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Healthy City Video
Action Plan Participant:
Fall River Educational Television (FRED-TV)

 A full-length dramatic video is being produced entirely with students from Fall River Educational Television (FRED-TV) located at B.M.C. Durfee High School. Attitudes about eating and exercise, dealing with the addictive properties of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs and avoiding teenage pregnancy are among the topics with which the video deals. The finished production will be used with area youth health education.

 
Priority Area:  Health Education Funded by DPH linkage funds provided by
Priority Sub-Area:   

3,A,) Nutrition and diabetes education; B) Tobacco education and C) Physical Fitness Education

Goal:

To raise awareness the long-term consequences of adolescent health attitudes and patterns

Method(s):

Production of a 20-30 minute dramatic video by students
Timeline:          

August 2006 through March 2007
Indicators:       

Participation in future trainings
Progress: Production of "Bus Stop" 20 minute video successfully completed and now available on DVD

How citizens can  get involved:

By providing food, props and other items for the production
Contact Information:

Pauline McGrath, Executive Producer and Instructor at FRED-TV or Rene Kochman, Director of Media Technology for FRED-TV, at Fall River Educational Television (FRED-TV)