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UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
First ever 4-H virtual summer camps improve youth health and wellness
Russell D. Hill
  • Author: Russell D. Hill
  • Author: Fe Moncloa
  • Author: Liliana Vega
  • Contributor: Roshan Nyak
Published on: September 8, 2020
Youth drinks a bottle of water while sitting in front of a laptop. On the laptop is the Zoom application showing the video of a 4-H Advisor.
Youth drinks a bottle of water while sitting in front of a laptop. On the laptop is the Zoom application showing the video of a 4-H Advisor.

After attending first ever California 4-H virtual summer camps, 62% of youth participants reported they feel more connected to other youth, which is especially important for health given this time of COVID-19 isolation.

The Issue

Shelter in Place restrictions due to COVID-19 prevented in-person overnight and day camp opportunities for California's youth. A national survey of adolescents indicates, “School closures and sheltering at home in the COVID-19 pandemic isolate children and adolescents from peers, teachers, extended family, and community...fully one-third of adolescents reported high levels of loneliness.”  (Loades ME et al., 2020) 

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Condition Change: Improved health for all
Strategic Initiative: Healthy Families and Communities
Public Value: UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Tags: 4-H Program (2), Camps (1), Virtual programs (1), wellness (1)
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UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
UCCE programming increases student leadership for healthy outcomes
Shannon Klisch
Published on: June 25, 2019
During the career fair, an Engineer speaks with youth about what she does for her job
During the career fair, an Engineer speaks with youth about what she does for her job

After participating in 4-H SNAC programs, 95% of youth participants reported they learned how to be a better leader, supporting increased health outcomes in their communities.

 

The Issue

Youth in low-income communities of color face health inequities. While 14.6% of all California adolescents ages 12-17 are classified as obese, rates are much higher among Latino adolescents (20.2%) and highest among adolescents in very low-income households (20.4% vs. 12.7% among the highest income households). Further,

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Strategic Initiative: Healthy Families and Communities
Public Value: UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Tags: 4-H Program (2), CalFresh Healthy Living UC (6), Cooking (1), Leadership (1), San Luis Obispo (4), Santa Barbara (4)
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