Wayne County CES

Title:

Wellness in Wayne County

MAP:

Nutrition, Health, and Wellness

Agents Involved:

T Humble, G. Roberts, S. Coffey, C Munsey, D. Adams, S. Hart, G. Hutchison, T. Bertram

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

4-H Leadership Core Curriculum

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Local Food Systems

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Food Preparation

Situation:

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.

The Centers for Disease Control found in a nationally representative survey that only 29% of high school youth participated in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on each of the seven days before the survey. Participation in physical activity decreases as we age.

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.

Long-Term Outcomes:

• Youth maintain positive health habits.

• Youth are at a lower risk for serious disease and illness.

• Youth are at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress.

• Youth are competent, capable, contributing adults as a result of their participation in 4-H Health programs.

- Participants improve food management skills and healthy eating habits

-Participants will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day

-A decrease in the number of obese and overweight children, youth, adults and elderly

-Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily

-Improvement in the built environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating

-Increase policies that address obesity, physical inactivity and promotion of poor nutrition

Intermediate Outcomes:

•Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.

Increase the number of people who:

- Access more local foods

- Redeem Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program benefit.

- Plant, harvest and preserve produce

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

-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.

-Practice healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individuals’ ability to cope with normal life stressors.

Initial Outcomes:

• Youth identify healthy lifestyle choices.

• Youth understand risky behaviors and their consequences.

• Youth aspire to have higher self-esteem.

• Youth identify healthy ways to handle stress.

- Learn to grow, prepare and preserve food

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

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

- Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding:

Healthy lifestyle choices

Childhood and youth obesity

Adult weight management

Healthy aging

Practice and promotion of daily physical activity

Policies that that reduce the level of obesity

Reduction of chronic disease

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Participants understand risky behaviors and their consequences.

Indicator: The number of Participants that report not engaging in risky behavior

Method: Evaluation

Timeline:All year as programs are completed

Intermediate Outcome: Participants adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices

Indicator: Participants report making healthy lifestyle choices

Method: Evaluation

Timeline: All year as programs are completed

Long-term Outcome: Participants maintain positive health habits

Indicator: Participants report making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior,feel good about themselves and report that they know how to handle stress.

Method: Evaluation

Timeline: July 2018 - June 2020

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Youth, families, staff, volunteers, community leaders, partner organizations, collaborators, Kentucky 4-H Youth Development programs are offered to all youth ages 9 – 18, in addition to 4-H Clover Buds, ages 5– 8, and their families.

Project or Activity: Adopting Healthy Lifestyles for Overall Well-being

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Dance Fit, Jump Into Foods and Fitness, LEAP, SPARK, Truth and Consequences, The Organwise Guys, Get Moving Kentucky

Inputs: Health core curriculum, Grants will be pursued by individual counties for program implementation, Facilities to be utilized could include: local county extension offices, community centers, schools, churches, child care facilities, etc. The efforts of paid staff will be to make connections with local collaborators to either train staff and/or volunteers to implement program or to provide the program themselves. It will be a total collaborative effort of community partners with the local extension office to provide funding, space

Date: July 2018 - June 2020

Audience: Limited resource individuals and families; Families with children; Youth; Volunteers; Organizations;Farmer’s Markets;Schools

Project or Activity: Conduct demonstrations, classes and workshops, distribute information through media and social marketing, provide exhibits, displays, educational materials and curricula

Content or Curriculum:

Farmer’s Markets; Gardening Programs;Food Preservation Programs;Food Preparation Programs; Local Food Systems (Farm to School, Farm to Institution); GAP Training

KY Farm to School (F2S ) Curriculum; Literacy, Eating and Activity for Primary Youth Health (LEAP); Weight, the Reality Series; UK CES Nutrition Education Program; Home-based Microprocessing; Plate It Up KY Proud;Social Marketing Professor Popcorn; Organwise; Wellness in Kentucky (WIN) Kentucky; Super Star Chef; Food for Thought website; Champion Food Volunteers

Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agents, program assistants, specialists and volunteers;Kentucky CES publications and resources; eXtension resources

Date: July 2018- June 2020

Audience: Individuals and families, Policy makers,Current and potential program users, Key stakeholders, Health professionals, Child care providers, Minority groups, Organizations: Faith-based organizations, KEHA, Schools, Professional organizations, Human and social service agencies, Businesses, Community coalitions & organizations

Project or Activity: Programming aiming to increase knowledge and skills to think critically, to solve problems, and to make informed decisions regarding healthy lifestyle choices

Content or Curriculum: Champion Food Volunteer, Get Moving Kentucky (GMK) Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours, Weight: The Reality Series

Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agents, program assistants, specialists and volunteers, Kentucky CES publications and resources, eXtension resources, Local, state, and federal health agencies, United States Department of Agriculture, Public and private health organizations, Registered dietitians, Medical professionals

Date: July 2018 - June 2020

Audience: Daycares, Schools, HOPE Center, Homemakers, Library, Probation and Parole, Adult Education, Headstart and Preschool Parent Programs, Low Income Families, DCBS, KTAP clients, Wayne County Schools, Horizon Adult Health Care

Project or Activity: Nutrition Education Program

Content or Curriculum: Nutrition Education Extension Curriculum, USDA Curriculum, MY Plate Curriculum,

Inputs: Extension Staff, Advisory Councils, Community partners, Extension Facility, Volunteers, Monticello Schools and Wayne County Schools, Hope Center,

Date: July 2018- June 2020

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