For more than a decade, the Health Education Design Group at JMU’s IIHHS has been partnering with grant-funded organizations to help them reach their training and teaching objectives. HEDG develops and produces cinema-quality training dramas and effective eLearning modules that support and inform parents, youth, educators, family support professionals, and other health and human services providers. Visit our Vimeo page to see more examples of our work.
CURRENT HEDG PARTNERS
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Vision of You (2017)
HEDG collaborated with JMU’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to create an interactive, self-paced online sexuality education program with a focus on healthy relationships, healthy life skills, adolescent development, and parent-child communication. (Learn more about VOY)
Video Case Studies for Web App (2018)
HEDG partnered with I’m Determined to create dramatized video case studies for a problem-resolution app. The videos are a learning tool that helps students, families, and educators examine the context of the social problems that might arise for youth and young adults. (Learn more)
“No Perfect Home: Everyday Decisions” (2015)
Our creative team worked with VCU’s Center for School Community Collaboration to produce video discussion tools and online resources for educators and facilitators to engage teens in discussions about youth risks and protective factors. (Download a sample resource guide)
Training Modules for Family Support Professionals (2018)
We produced a series of online training modules that inform family support professionals working with pregnant and post-partum women, with a focus on use of medication-assisted treatment. (Explore this module at the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals)
“Let The Wave Say” (2019)
A short film collaboration between HEDG, JMU’s Office of Disability Services, and the CHBS Diversity Council. These video vignettes explore best practices for advising, supporting, and accommodating students with disabilities. (Read more about this project)
Health Bites (2012)
Our writers and video producers developed an online program for the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) designed to assure success of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC by providing entertaining, easy-to-understand nutrition information. (Learn more about this project)
