Extension
It Starts With Us
Good Habits, Good Life
Healthy Lifestyles at Any Age
Workman, Froman, Richards, Stumbo
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Securing Financial Stability (general)
4-H Youth Development Programming
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality and 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 percent over the last 15 years. Thirty percent of individuals in the Commonwealth report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. As a result, Kentuckians are dying from heart disease and cancer at higher rates than all Americans and they have a lower life expectancy, 75.5 years, compared to 78 years for Americans. Minorities and individuals residing in Appalachia bear a heavier brunt of the obesity and chronic disease burden. People are living longer. Kentucky’s current population of seniors (65+) is 13.3%, a number that is expected to double in the next 40 years due to the aging Baby Boomers population. The Pike Co Extension program councils identified the need to educate citizens throughout the lifespan. Educated young people make informed seniors.
•Decrease # of individuals with chronic disease
•Increase physical activity
•Increase estimated health savings
•Increase caregiving knowledge and quality relationships
•Improve financial education
•Improve quality of life for Kentucky’s aging families
•Build strong KY families
•A decrease in the number of obese and overweight children, youth, adults and elderly
•Improvement in the built environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating
•Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension
•Increase the estimated health savings in dollars for chronic disease
Development and use of the Belfry Library to install a “Kids Reading Garden” for use of educating, growing, and using fresh vegetables.
•Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.
•Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding and older age
•Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors
•Community members advocate for policy
•Changes related to obesity, physical activity and healthy eating.
•Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical inactivity and chronic disease.
Clients will learn more about the following:
•Risk of falling
•Healthy lifespan behaviors
•Ageism
•Healthy eating and food safety
•Financial Planning
•Healthy lifestyle choices
•Adult weight management
•Healthy aging
•Practice and promotion of daily physical activity
•Policies that reduce the level of obesity
•Reduction of chronic disease
Healthy eating habits through the use of fresh produce
Initial Outcome: Participants will know what healthy lifespan behaviors are and understand how being healthy impacts the lifespan.
Indicator: Number of program participants reporting they know what lifespan behaviors are healthiest.
Method: Program surveys, informal information gathering
Timeline: 2016-2020
Intermediate Outcome: Participants make changes to their obesity level, physical activity level and/or healthy eating habits.
Indicator: Number of people who have changed their level of obesity, physical activity level or healthy eating activity.
Method: Program surveys, informal information gathering
Timeline: 2016-2020
Long-term Outcome: Improve the quality of life for Kentucky's aging families.
Indicator: Pike County families report being able to age independently with adequate support systems and independence.
Method: Surveys.
Timeline: 2016-2020
Audience: General population
Project or Activity: Lesson series
Content or Curriculum: Prepare to Care Curriculum
Inputs: Extension resources, AARP partnership
Date: Fall 2016
Audience: General Population
Project or Activity: Lesson series
Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Inputs: Extension Resources, partner organizations
Date: ongoing 2016-2020
Audience: Senior Women
Project or Activity: Ovarian Cancer Screening Program
Content or Curriculum: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Program
Inputs: Extension Resources
Date: Ongoing 2016-2020
Audience: General population over age 50
Project or Activity: AARP Safe Driving Courses
Content or Curriculum: AARP
Inputs: Extension resources, partnership
Date: ongoing quarterly 2016-2020
Audience: General Population
Project or Activity: Financial education
Content or Curriculum: Estate Planning & other financial education
Inputs: UK curriculum, Money Habitudes, IRS tax resources, etc
Date: 2016-2020
Audience: Adults and kids using the Belfry Library and Garden
Project or Activity: Development and use of the Belfry Library to install a “Kids Reading Garden” for use of educating, growing, and using fresh vegetables
Content or curriculum: Education and Hands-on development of the garden.
Inputs: Belfry Master Gardeners and County Library staff
Date- 2019-2021
