Closing Thoughts: On the Power of Youth and System Change

Authors

  • Michelle Skiles Rodgers University of Delaware Cooperative Extension
  • Monica Hobbs Vinluan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2018.673

Keywords:

youth–adult partnerships, systems approach, community-based health improvement, partnerships, social-ecological model, health coalition

Abstract

Change is happening in the Cooperative Extension System as the organization focuses its efforts on the overall goal of creating a culture of health in the United States. Well Connected Communities is a Cooperative Extension and National 4-H Council initiative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that involves modeling a systems-level approach to community efforts versus an individual prevention model. The initiative also engages the power of youth to catalyze progress for communities to achieve their best health and well-being.

Author Biographies

Michelle Skiles Rodgers, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension

Associate Dean and Director Cooperative Extension

University of Delaware

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Monica Hobbs Vinluan, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Senior Program Manager

References

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Published

2018-09-18