A core belief of 4-H is Health, as evidenced by the four H’s in the 4-H clover: Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. 4-H is committed to the physical, mental and emotional health of our nation’s youth so they may lead healthy and productive lives into adulthood. 4-H has become a national leader in health-related educational issues including chemical health, mental and emotional health, foods and nutrition, physical health and safety.

The goals are:

• Reduce youth smoking and tobacco use.
• Help youth build life skills which lead to healthy lifestyle choices with special emphasis on youth smoking and tobacco use prevention.
• Help youth understand influences and health consequences of tobacco, drug, and alcohol use to make healthy choices.
• Engage youth and adults in partnership to develop and implement community strategies that promote healthy lifestyle choices.
• Build positive, enduring relationships with youth involved as full partners through widely varying “communities of interest” to address youth risk behaviors.

Lessons and Resources:

• 4th H for Health Challenge – Program that makes it easy to intergrate Health into all 4-H clubs
• Food Safety Brochure
• Setting Your Table Lesson
• Kitchen Safety Lesson