POW Number: 5.I
POW Title: Healthy Peoples/Healthy Communities
Available Education Resources
Progressive Farmer Safety Day Camp Training Program and Manual
Farm Safety Day Camp Manual
Farm Family Safety & Health Workshop Leaders Guide
Ag Couples USA: Safety and Health Training for Farm Families
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids catalog, resources & programs
Partners For A Safer Community program
Hazardous Occupations Training Program
AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians program
First-on-the-Scene for Farm Families program
FARMEDIC Farm Accident Rescue courses
Personal Protection Educational Modules
hazard simulators & demonstrations
safety displays
safety fact sheets
circulars
videos, slides, and films
Agricultural Safety and Health News bimonthly newsletter
regional Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
PA. Department of Agriculture small grants program
National Childrens Center for Rural and Agricultural Health & Safety
PA Safe Kids Coalition
Weeds in the Garden safety and activity book for Amish children
PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
local hospital outreach programs
rural volunteer firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, emergency room physicians & nurses
county and state farm service and commodity organizations, agencies and associations Penn States Office of Pesticide Education
The Agromedicine program at the Hershey Medical Center
Penn States Office of Rural Health
publications by the Cancer Information Service of the National Cancer Institute
publications by the American Cancer Society
publications by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
publications by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and State Data Center
NALIC produced resources: NALIC Media Kit; Women Alive! Storytelling Education Program; The Cancer Information Resource Library Project training manual, A Learning Session: Making Decisions About Breast Health education program.
Fact sheets, public education brochures in-service and training resources from the Cornell Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factor Education Project.
The Pink Ribbon Campaign for Cancer Awareness and the Quilt Project for Breast Health. Numerous other resources (newsletters, publications and training materials from following NALIC project-level partners.)
NALIC Project-Level Partners:
Hershey Medical Center/Cancer
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
Penn State Geisinger Health System
Penn State Department of Entomology;
The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Cancer Information Service--Roswell Park
Cancer Information Service--Fox Chase
American Cancer Society--Pennsylvania and New York
Maternal and Family Health Services
Pennsylvania; Family Health Council, Inc.
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute
Pennsylvania DOH Cancer Control Program
Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Libraries
Pennsylvania Department of Education
New York State Cancer Control Services Program
Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Pennsylvania Tobacco Prevention Network
US Too! International
Prostate Cancer Organization
Pennsylvania Tobacco Prevention Network
Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco
Coalition for a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania
Northern Appalachia Leadership Initiative on Cancer
American Cancer Society
Coalition Development Manual for Community Coalitions for Tobacco Free Youth
STAT Youth Tobacco SQUADS Facilitators Guide
STAT Tobacco Free Youth Activity Guide
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Join Together
The University of Michigan Survey Research Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Planned Parenthood
March of Dimes
Education Programs under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative:
Childrens Aid Societys Family Life, Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
Sex Education Program
National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy
Parenting and Prevention (NOAPPP)
The NARAL Foundation. Sexuality Education in America: A State-by-State Review
Science Educators
Extension Agents
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Agricultural Safety Database
National Childrens Center for Rural and Agricultural Health & Safety
Pennsylvania State faculty in the College of Health and Human Development
Cooperative Extension resources, e.g., "Stress on the Farm"; "Stress, Taking Charge"; Mental HealthMental Retardation offices
Extension learn-at-home programs such as "Visits with You and Your Baby"
Todays Working Parent Family Time and newsletter series
Selected internet materials recommended by extension health and family living specialists; Other professionals from the co mmunity; Pen Pages; World Wide Web.
Needed Resources Not Currently Available
For 5.I.5. Building Family/Community Awareness and Capacity for Stress Control:
Media pieces to be developed by and with Agricultural Extension communication resource people.
For 5.I.4. Preventing Teen Pregnancies
Parent education resources and preteen and teen (low literacy) educational materials and curriculums adapted or used directly from other organizations, hospitals, etc.
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