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<br />. ~ <br /> <br />GOAL: <br /> <br />WHY: <br /> <br />WHO: <br /> <br />WHAT: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Yo u. 1-/1 <br />IV' <br />l/;U!MU /J ify <br />~3 <br /> <br />BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS <br />OF AMERICA <br /> <br />Fact Sheet: SMART Girls <br /> <br />To help girls develop and adopt a healthy attitude and lifestyle, as well as <br />acquire and maintain a positive self-concept, sound decision-making skills <br />and mentor relationships <br /> <br />Female Club members need a safe setting in which they can address health <br />and social issues unique to them and build the necessary skills to resist <br />negative influences such as drugs, alcohol and premature sexual activity. <br /> <br />Female Club members ages 8-17 <br /> <br />An outgrowth of the popular and effective SMART Moves program, SMART <br />Girls is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement <br />program for girls. The program is designed to encourage healthy attitudes <br />and lifestyles that will enable early adolescent girls to develop to their full <br />potential. Sessions incorporate learning experiences that include mentors, <br />guest speakers, hands-on activities and field trips. SMART Girls has a <br />module for girls ages 8-12 years and a module for girls ages 13-17 years. <br />Each module has two components: <br /> <br />Part One: It's your Body examines media influences on attitudes about <br />females, personal values in dating relationships, date violence, date rape and <br />sexual harassment, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual myths and truths, <br />getting regular gynecological care, and the physical and emotional changes <br />girls experience. <br /> <br />Part Two: Take Care of your Body identifies ways to attain healthy eating <br />habits, meet specific nutritional needs, develop basic cooking skills and <br />become physically fit and active. It also emphasizes the importance of <br />knowing how to use the health care delivery system. <br /> <br />Program Assessment: The SMART Girls program guide has a gender- <br />specific survey, a pre-testlpost-test and an environmental scan checklist to <br />help determine the program's effectiveness and measure the degree of <br />knowledge and/or skills participants acquire. <br /> <br />WEB SITE www.bgca.netlPrograms/Health & Life Skills <br /> <br />CONTACT: Rachel C. Falgout, Director, Health and Life Skills, (404) 487-5950, <br />rfalgout@bgca.org <br /> <br />SMART Girls <br />Boys & Girls Clubs of America (April 2003) <br />