Promoting Healthy Homes & ComnmunitiesPlan of Work

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Lincoln County CES

Title:
Promoting Healthy Homes & Comnmunities
MAP:
Improving Health, Wellness & Quality of LIfe
Agents Involved:
Rita Stewart
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Prepare to Care
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Environmental Sustainability & Responsibility
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Situation:

Each decision an individual makes has an impact on health and safety in the family, community, and environment. Preparing for emergency can be crucial to survival and safety. Understanding how daily choices can impact the environment is vital to conserving and preserving our natural resources and ensuring a healthy environment for present and future generations. In 2013, Kentucky ranked 11th in total energy consumption.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Participants will create safe homes within environments that promote and support the physical and mental well-being of families throughout the life cycle. They will improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles.


Intermediate Outcomes:

Participants will apply the skills learned in educational activities related to disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy consumption, recycling, home safety, and built environment. They will assess the cost savings and/or benefits associated with these newly adopted practices.

Initial Outcomes:

Participants will change knowledge, opinions, skills, and/or aspirations in their understanding of issues related to disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy consumption, recycling, home safety, and built environment. They will identify one or more practices that will result in improvements in some of these areas.

Evaluation:

Long-Term Outcome: Families will utilize skills and practices gained to create safe homes within environments that promote and support the physical and mental well-being of families throughout the life cycle. Ultimately, they will improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles.

Indicator: Participants create safer homes.

Method: Surveys, case histories, evaluations.

Timeline: 3-5 years


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will adopt short, mid, and long-term

strategies related to energy conservation, pest management, or other healthy home practice, resulting in increased savings or investments.

Indicator: 50% of program participants report aspirations to change at least one behavior resulting in increased savings or investments as a result of Extension program(s)

Method: Evaluation

Timeline: End of program evaluation; follow-up with evaluation six months to one year from program end (only used with select programs)


Initial Outcome:Families and individuals will increase knowledge about pest management, energy consumption, recycling, and home safety.

Indicator: Participants will show increased knowledge and skills related to pest management, energy consumption, recycling, and home safety.

Method: Program evaluations

Timeline: Continuous

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: General Public and Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Tackling Your Laundry Series

Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials

Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.

Date: Fall


Audience: General Public and Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Safe and Efficient Homes

Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials

Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.

Date: Fall


Audience: General Public

Project or Activity: Home Energy Special Interest Workshops

Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials

Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.

Date: Throughout Year


Audience: General Public

Project or Activity: Home Accessibility Educational Effort

Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials

Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.

Date: Spring


Audience: General Public

Project or Activity: Home Safety/Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Educational Effort

Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials

Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.

Date: Fall


Audience: General Public

Activity: Newsletter, Newspaper, and Radio Programs

Content or Curriculum: Health Education (HEEL Information), FCS Exclusives

Inputs: Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, American Cancer Society, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Lincoln County Public Library, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.

Date: All Year


Audience:  General Public

Activity: Downsizing and Organizing

Content or Curriculum:  FCS Publications

Inputs: Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in  Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, American Cancer Society,  local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health  agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools,  Lincoln County Public Library, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln  County School System, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and  AME Church.

Date: Spring


Audience:  General Public

Activity:  Small Kitchen Appliances and Gadgets Workshop

Content or Cirriculum:  FCS Publications

Inputs: Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in  Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, American Cancer Society,  local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health  agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools,  Lincoln County Public Library, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln  County School System, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and  AME Church.

Date:  August and throughout the year


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