With this school year coming to a close, the CATCH My Breath team is hard at work reviewing, updating, and developing new curriculum for the 2019-2020 school year. Based on feedback from educators and students, the program will add the following elements:
Preview of new/modified curriculum:
- Adding elementary school (grade 5) component
- New activities to include more social-emotional learning (SEL) / group work
- Latest statistics and research about youth vaping
- Overview of new vaping devices and products
- Community Service Project for Juniors and Seniors
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant & Controlled Trial
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health was recently awarded a five-year research project grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a randomized controlled trial for the CATCH My Breath middle school curriculum. The grant was authored by Dr. Steven Kelder, associate regional dean of the UTHealth School of Public Health Austin and original co-creator of CATCH My Breath. Dr. Kelder stated "This is a huge win not only for CATCH My Breath, but also the thousands of youth that the e-cigarette companies continue to target as a consumer base."
CATCH Global Foundation will partner with UTHealth on a portion of the grant and will continue to expand and disseminate the CATCH My Breath program to schools around the country.
Enrollment
If you have already signed up for the CATCH My Breath program your access will continue through the 2019-20 school year and no action is required. To enroll your school or organization for the first time, please visit our CATCH My Breath Enrollment Page or click the button below:
