Health and Wellness for all agesPlan of Work

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Bracken County CES

Title:
Health and Wellness for all ages
MAP:
Nutrition and Wellness for Bracken County Residents
Agents Involved:
FCS
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Food Preparation
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Get Moving Kentucky (Physical Activity Based Programs)
Situation:

Nutrition Education Programs help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; communities to

decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy and safe food preparation

methods. Agents, paraprofessionals and volunteers are pivotal in training consumers and producers to maximize

local access to food products from farm to table.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Kentucky population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day

More new mothers attempt to breast feed their babies and increase duration of breastfeeding to six weeks or more

Kentuckians improve food management skills and healthy eating habits

Youth will be food secure when school is not in session

People accessing emergency food sources will select from nutrient

dense items

Intermediate Outcomes:

Plant, harvest and preserve produce

Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits

Youth who access other food sources when not in school will increase

Households accessing emergency food sources will increase

Initial Outcomes:

Understand the importance of sustainable local agriculture to individual

health and financial well-being

Learn to grow, prepare and preserve food

Learn to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet

New mothers and those who support them increase knowledge about the health and

economic benefits of breastfeeding

Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management

Learn about community support services to increase food security

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Families will increase knowledge, skills and attitudes related to healthy life skill choices, food preservation and food safety.

Indicator: Families practicing healthy food preparation

Method: Informal surveys

Timeline: Summer 2018


Intermediate Outcome: Students will participate in School Garden

Indicator: Number of participants assisting with garden

Method: visual observations

Timeline: 2018-2019


Long-term Outcome: Increase Healthy Eating regularly

Indicator: People making healthier choices

Method: surveys

Timeline:2018-2019

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Power of Pink Dinner

Project or Activity: Breast Cancer Awareness

Content or Curriculum: Health Agencies, CES Publications

Inputs: FCS Agents, Health Partners

Date: Fall 2018


Audience: Students

Project or Activity: School Garden

Content or Curriculum: Agriculture Pubs, Plate it Up Recipes, Just Grow It

Inputs: FCS agent, Ag Agent, School Volunteers

Date: 2018-2019


Audience: General Public

Project or Activity: Food Preservation Class

Content or Curriculum: Food Preservation Pubs

Inputs: FCS Agent

Date: Summer 2018



Success Stories

Food Preservation

Author: Shannon Smith

Major Program: Food Preservation

Participants of the 2018 Bracken County Food Preservation Program learned the pressure canning, water bath canning, freezing and drying methods of food preservation.  Participants said that they learned about the program via the Homemaker Newsletter, on Facebook, on the Extension website, and through a friend.  Participants chose to attend the program because of a desire to learn, in order to improve skills, to use the skills to earn and save money, to interact with others an

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#Adulting, What you need to know

Author: Shannon Smith

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

The life of the high school senior is full of “adult” decisions: selecting a college, picking a major, choosing a career path, and moving out! Although today’s adolescents are technologically advanced compared to prior generations, they sometimes lack basic practical living skills.  After being approached by school officials with this very same concern, the Family Consumer Science Agent and 4-H Youth Development Agent decided a crash course was needed. The Adulting 10

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