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Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices and Citizen Education
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices and Citizen Education
Carter, Dockery, Lindsay, Doggett, Kingsland, Smith
Faithful Families
Local Food Systems
Business Retention and Expansion
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality of life years of life of Kentuckians. Obese individuals are at increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers. The obesity rate in Kentucky increased 90% over the last 15 years. Thirty-percent of individuals in the Commonwealth report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy foods, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic.
Nutrition education programs, local / home garden, and farmer's markets help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; communities to decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy safe food preparation methods, importance of sustainable practices, and improvement of individual/local gardening practices. Citizens receive education on senior issues, parenting and low vision resources. Agents, paraprofessionals, and volunteers are pivotal in training consumers and producers to maximize local access to food products from farm to table.
Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating.
Improve access and availability of local foods to the community. Provide education and resource availability regarding senior social issues, low visibility and parenting.
Practice of physical activity and healthy food choices in families and communities through decreased time of sedentary behaviors, maintaining appropriate calorie intake, and practicing healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individuals ability to cope with normal life stressors.
Residents will increase practices related to Community and Economic Development by increased participation in job preparedness programs, involvement in local community events, developing new jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities, and adopting fiscally responsible behaviors.
Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding childhood obesity, adult weight management, the practice and promotion of physical activity, and financial and mental well being.
Change Knowledge, Opinions, Skills, and / or aspirations in understanding of issues related to local foods, individual and market gardening, nutrition based on local food access, and farmer's markets.
Long-Term Outcome: There will be a decrease in obesity incidents related to youth and adult. Obesity will decrease due to increase daily physical activity and healthier eating choices. Youth and adults will also understand that having a better hold on financial and mental health will help decrease obesity issues.
Indicator: Increase in health care savings due to lower obesity rates and decreasing the rate of chronic disease among youth and adults.
Method: surveys
Timeline: On-Going
Intermediate Outcome: Youth and Adults will practice healthy food choices and will learn to build healthy eating patterns. They will also practice increase physical activity and better mental and financial health.
Indicator: Better nutritious choices, improvement in physical activity to their daily routine and understanding mental health and the affects of it.
Method: post surveys, follow up surveys
Timeline: On-Going
Initial Outcome: Youth and Adult will learn to distinguish what healthy food choices are. They will also learn the importance of practicing daily physical activity and the affects that financial and mental health can have on their well being.
Indicator: learning to build a healthy plate, importance of physical activity and mental health. how saving financially can help with obesity rates.
Method: survey
Timeline: On-Going
Long-Term Outcome: Improve access and availability of local foods to the community.
Indicator: Increase in local food business, increase in farmer's market participation and use, increase in guided preparation and processing of foods.
Method: local governmental and agency reporting, program survey,
Timeline: on-going
Intermediate Outcome: Residents will increase practices related to seeking out local foods, eating healthy local food options, develop skills to create viable local foods business situations, increase farmer's market participation, engage in appropriate local food processing.
Indicator: access to local food systems, increase participation in farmer's / local markets, increase participation in programming related to local food systems, nutrition education, and preparation
Method: program survey, local agency or government reporting, increase in program attendance
Timeline: on-going
Initial Outcome: Change Knowledge, Opinions, Skills, and / or aspirations in understanding of issues related to local foods, individual and market gardening, nutrition based on local food access, and farmer's markets.
Indicator: demand for program participation related to local food systems, food preparation, nutrition education, and individual sustainable gardening practices.
Method: program survey and attendance
Timeline: on-going
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: LEAP
Content or Curriculum: LEAP curriculum
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Agents, NEP Program assistants, CES Publications
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Physical Activity Programs
Content or Curriculum: Matter of Balance Curriculum, Get Moving Kentucky
Input: KY Cooperative Extension Agents, CES publications, Extension Specialist
Dates: Ongoing
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Get Fit Fayette County
Content or Curriculum: Various Curriculums
Input, KY Cooperative Extension Agents, public and private health agencies, non profit organizations
Dates: Ongoing
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Kentucky Plate it Up/ Farmer's Market
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up Curriculum
Input: KY Cooperative Extension Agents, CES publications, KDA, NEP assistants
Dates: Summer, Fall and Spring
Audience:
Project or Activity: Better Bites
Content or Curriculum: Better Bites Curriculum; Social Marketing and Policy Exploratory Pilot Study
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Specialists, Volunteers, CES publications; local, state, and federal agencies.
Date: ongoing
Audience: Adults, Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: Phone calls, e-mails, and office visit customer service opportunities
Content or Curriculum: Available resources through CES publications, specialists, and listed curricula
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Program Assistants, Specialists, Volunteers, CES publications; local, state, and federal agencies.
Date: On-Going
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Lexington Drug Free Projects
Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks, Drug prevention
Inputs 4-H Agents, 4-H Assistants, FCS Agents, LFUCG, Police Department
Dates: ongoing
Audience: Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: Cooking/Food & Nutrition
Content or curriculum: 4-H curriculum; FCS curriculum; Plate It Up recipes
Inputs: 4-H Agents,4-H assistants, volunteers
Date: day camps, after-school programs
Audience: Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking Club(s)
Content or curriculum: 4-H foods curriculum; FCS curriculum; Plate It Up recipes
Inputs: 4-H Agent, volunteers
Date: monthly club meetings and as requested
Audience: Adult and Youth
Project or Activity: SNAP-Ed/ Double dollars
Content or Curriculum: NEP curriculum, CES Publications
Inputs: EFNEP and SNAP Ed assistants, County Extension Agents
Date: On-Going
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Growing Community program
Content or Curriculum: ID-128
Inputs: Volunteers, collaborating agencies, LFUCG, County agents
Date: Annually in May
Audience: Fayette county School Students
Project or Activity: Agriculture Education for Fayette County School Students.
Content or Curriculum: Teach Students about Agriculture and show where food comes from.
Inputs:Leaders, Agents, Fayette County Schools, Locust Trace School.
Date: Spring and Fall.
Audience: Community Residents & Businesses
Project: Local Foods Committee & Coordinator
Content & Curriculum: Collaborating Agencies, LFUCG, Agents, Specialist
Date: All Year
Audience: Fayette County Schools Administration and Board
Project: School Health and Wellness Policy
Content & curriculum: Collaborating Agencies, Specialist and CES curriculum
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Senior Adults
Projects: Challenges of Aging, Grandparents Raising Relatives, Next Best Years
Content and Curriculum: Collaborating Agencies, Specialists, and CES curriculum
Date: ongoing
Audience: Adults
Projects: Food and Nutrition
Content: Food for Thought, Food Preservation, Adult Cooking, Champion Food Volunteers
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Master gardener projects related to food production
Content or Curriculum: Publications
Inputs:volunteers, specialists, county agents
Date: Ongoing
Audience:Community residents
Project or Activity: Growing Community program
Content or Curriculum: ID-128
Inputs:Volunteers, collaborating agencies, LFUCG, County agents
Date: Annually in May
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Farmer's Market/Plate it Up
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up, KY Department of Ag
Inputs: Cooperative Extension Agent, specialists, KDA, Lexington Farmer's Market
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults, Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: Phone calls, e-mails, and office visit customer service opportunities
Content or Curriculum: Available resources through CES publications, specialists, and listed curricula
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Program Assistants, Specialists, Volunteers, Kentucky CES publications; local, state, and federal agencies.
Date: On-Going
Author: Elizabeth Kingsland
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Skin Care is a big issue with the prevalence of skin cancers and low vitamin D levels in our country. Taking time to have great hygiene, eat healthy and use sun screen is very important. The lesson was taught in 8 counties with a mail out to one county. evaluations have shown that 98% learned something new about skin care and skin cancers. Over 85% stated they will now use sun screen daily, avoid tanning beds and eat a more healthy plan based diet.
Author: Jamie Dockery
Major Program: Master Gardener
Over 100 active Extension Master Gardener volunteers oversee 15 educational projects in our community. These include demonstration gardens, therapeutic gardening, educational classes, horticultural exhibits, and a call in horticulture helpline. In the past year our Master Gardener volunteers served 18,291 individual clients and provided 5062 hours of educational service for a total value of over $122,196.00
Author: Jamie Dockery
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Fayette County Extension Horticulture program offers a series of educational programs each year called The Gardener’s Toolbox. The agent teaches about a subject and provides Extension recommended seeds, plants or other resources. 2018 consisted of over 40 sessions seated 1700 residents. 2019 offers another 40 classes and we have registered roughly 4000 slots to date. When we followed up with participants from 2018 we found Eighty-five percent of those responding indicated they ha
Author: Diana Doggett
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
The U.S. Census Bureau Community Survey reports the 3.4 million Americans have low vision or no vision (CDC). The National Federation of the Blind indicates that 130,800 Kentuckians have a visual disability. Fayette Extension FCS partnered with community partners to plan and provide a symposium for 55 low vision care providers and interested participants featuring the top experts as well as the latest innovations and advances in the field of low vision. Presenters, including physici
Author: Jamie Dockery
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Recent produce recalls and health issues related to our food supply have concerned many of our residents who desire to take an active role in the food they consume. Fayette County Horticulture staff and volunteers offer numerous classes about growing food and best management practices. Our classes are well attended and we receive numerous comments related to lifestyle changes. We surveyed our participants and were pleased to learn that in addition to the obvious benefits of growing produce, 43%
Author: Diana Doggett
Major Program: Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
Over the past year the number of Kentucky children living in households headed by grandparents and/or relatives has increased to 97,000, according to the AARP Foundation. Of those combined numbers, more than 35,000 children have no parent present in the home where they live. The underlying cause for this includes drug use by parents, imprisonment, illness or death of the parent. To address this issue, the Central Kentucky Grandparent Raising Relatives Coalition comprised of Fay
Author: Diana Doggett
Major Program: Food Preservation
Home food preservation saves money for some people. Others reasons to preserve foods include support of local farming community, control of ingredients, provision for the future and benefits of physical and mental therapy. The USDA’s home canning efforts are directed through the National Center for Home food Preservation, the hub of a wheel. The spokes of the wheel are the ‘Extension Services’ that ensure that knowledge from the academic world is transferred i
Author: Diana Doggett
Major Program: Get Moving Kentucky (Physical Activity Based Programs)
The maintenance of your muscles plays a major role in healthy aging. By taking care of your muscles, you can impact your quality of life now and in the future. Low muscle mass is associated with increased falls, medical complications, length of hospital stay, loss of independence and places considerable economic burden on the US healthcare system. According to The Journal of Frailty & Aging, individuals with muscle loss had greater odds of hospitalization compared to those withou
