Extension
It Starts With Us
Encourage Safety, Accident, and Disease Prevention
Promote Safe & Healthy Lifestyles
Adam Huber, Anna Meador, Kelly Burgess
4-H Health Core Curriculum
Healthy and Safety for Ag Producers/Workers
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Pesticide Safety – Livestock Pests
Allen Citizens are similar to other residents in the Commonwealth need to observe safety practices int he home and at the workplace. Forty-two percent of Allen county's population is either below 19 years of age or above 65 years of age. These two age groups that are highly susceptible to accidents in the home/school/workplace. Farm operators often ignore basic safety procedures while performing routine farm practices. In addition, men, women, and children need to incorporate disease prevention practices, including cardiovascular and cancer screenings for proactive healthy lifestyles
*Allen County clientele will observe safety practices during daily activities. *Clientele will participate in preventative health testing
* Allen county clientele will implement Extension recommended safety practices during daily activities.
* Clientele will participate in preventive health testing
* Clientele obtain knowledge on how to safely perform their daily activities. * Clientele will increase awareness and knowledge of the prevention practices in an effort to improve their long term health and quality of life.
Initial Outcome: Clientele gain knowledge and awareness of recommended practices in handling and using pesticides
Indicator: Number of individual completing pesticide applicator training
Method: Show of hands or post meeting survey
Timeline:Spring
Intermediate Outcome: Allen County clientele will participate in health screenings
Indicator:number of screening tests completed
Method: Data from participant survey
Timeline: April-May
Long-term Outcome: Preventive health diagnostic screenings result in an increase in positive disease treatment
Indicator: Number of screening tests completed with data collection leading to successful corrective activity or treatment
Method: Routine health screenings/treatment success observations
Timeline: July-June
Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: Food Safety, Cooking Workshops, Cooking Club
Content or Curriculum: Snap-ed
Inputs: Paid staff, 4-H council, Schools
Date: Year round
Audience: Agricultural Producers and Homeowners
Project or Activity: Private Pesticide Applicator Trainings
Content or Curriculum: Private Pesticide Applicator Training Curriculum
Inputs: County Staff, Extension Specialists, local radio and news outlets, social media
Date: Late winter 2019 - Early Spring 2020
Audience: Agricultural Producers, Home Horticulture Producers, Homeowners
Project or Activity: Safety Sessions for Farmers, Gardeners, and Homeowners
Content or Curriculum: Equipment, livestock, landscape and home safety issues
Inputs: County Staff, Extension Specialist, Volunteers, Industry Representatives, Local media sources, social media, Extension Publications
Date: Year Round
Audience: Limited Resource Audience
• Project or Activity: Allen County Farmers’ Market Consumer Education Project
• Content or Curriculum: UK Food Preservation Packets/ Kentucky Farmers’ Market crop cards distributed market producer to distribute to customers
• Inputs: Paid Staff, Allen County Farmers’ Market members, KDA Resources, SNAP-ED, Citizen – Times, WVLE radio, NCTC Local Access Channel, Channel 31 Public Air Time
• Date: July 2019 – June 2020
Audience: Extension Homemakers, community clientele
• Project or Activity: Ovarian Cancer Screening program/research funding support
• Content or Curriculum: UK Markey Cancer Center resources
• Inputs: Markey Cancer Center staff, testing resources, volunteer resources
• Date: July, 2019 – June 2020
• Audience: limited resource clientele – adults & youth
• Project or Activity: SNAP-ED Food Safety/ Economical Preservation Activities
• Content or Curriculum: USDA/UK FCS food preservation resources
• Method: workshops, gardening demonstrations, mass media & social media features
• Inputs:
• Date: July 2019 – June 2020
• Audience: Limited Resource Families
• Project or Activity: Snap-Ed Programs
• Content or Curriculum: Food Safety and garden produce Preservation with Food Stamps, WIC Adults and Youth
• Inputs: Snap-Ed core curriculum, County staff and resources
• Date: July 2019 – June 2020
• Audience: Extension Homemakers, general public
• Project or Activity: Relay for Life Cancer Research funding support Activities
• Content or Curriculum: Facilitation of volunteer donation campaign, community educational awareness activities with Extension Homemakers
• Inputs: volunteer resources, business/agency funding support
• Date: October 2019 – May 2020
• Audience: General Public
• Project or Activity: Radio Feature Program/News Columns/Website Features
• Content or Curriculum: Healthy newsletters; HEEL publications, UK Healthcare resources
• Inputs: radio station airtime, production personnel& equipment; newspaper column space, production personnel & equipment
• Date: July 2019 – June 2020
• Audience: General Public
• Project or Activity: County Website/Social Marketing Site
• Content or Curriculum: Healthy newsletters, UK Healthcare support for safety/screening protocols
• Inputs: County staff and resources
• Date: July 2019 – June 2020
Audience: General Public, aging population
Project: Stand Up to Falling
Content or curriculum: UK publications, National Institute for Aging resources, UK Healthcare resources
Input: Extension personnel, facilities, program support funds, NIA resources, UK specialist publications
Date: July, 2019 -June, 2020
Author: Kelly Burgess
Major Program: National Dining with Diabetes
The median household income and per capita income for Allen County is below the state average, $40,598 and $46,535 (respectively), which is below the national average ($63,179). Income influences health, and we know that diabetes care is expensive. According to a recent county assessment, Allen County residents are concerned about access to quality, affordable health care providers, chronic disease, and affordability of health care insurance. Thirty-nine (39%) percent of Allen
