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Health In Perspective (HIP)

This page was reviewed or revised on Saturday, October 26, 2002.

The Health In Perspective (HIP) program focuses on smoking prevention and cessation for young females aged 10 to 15 years. It is an active learning program designed to help adolescent females develop healthy and active lifestyles.

There are 3 distinctive features of the HIP program:

• Gender-Specific: targets females aged 10 to 15 years
• Setting: designed for easy use by recreation professionals, active living leaders, intramural coordinators, peer leaders or mediators, and student leaders; this program can be integrated into any recreational, intramural or classroom setting.
• Method of Delivery: peer led intervention program; takes a youth by youth approach; uses physical activity to deliver a healthy lifestyle message

The HIP program includes teaching units and activities designed to:

• increase self esteem
• enhance parent-youth communication
• educate about the health effects of tobacco use
• motivate females to be physically active
• create awareness about tobacco and the environment
• enhance healthy eating patterns
• educate females about how to reduce stress
• increase awareness about the influences of the media

The HIP program is available for use from the Community Health Services.