Health Topics

What are some of the health topics taught in the program?

The curriculum contains eleven lesson modules focused on the following topics: privacy, health literacy, & cultural competency; hypertension & diabetes; obesity & healthy eating; oral health; mental health wellness; asthma awareness; bullying prevention; heat & sun safety awareness; substance misuse prevention; functional foods; and teen relationships. This curriculum serves as a tool for sharing health messages in your community and will enhance the classroom and lab knowledge if taught in a school setting. An optional lesson module focused on illness & injury (I2) simulation can be an implementation guide for teachers. The (I2) simulation was created with the goal of increasing empathy through simulating prevalent illnesses and injuries found across the South, specifically in Mississippi.  The JrMWV training can be delivered to health science classes, family and consumer science classes, mayor’s health councils, 4-H groups, or other organizations that have an interest in promoting a culture of wellness. 

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Filed Under: 4-H, Health and Wellness, Leadership, Community, Junior Master Wellness Volunteer, Health, Nutrition and Wellness March 10, 2023

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Teens can learn how to become active role models for healthy lifestyle change in their communities at an April 22 summit at the Mill Conference Center in Starkville.

The Promoting Healthy Living Through Community Connections Summit, wihch is open to 14- to 18-year-olds from northern Mississippi, will offer interactive educational sessions on nutrition, mental health awareness, community and civic engagement, and health promotion, wellness and physical activity.

Filed Under: 4-H, Junior Master Wellness Volunteer September 27, 2022

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A Mississippi 4-H health and wellness program is expanding after receiving a $100,000 grant from a large health care and insurance company.

Four women stand around the Bully statue on the Mississippi State University campus.
Filed Under: 4-H, Junior Master Wellness Volunteer June 4, 2019

Bullying is personal to Je'Kylynn Steen, whose experiences as a victim and witness, helped give her insight into a project that can help others who may face the same challenges.

As a community health intern with the Junior Master Wellness Volunteer Program, she served as the primary author of a new bullying module to help young people recognize this pervasive problem and learn strategies to stop it.

Success Stories

Headshot photos of two young women and a young man.
Volume 2 Number 3

Three Junior Master Wellness volunteers share healthy living messages

Arlencia Barnes, Quindarrius Whitley, and Taylor Harris learned how to be successul through the Junior Master Wellness program.

A blonde young woman wearing a blue lab coat and safety glasses holds a glass dropper up to the camera.
Volume 5 Number 2

As a young child, Emily Davis was the victim of a horrific crime, but, with the support of her family and the pediatrician who documented the evidence, Davis became a survivor.

A teen with brown hair and wearing a green Junior Master Wellness Volunteer T-shirt stands in front of the Cleveland, Mississippi, Welcome Center.
Volume 4 Number 3

Katelyn Orr helped Cleveland residents get their hearts pumping and burn a few calories during the Community Walk in April.

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