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skill-based strategies for adhering to them to make these healthy behaviors more socially desirable among youth. This was accomplished in part by designing an online health behavior survey that produces a personalized assessment, or "Healthy Me
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after-school clubs (e.g. cooking, fitness and youth empowerment). HealthCorps activities challenge students to share the knowledge and skills they have learned with their friends, families and communities and to change their world for the better. School and community-wide activities are interspersed throughout the school year as a part of the HealthCorps experience to enhance lessons taught in the classroom.
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health or other academic classes or after-school clubs, as designated by the school principal. Lesson content is included in a 250-page curriculum and program guide developed in the field by the coordinators and approved by the HealthCorps Advisory Board.
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