Extension
It Starts With Us
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Health
Cockerham
Keys to Embracing Aging
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Local Food Systems
Eastern Kentucky in general is recognized nationwide as being one of the most “unhealthy” places to live in. This is defined by lack of exercise, obesity rates, and the prevalence of heart disease, strokes, cancer, and diabetes, in addition to drug abuse. While these are growing issues nationwide, Johnson County rises above national standards in these topics. Increasing activities, providing and encouraging the use of positive recreational opportunities, increased knowledge of healthy traits, and increased awareness of consequences of poor choices, are all ongoing efforts to make an impact in these serious issues that affect all age groups of the population. The Extension Council, Extension Homemaker’s Council and the Family and Consumer Sciences Council have routinely identified each of these topics as being issues as well as being prioritized for action needed.
Healthy behaviors will be chosen and utilized by program attendees
Program attendees will learn of healthy behavior options and the results of making those choices
Participants will attend programs, read articles and participate in Extension activities and opportunities provided.
Long-term Outcome:
Indicator: Changed behavior as revealed through surveys, and/or Improved Vital Statistics reported
Method: Testimonials, data
Timeline: follow-up evaluations
Intermediate Outcome:
Indicator: Intended course of action as indicated on evaluations
Method: immediate evaluations
Timeline: following each program
Initial Outcome:
Indicator: Attendance
Method: Sign in Sheets
Timeline: During the program
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Keys to Healthy Aging
Content or Curriculum: Keys to Embracing Aging
Inputs: FCS Council
Date: June- December 2016-17 monthly
Audience: Senior Citizens
Project or Activity: Stand up to Falling
Content or Curriculum: Stand Up to Falling
Inputs: FCS Council
Date: 2019
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Get Moving Ky Series
Content or Curriculum: Get Moving Ky
Inputs: FCS Council
Date: 2018
Audience: High School Students
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or curriculum: Truth and Consequences
Inputs: School advisors. community volunteers and FCS Council
Date: 2017
Audience: General Public and Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Small Steps to Health and Wealth
Content or curriculum: Small Steps to Health and Wealth
Inputs: FCS Council, Extension Council
Date: 2016 July-December each month lunch and learn
Audience: Families, Drug Abuse victims
Project or Activity: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Curriculum: Plate it Up, Food Preservation and other FCS materials
Input: FCS, Extension Homemakers and Extension Council
Date: 2017-2020
Author: Brenda Cockerham
Major Program: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Three hundred students from Johnson Central and Paintsville School schools attended the Truth and Consequences event. Drug abuse prevention remains one of the top two concerns of councils and citizens throughout the county. The other top issue is jobs, we are discovering that the two are related. Two additional speakers addressed the importance of fatherhood and fathers being present, and the second spoke of a real life occurrence to a Johnson County student who lost his life as a result of a ba
Author: Dianna Reed
Major Program: Summer Residential Camps
The Johnson County Extension Council identified 4-H Summer Resident Camping as a priority for the 2018-19 Plan of Work. They thought it important to provide learning experiences in the areas of leadership, personal development, wellness, safety and life skill acquisition. Due to economic challenges, volunteers, school systems, civic organizations, local businesses and Extension personnel cooperated to provide 15 and 1/2 camp scholarship requests made in Johnson County alone for a total of $2,717
Author: Brenda Cockerham
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
In 2018-19, FCS was able to reach 3, 601 youth and families with information about foods and nutrition through various efforts. The Snap program reached 273 youth with marked results such as an average of 77% of participants improving their diets by adopting one or more improved food selection behaviors and an average of 65% adopting 1 or more behaviors related to improved physical activities. Volunteer instructors at K-3 at Central Elementary have been reached with Organwise program
