost $15 to attend. For more information, visit:  https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/extension/program6/

According to Gallup, only 1 in 3 Americans use a budget and 30% have a long-term financial plan involving savings and investments for the future. Where Does Your Money Go? Program is designed to help consumers better understand how to spend their money. Taught over two, one-hour sessions, participants learn about financial management practices such as needs vs wants, writing goals, tracking expenses, identifying spending leaks, and how to develop a spending-savings plan. Furthermore, program activities help participants increase their knowledge of money management practices that promote financial stability and adoption of new habits that can lead to financial control.

According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report 2020, 34.2 million Americans have diabetes and another 88 million have prediabetes (CDC). Furthermore, people who have diabetes are 2.3 more likely to have greater healthcare cost than people who don’t have diabetes.

The Dining with Diabetes Program is a designed to assist and support individuals who have diabetes as well as their families to help reduce the burden of diabetes by increasing knowledge of healthy foods, tips to prepare quick, healthy, and tasty foods, demonstrating proper cooking techniques, promoting physical activity, building confidence, and providing opportunities for participants to learn from one another.

The cost to attend Dining with Diabetes is $40 per individual or $65 per couple. To learn more about Dining with Diabetes, visit: https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/extension/programs-food-0/#dining-with-diabetes

Educator Spotlight

Smile - It's Almost Spring!

Just Smile

Each year, I am asked to remind all entities associated with Purdue Extension that we are an institution that practices ensure that we practice accessibility on our websites and civil rights to avoid exclusion of any age, race, gender, etc. We hope that you will practice that effort, as well.

I have included some information and the definitions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for you to consider. Those definitions can seem overwhelming and it may seem challenging to identify with the meaning. So, as you read through them try to consider a time when you were left out because you were “too small or too tall, a woman or a man, too young or too old”.

Finally, when you see someone that might fit in one of those categories above or an-other – just smile. According to GLO Science, “Throughout the world, there is one gesture that every person recognizes as a sign of happiness and friendship: the smile.” When you smile at someone you make someone feel better about them-selves and feel better about their situation — alleviating stress.

So, just smile – it will make you feel better too.

Definitions from Remote DEI Toolbox

•  diversity: the presence of different types of people (e.g., from a wide range of identities and with different perspectives, experiences)
• equity: the state and process of ensuring equally high outcomes for all and remov-ing the predictability of success or failure that currently correlates with any social or cultural factors, examining biases, and creating inclusive environments
• inclusion: the state and process of putting diversity into action by creating an en-vironment of involvement, respect, and connection — where the richness of ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives are harnessed to create value

If you would like to have some of the information printed and mailed to you, contact Gail at (812) 462-3371 or wrigh509@purdue.edu .

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