Media-Smart Youth - Eat, Think, and Be Active! (2001-ongoing)

Project Website: http://chc.aed.org/prj_msy.htm
Center Website: AED Center for Health Communication

In our media-saturated society, young people need help to understand the role that media play in shaping their values about nutrition and physical activity, and to build skills that encourage critical thinking and healthy lifestyle choices. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National lnstitute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) asked AED to create a media literacy program for 11-13 year olds in after-school environments. Media-Smart Youth is an interactive, science-based program for community-based organizations and after-school programs that combines youth-development principles and practices with government recommendations about nutrition and physical activity. AED recently completed the development of a train-the-trainers guide for communities to use to train program facilitators and is currently working on revising the program to integrate newer media and to keep the program fresh in our constantly changing media environment.

Contact
Elyse Cohen
Rachel Nania

Health Areas
Nutrition-related chronic disease.

Behavior Change Strategies or Processes
Behavior change communication.

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