Extension
It Starts With Us
Nutritition and Physical Activity
Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Druin, Hardy, Johnson, Lambert, Rideout
Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Henderson County unhealthy behaviors are higher than the area average as well as the state average: 18.9% of adults are reporting poor or fair health, 33.4% of adults are obese, and 11.6% of adults have diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control found nationally that only 29% of high school youth participated in physical activity and physical activity decreases as we age.
To improve the mental health and well-being of Henderson County citizens and increase the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily.
Individuals will practice a healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthens individuals ability to cope with normal life stressors.
Individuals will learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Initial Outcome: Individuals will learn how to eat healthy and exercise
Indicator: What they already are doing to be healthy and what they have learned
Method: Pre/post test
Timeline: Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will make healthy lifestyle decisions
Indicator: what they have changed
Method: testimonial, survey
Timeline: 6 months after classes
Long-term Outcome: Success in eating healthy and exercise on a regular basis
Indicator: doctor report, overall health, knowledge
Method: survey, testimonial
Timeline: a year to date or after
Audience: Residence of Henderson County
Project or Activity: Diabetes Classes
Content or Curriculum: Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes, Healthy Plate
Inputs: Extension Staff, Community Partners, Henderson Diabetes Coalition
Date: Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Audience: Residence of Henderson County
Project or Activity: Derby Tea
Content or Curriculum: UK Publication
Inputs: Extension Staff, Community Partners, FCS Advisory Council
Date: May 2018
Audience: Henderson County Youth
Project or Activity: Cooking Club
Content or Curriculum: Cooking 101
Inputs: Extension Staff, Community partners
Date: Sept. 2017- June 2018
Audience: Henderson County Youth
Project or Activity: Cooking Camp
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications
Inputs: Extension Staff, Fuel Up to Play 60, UK Staff
Date: May or June 2018
Audience: Henderson County Youth
Project or Activity: Dance Fit Club
Content or Curriculum: Dance Fit
Inputs: Extension Staff, Volunteers
Date: Sept. 2016-May 2018
Audience: Residents of Henderson County
Project or Activity: Farmer's Market Programming
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications
Inputs: Extension Staff, Master Gardeners
Date: Annually, May-October
Audience: Farmers of Henderson County
Project or Activity: Fit to Farm
Content of Curriculum: Extension Publications, Demonstrations
Inputs: Extension Staff, Extension Specialists, Local Businesses, Farmers
Date: winter 2017
Audience: Residence of Henderson County
Project or Activity: Saturday In the Garden Series
Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, Demonstration Garden
Inputs: Extension Staff, Master Gardeners, Local business'
Date: Annually, spring and fall sessions
Audience: HESC Clientele
Project or Activity: Growing Independence Garden Project
Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, Demonstration Garden
Inputs: Extension Staff, Master Gardeners, Local business'
Date: Annually beginning in 2017
Author: Paul Andrew Rideout
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Local Food Pantry Teams up to Provide Fresh VegetablesThe Christian Outreach Food Pantry in Henderson County fills over five thousand food boxes annually to provide food for limited resource families in the community. Most of the products are donated by local grocers and other benevolent community groups. Mary Dunham, the food pantry director, reached out to Henderson County Extension to help fill the need for fresh produce. Henderson County Extension SNAP ED Assistant teamed up with the Horticu
Author: Camille Lambert
Major Program: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Everyone can eat healthy if they try. Unhealthy eating habits have contributed to obesity and chronic diseases. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services one third of adults in the US are obese and 17% of children and adolescents are obese. The link between good nutrition and healthy weight can reduce chronic disease risk. Making sure that you make good choices as a child can carry on to adulthood. The agriculture and natural resources agent and family
Author: Amanda Hardy
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
According to the American Cancer Society, in 2015, 50% of women ages 40 years and older reported having a mammogram within the past year, and 64% reported having one within the past two years. Mammography use in the past two years was lowest among the uninsured (31%). Among women ages 21-65 years, 83% were up-to-date with cervical cancer screening in 2015; uptake was lowest among the uninsured (64%) and recent immigrants (70%). In 2015, 63% of adults ages 50 years and older were up-to date for c
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
According to the American Heart Association, teaching youth how to prepare their own food will give them a skill they can use for a lifetime, they will be more likely to eat healthier as adults and build self-confidence through cooking. In order to address the growing concern about children not knowing how to prepare food safely led to the Henderson County 4-H program offering a three day cooking camp involving the dairy alliance, fuel up to play 60, UK Snap-Education resources, and a UK Poultry
Author: Amanda Hardy
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Healthy Cooking participants do hands on cooking, get to meet and talk to others about cooking, learn about new recipes and taste the recipes along with a lesson on the topic. Utilizing new Plate it Up recipes and revisiting recipes from the past opens up discussion about farmer’s market and what is in season. When it comes to winter time we talk about easy slow cooker meals along with hearty recipes that are not only healthy but taste good. Other classes that were taught were on cooking w
Author: Paul Andrew Rideout
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
It is well documented that youth in Kentucky falls behind with healthy habits; in particularly with youth. More and more, youth are spending more time indoors with television and video games instead of outdoor, more physically active activities. The Henderson County Extension office put together a summer program to encourage healthy habits and learn about nature and the area we live in. For 8 weeks, participants joined the Henderson County Horticulture agent for short 2-3 mile hikes
