For Immediate Release Contact: Y.E.S. 4 Health, Inc.
April 27, 2010 (404) 702-4382
Youth Educational Services (Y.E.S.) 4 Health, Inc
Announces the Release of:
Healthy
Haiku Poetry: Using Creative Expression
To
Transform Youth
Y.E.S. 4 Health, Inc has
published and released the second book in the Healthy Haiku Series created by
Dr. Imani Ma’at. The book, Healthy Haiku Poetry: Using Creative Expression To Transform Youth can be used as a companion
to the first book: Promoting Healthy
Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors among Youth Using Haiku and Creative
Expression: A Training Manual for Mentors (2008), or as a stand alone
reader in the Healthy Haiku Series.
The Training Manual provides mentors with a step-by-step curriculum
guide for holding Healthy Haiku Workshops and is used to instruct during the
workshops.
The new release provides all of the information in
the first book however it is tailored for teachers, families and children from
ages 12 and above and does not include training focus and references. The book and workshop cover information
on important health issues such as: delaying sex, HIV/AIDs, smoking, drinking,
drug use, violence, self-esteem and obesity through the use of Haiku and other
poetry written about these issue.
Haiku is a poetic form that originated in Japan in
the seventeenth century. It uses
17 syllables on three lines usually configured as 5-7-5 for telling a story
concisely and with few words.
During the workshops, participants have an opportunity to learn about
health issues and create their own poetry. Dr. Ma’at is a trained
behavioral Scientist with over 21 years of public health experience with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and holds degrees from Mt. Holyoke
College, M.I.T., Harvard, and Columbia Universities. Young Peer Educators assist Dr. Ma’at in holding these
powerful workshops.