HIGH SCHOOL

Self Exam Tools of Prevention

With increased maturity comes increasing freedom, responsibilities and risks. Young adults confront a complex array of social pressures, cultural influences and heightened peer pressure. Their developing independence must be grounded in factual information that allows them to make mature and responsible decisions about sex, drug use and disease prevention.

BETTER START EARLY - BREAST SELF EXAM PROGRAM – HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN (full details)
TThis program seeks to raise breast cancer awareness in young high school women while creating a positive attitude toward breast self-exam. Topics covered include breast health, breast self-exam, mammography, and breast cancer. Students will learn how lifestyle choices and early detection both influence the incidence and survivability of breast cancer. We cover risk factors including age, family history and genetic factors as well as lifestyle choices – alcohol/tobacco use, high-fat diet, obesity, exercise, and breast feeding.

STEROID SECRETS – HIGH SCHOOL MEN (full details)
The pressure to succeed, be stronger, and stand out among peers sometimes drives student athletes to make regretful decisions. The use of steroids is one such decision. Steroids produce short-lived results with long-term consequences. Steroid Secrets examines the hazards, and healthy alternatives to using performance enhancing drugs and supplements.