Extension
It Starts With Us
Improving Health & Well Being
Health, Safety, & Wellness
Karli Jessie, Cathy Weaver, Steve Musen
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Building Healthy Coalitions
Our current state of health and well – being in the Kentucky is considered poor and current issues that are affecting Jessamine County include: obesity, diabetes, poor cardiovascular health, and cancer. The latest obesity statistics report by the Trust for America's Health ranks Kentucky number six when it comes to fattest states. Approximately 8.9 percent of Kentucky’s adult population had been diagnosed with diabetes and this number continues to increase. Health and wellness, especially preventative practices, along with safety practices help to ensure a good quality of life and help to keep health care costs low for everyone. Teaching healthy and safe practices at a young age are also a priority. This helps young people to learn how to be healthy at a young age and help Jessamine Co become a more healthy population in the future.
Also, The Centers for Disease Control found in a nationally representative survey that only 29% of high school youth participated in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on each of the seven days before the survey. Participation in physical activity decreases as we age.
Participants will increase exercise, reduce amount of fat, and increase consumption of fruit and vegetables. Individuals will increase use of safe food handling practices in addition to general safety practices. Participants will improve their overall awareness about having a healthy and well lifestyle
Youth maintain positive health habits.
• Youth are at a lower risk for serious disease and illness.
• Youth are at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress.
• Youth are competent, capable, contributing adults as a result of their participation in 4-H Health programs.
Participants in health and safety programs will use the knowledge and skills acquired through programs offered by the Jessamine County Extension Council on a daily basis. These skills will be life changing and will allow participants to improve their general well-being.
Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.
Participants will become more physically active, make better health related decisions and eat a healthy variety of foods. Participants will be more safety conscious and will make decisions that will increase their safety factor.
Youth identify healthy lifestyle choices.
• Youth understand risky behaviors and their consequences.
• Youth aspire to have higher self-esteem.
• Youth identify healthy ways to handle stress.
Long-Term Outcome: Extension participants will increase exercise, increase consumption of fruits and veggies and will be aware of what it means to live a healthy lifestyle. This will be measured by evaluation, change in overall health of the county. Also a decrease in dollars spent in health care in our county.
Intermediate Outcome: Participants in health and safety programs will use the knowledge and skills acquired through programs offered by the Jessamine County Extension Council on a daily basis. These skills will be life changing and will allow participants to improve their general well-being.This will be measured by surveys, testimonials, and follow up written evaluations
Initial Outcome: Participants will become more physically active, make better health related decisions and eat a healthy variety of foods. Participants will be more safety conscious and will make decisions that will increase their safety factor. These changes will be measured by written evaluations, both immediate and follow up.
The number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices.
• The number of youth that report not engaging in risky behavior.
• The number of youth that report feeling good about themselves.
• The number of youth that report that they know how to handle stress.
Lunch and Learn – Health Topics- throughout the year, FCS curriculum, adult audience, presented by staff
Community Health Fair - Fall, community members and extension staff, educational material provided by booth members
4-H Shooting Sports April-Sept, 4-H Certified Coaches, SS Curriculum and guidelines,
EFNEP programs (Snap- ED)Year round, FCS< AG AND 4-H Curriculum, Extension Staff
Health Homemaker Leader Training- Year Round, FCS Curriculum, Extension Staff
Health and Food Demonstrations- Year Round, FCS Curriculum, Extension Staff and Community members
Beef promotion activities at local festivals- Year round, Educational material, Ext Staff and Beef Cattle members
2nd Sunday - Fall, FCS Curr., Ext. Staff and Comm Members
LEAP – ongoing, FCS Curr, Ext Staff and volunteers
4-H In School Nutrition Lessons- November, 4-H Curr., Ext. Staff
4-H Professor Popcorn - Spring, PP Curr., Ext. Staff
Safe Food Handling-Year Round, FCS Pubs, Ext Staff
Truth and Consequences Drug Prevention Program- Spring, Ext Curr., Ext Staff and Comm. members
Ag Alumni Summer Meeting- Healthy Beef Program, Summer, Ext Pubs, Ext Staff
Workplace Wellness- Year round, in partnership with local Health Department
Cloverdashers girls running group- Healthy living for teens curriculum, spring
Author: Karli Giles
Major Program: Food Preservation
SituationDue to the growing popularity for local foods and backyard gardens, home food preservation programs are in demand. PartnershipThe Jessamine County Extension Service partnered with Cheryl Case and Peggy Helton, retired Family and Consumer Sciences Agents, to present a ….Educational Response,,, 3-day food preservation workshop that address water bath and pressure canning, freezing, and drying food. The Family and Consumer Sciences Agent for Jessamine County presented nutrition
Author: Karli Giles
Major Program: Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
During the month of February, the Jessamine County Extension Office presented Healthy Snacks to 18 Preschool classes at Early Learning Village. The goal of the program was to emphasize the importance of healthy foods to eat. This was done by reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar followed by a craft activity. Before reading the book, the students were asked to name good, healthy foods and the answers were: broccoli, apples, carrots, pickles, pizza, hot dogs, and cake. Students were asked to raise t
Author: Karli Giles
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
During the months of March and April, What’s In a Doctor’s Bag was presented to 63 students at Jessamine County Head Start. Head Start is a preschool in Jessamine County serving 3 and 4 year olds from low income households. The purpose of this program was to make students more aware of what to expect when going to the doctor, to therefore decrease the student’s fear of going to the doctor while also emphasizing the importance of doctor visits. Before the lessons began, students
Author: Karli Giles
Major Program: Food Preparation
A recent survey conducted by an online grocer revealed that 77% of their shoppers would rather prepare meals at home than eat out (Progressive Grocer, 2018.) In efforts to provide food preparation skills, the Jessamine County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent collaborated with the Adair County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent to provide an Electric Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer Class in both of their counties. Data from both classes show that 55 participants were in attendance representing ei
