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4-H Family & Community Health

In the Family and Community Health project area, youth learn about many facets of healthy living, consumer choices, and life skills. With projects involving cooking, consumer decisions, sewing, and personal safety, there is an engaging opportunity for all youth.

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Texas 4-H Foods & Nutrition Project

The Texas 4-H Foods & Nutrition Project empowers youth with culinary and nutrition skills to prepare nutritious foods while creating healthy eating patterns. Creating healthy eating patterns at an early age can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases, obesity, and poor nutrition in adulthood. 

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Publications

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Make tasty, affordable meals using simple pantry staples. Keep your meal prep fresh with 30 tasty recipes to choose from. You’ll love the flavors and save money too! Order your copy today! Download your copy today!

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This one-page information sheet describes the components of a flight plan and the reasons it’s critical to be ready in the event of a hospitalization, death, or other incapacitation.

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This fact sheet discusses the four end-of-life documents that Texans should have in place.

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Programs

We offer numerous free and affordable programs on agriculture and natural resources, family and community health, economic health and youth development. We also offer many volunteer opportunities. Browse the list below.
Program

The Texas 4-H Family & Community Health Program provides a variety of resources and opportunities to learn about nutrition, interior design, consumer education and more.

Program

Texas 4-H is part of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M University System. Founded in 1908, 4-H is the largest youth development program in Texas, reaching more than 550,000 youth each year.

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Texas 4-H Youth Ambassador program is for high school 4-H members looking to develop and practice advanced skills in a variety of 4-H program areas.

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Courses

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Step Up Scale Down is a 12-week wellness program based on USDA guidelines and scientific research. Each week focuses on a different topic related to nutrition, healthy eating, exercise, and more to support you in your weight loss journey.

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This session will explore the topic of using car seats in smaller vehicles. Some vehicles just aren’t suited for car seat use, while other times we can make adjustments to the vehicle and/or select certain car seats to improve compatibility. And, naturally, when multiple car seats are used in one vehicle, fit can become a problem, even in vehicles that aren’t considered tiny. Technicians will learn about general tips and explore some specific examples.

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A discussion of the effects of common misuse and combinations of misuse and its effect on pediatric injury. An analysis of the data was done to show which misuse is most dangerous for the different types of restraints including a comparison of injuries to children when using optimal restraints, suboptimal restraints and when unrestrained to see if the data supports current best practice recommendations.

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    Las areas inundadas despues de una tormenta severa son propensas a problemas de mosquitos. Varias especies de mosquitos son un peligro para los humanos debido a las enfermedades que transmiten. Esta publicacion explica los sintomas de la fiebre del dengue, el virus del Nilo Occidental y la encefalitis de San Luis y enumera las cosas […]

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    Las personas que permanecen en refugios temporales y centros de evacuacion pueden estar en riesgo de contraer enfermedades que se propagan en condiciones de hacinamiento. Mantener la higiene personal es una forma de protegerse. Mantener las instalaciones limpias tambien es muy importante. (2 Paginas)

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    After a disaster, older adults may face unique challenges. This free factsheet teaches you how to access benefits, medications, and care. Download your copy today!

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    Cuando los adultos mayores deben evacuar sus hogares, pueden preocuparse por recibir sus pagos del Seguro Social, recibir beneficios de Medicare de nuevos proveedores de atencion medica y reemplazar los medicamentos que quedan atras. Esta publicacion explica a quien llamar para pedir ayuda con estas necesidades. (2 Paginas)

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    Experimentar un desastre puede conducir a un comportamiento erratico, cambios en el estado de animo e incluso sintomas fisicos. Las senales de advertencia del estres posterior al desastre se explican en esta publicacion. Hay sugerencias para ayudar a las victimas a lidiar con el estres y para obtener ayuda profesional. (3 Paginas)

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    People who are staying in temporary shelters and evacuation centers may be at risk for diseases that spread in crowded conditions. Maintaining personal hygiene is one way to protect yourself. Keeping the facility clean is also very important.

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    This 3-page publication offers a few key sections for successful implementation, such as: Building the Action Plan, Roles, and Responsibilities, Maintaining Community Engagement, and a template for a Plan of Action.

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    This 3-page publication identifies the signs of depression and how to manage farm-related stress.

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    This 2-page factsheet outlines warning signs for suicide and includes recommendations should you suspect someone is considering harming themselves.

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    Viaje al Mediterráneo se centra en recetas que encajan en el patrón de alimentación mediterráneo y destaca recomendaciones de estilo de vida adicionales, como la actividad física.

    Note: This is a paid downloadable publication.

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