Extension
It Starts With Us
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Healthy Living/Healthy Lifestyles
Ted Johnson
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Food Preservation
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
For years eastern Kentucky has been identified as an unhealthy region in the United States, but also within the state. This proves true in Lee County where the obesity (33.4%), smoking (40.7%), diabetes (12.1%), and physical inactivity (36.3%) rates all hovering above the state rates for each category, with state rates for each category hovering above the national rates. A major area of focus is healthy living- specifically gardening, food preservation, nutrition education, drug education, and healthy relationships (bullying).
A decrease in obesity in the youth, adult, and elderly population in Lee County.
An increase in regular healthy lifestyle choices including increased physical activity, access to appropriate healthcare/screenings, and increase in healthy eating and nutrition.
An increase in physical infrastructure to promote and improve access healthy living and health lifestyle choices.
An increase in use of preventative healthcare concurrent with the decrease of reactive healthcare.
An increase in access to healthy foods.
Increase in practice of healthy eating and nutrition habits.
Increase in the number of households with a garden for fresh fruits and vegetables and increase in quality of those gardens and production skills
An increase in knowledge, skills and understanding of good nutrition, healthy eating, and appropriate physical activities for every age.
A change in attitudes and opinions around healthy habits and choices.
Increase in skills related to meal preparation and food preservation.
Knowledge and understanding of healthy relationships and interactions.
Gain knowledge in many aspects of home horticulture and gardening.
Participants become more aware of Extensions role in addressing the needs of producing and consuming fresh fruits and vegetables
participants understand procedures of production and processing of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Understand food safety and handling procedures
Understand raised bed gardening
Long Term Outcome: Decrease in the rate of negative health indicators in Lee County including obesity, diabetes, inactivity, smoking, etc.
Indicator: Local and state data, A decrease in chronic health problems in Lee County, and increase in individuals reporting healthy lifestyle choices and habits.
Method: Observations, surveys, data
Timeline: On-going
Intermediate Outcome: Increase in the practice of healthy decision making in food choices and physical activity level on a regular basis.
Indicator: The number of individuals that adopt healthy lifestyle habits.
Method: Pre-post tests, survey, self-reporting
Timeline: Upon program completion, 1 year follow up after program completion.
Immediate Outcome: Increase in the knowledge and understanding of healthy nutrition, appropriate physical activity, and healthy relationships on a regular basis.
Indicator: The number of individuals that participate in programing related to educating clientele on healthy lifestyles and express increased knowledge.
Method: Pre-post test, survey, self-reporting
Timeline: Immediately following program completion.
Audience: Middle School Students
Project or Activity: reality Store
Content or Curriculum: The Reality Store Curriculum
Inputs: Extension Staff and School Personal
Date: Spring 2018
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Food Preservation Workshops
Content or Curriculum: FCS Curriculum/Publications
Inputs: Extension Staff
Date: Summer-Fall 2017
Audience: Adults and Youth
Project or activity : Gardening
Content or Curriculum: Ag. publications
Inputs: Extension Staff
Date: Spring 2018
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Audience: 4th grade
Project or Activity: Raised Bed Garden Project
Content or Curriculum: Farm to School
Inputs: Extension Staff
Date: Spring 2017
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Audience: 4-6 grade
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Audience: K-5 grade
Project and Activity: Raised Bed Garden Project
Content and Curriculum: 4-H and Ag Publications/Curriculum
Inputs: Extension Staff, Volunteers
Date: Fall 2017
Audience: adults
Project and activity: Raised Bed Gardening
Content and Curriculum: Ag. Curriculum
Inputs: Extension Staff and specialist
Date: Spring 2017
Author: Laken Campbell
Major Program: Food Preservation
Nine participants completed the 2018 Lee County Food Preservation Program including five participants new to Cooperative Extension programming. They learned the pressure canning, water bath canning, freezing and drying methods of food preservation. Almost half (40%) of the participants reported using food preservation methods never or rarely prior to the class. Many of the Lee County participants said that they learned about the program through a friend, the Extension agent or
Author: Ted Johnson
Major Program: Local Food Systems
Consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables are very low in Lee County Kentucky. We rank at the bottom of most all health statistics for the state of Kentucky. We at the Lee County Extension Service have placed major program emphases on gardening and producing their own fresh fruits and vegetables. Five years ago we constructed a demonstration raised bed garden. This program was developed to address the need for our citizens to consume more fresh fruits and vegetables. Over the past 5 years we ha
