Read for Health

Young people in grades five through eight face increasing literacy needs and heightened pressures to engage in high-risk behaviors. Read for Health was a curriculum development and dissemination effort that integrated adolescent literacy with healthy development skills. Project staff created student materials and a facilitator’s guide for use in classroom and community settings, an interactive student game for use in the classroom and at home, and a video for parents and teachers to help them facilitate discussions of sensitive issues with early adolescents. Materials were pilot-tested in four schools and two community-based organizations in urban settings. This project was directed jointly by EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs and the Center for Family, School, and Community.