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HealthCorps is an American non-profit organization that responds to the obesity crisis through school-based health education and peer-mentoring in addition to community outreach to underserved populations – mostly Hispanic and African-American. == What it does == HealthCorps is a national service program with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.〔Coral Gables Gazette http://www.cggazette.com/index.cfm?dsp=news.view&nid=204〕 The program claims to impact from 400 to 600 high school students per school per year.〔Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/partners/Archive/HealthCorps/index.html〕 The HealthCorps in-school program shows teens practical life skills through interactive seminars focused on the value and power of students' bodies and minds. HealthCorps expects teens to become educated consumers and health activists, and teens are encouraged to develop positive behavioral shifts that enhance self-esteem.〔U.S. Senate Testimony of HealthCorps President http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_03_10_b/Bouchard.pdf〕 HealthCorps is based on a peer-mentor model. Each HealthCorps "Coordinator" is assigned one school in which he or she leads seminars five days a week on fitness, nutrition and mental resilience.〔Good Morning America http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4711843〕 The seminars are taught through health or other academic classes or through after school clubs, as designated by the school principal. Seminar content is included in a 250-page curriculum and program guide developed by the HealthCorps Advisory Board.〔U.S. Senate Testimony of Mehmet Oz Appendix C http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_02_26/Oz.pdf〕 HealthCorps believes that through service learning, the students share some of the messaging with their friends and parents—thus increasing the reach of HealthCorps' message. Outside of schools, HealthCorps engages in several community events such as health fairs. Their largest health fairs are branded "Highway to Health" festivals.〔WABC-TV http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/community&id=6794649〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HealthCorps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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