TITLE
Girl Power! Community Education Kit
TOOL AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
The Girl Power! Community Education Kit highlights many types of messages and materials to help individuals and organizations develop comprehensive, skill-building programs to help 14-year-old girls avoid unhealthy behaviors.
TOOL CATEGORY
AUDIENCE
Payers/Purchasers
Key Features
PAYERS/PURCHASERS
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention developed the kit, which contains 11 components. Some examples are:
- Welcome to Girl Power!: This booklet provides an overview of the Girl Power! program and includes information on the issues and challenges facing 9- to 14-year-old girls today.
- Girl Power! Speaker's Guide: This booklet provides speakers with easy-to-use talking points. Parents, teachers, program coordinators, and other Girl Power! advocates may be invited to give presentations about Girl Power!
- How to Access and Activate Girl Power! in Your Community: This booklet helps youth-serving organizations, businesses, schools, and other community groups to determine how they can develop Girl Power! programs to nurture and support girls.
Target Population
TARGET POPULATION AGE
ASSOCIATION WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
Institute of Medicine - National Health Care Quality Report Categories
IOM CARE NEED
Not within an IOM Care Need
IOM DOMAIN
IOM PRIORITY AREA
Unspecified
Identifying Information
SPONSOR
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
DEVELOPER
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
TOOL FORMAT
Campaigns/Initiatives/Programs; Toolkit; Web site
CLINICAL RECOMMENDATION TYPE
Unspecified
RELEASE DATE
