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NEA HIN developed Kids Act to Control Tobacco! (Kids ACT!), a school-based tobacco control advocacy program for middle school students (grades 6-8) that is based on a four-step advocacy model. Kids ACT! is designed to help teachers guide students through learning activities to help them build knowledge and skills to act to promote tobacco-free environments at home, in school and in their communities. The curriculum is standards-based and can be taught by teachers in a variety of disciplines (English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and Health). Formatted for service learning, Kids ACT! fosters students' skills in advocacy, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and leadership. By conducting Kids ACT! activities, teachers can accomplish multiple interdisciplinary performance indicators using the health topic of tobacco use prevention.A companion Kids ACT! Family Guide contains easy-to-read information, and teachable moments and action ideas to support parent-child communication on tobacco while offering a school an organized way to increase parent and community involvement. The development of Kids ACT! was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The RWJF is currently funding an evaluation study of this promising new program. NEA HIN is working with a team of evaluators from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services on this evaluation study. After the evaluation study is completed, the NEA HIN hopes to market Kids ACT! to teachers and schools throughout the U.S. |
Kids Act to Control Tobacco!