Extension
It Starts With Us
Promoting Healthy Homes & Comnmunities
Improving Health, Wellness & Quality of LIfe
Rita Stewart
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Hazardous Household Products Module
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Each decision an individual makes has an impact on health and safety in the family, community, and environment. Preparing for emergency can be crucial to survival and safety. Understanding how daily choices can impact the environment is vital to conserving and preserving our natural resources and ensuring a healthy environment for present and future generations. In 2013, Kentucky ranked 11th in total energy consumption.
Participants will create safe homes within environments that promote and support the physical and mental well-being of families throughout the life cycle. They will improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles.
Participants will apply the skills learned in educational activities related to disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy consumption, recycling, home safety, and built environment. They will assess the cost savings and/or benefits associated with these newly adopted practices.
Participants will change knowledge, opinions, skills, and/or aspirations in their understanding of issues related to disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy consumption, recycling, home safety, and built environment. They will identify one or more practices that will result in improvements in some of these areas.
Long-Term Outcome: Families will utilize skills and practices gained to create safe homes within environments that promote and support the physical and mental well-being of families throughout the life cycle. Ultimately, they will improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles.
Indicator: Participants create safer homes.
Method: Surveys, case histories, evaluations.
Timeline: 3-5 years
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will adopt short, mid, and long-term
strategies related to energy conservation, pest management, or other healthy home practice, resulting in increased savings or investments.
Indicator: 50% of program participants report aspirations to change at least one behavior resulting in increased savings or investments as a result of Extension program(s)
Method: Evaluation
Timeline: End of program evaluation; follow-up with evaluation six months to one year from program end (only used with select programs)
Initial Outcome:Families and individuals will increase knowledge about pest management, energy consumption, recycling, and home safety.
Indicator: Participants will show increased knowledge and skills related to pest management, energy consumption, recycling, and home safety.
Method: Program evaluations
Timeline: Continuous
Audience: General Public and Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: "Home Décor and More" Multi-County Educational Program/Leader Training
Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials
Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.
Date: September
Audience: General Public and Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: "It's Not Your Mother's Sewing Room" Multi-County Educational Program/Leader Training
Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials
Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.
Date: March
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Home Energy Special Interest Workshops
Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials
Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.
Date: Throughout Year
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Home Accessibility Educational Effort
Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials
Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.
Date: Spring
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Home Safety/Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Educational Effort
Content or Curriculum: FCS Materials
Inputs: Lincoln County Public Library, Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, local industries, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.
Date: Fall
Audience: General Public
Activity: Newsletter, Newspaper, and Radio Programs
Content or Curriculum: Health Education (HEEL Information), FCS Exclusives
Inputs: Health Dept, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Stanford and Danville, Kentucky Cancer Program, American Cancer Society, local doctors’ offices, Kentucky State University, home health agencies, Lincoln County Senior Citizens Center, Elementary Schools, Lincoln County Public Library, Family and Youth Service Centers, Lincoln County School System, Community Leaders, Boneyville Baptist Church and AME Church.
Date: All Year
Audience: General Public
Activity: Green Cleaning
Content or Curriculum: Current 4-H, FCS & Ag information
Inputs: Lincoln County Cattleman’s Association, livestock leaders, volunteer leaders, local schools, Lincoln County Fair Board, Vo-Ag Program, Farm Bureau, Early Childhood and Head Start Programs, physical therapy offices, Family Resource Centers, Youth Service Center, local businesses, hospitals.
Facilities used will include the Lincoln County Extension Office, Lincoln County Schools (high, middle, and elementary), local doctors’ offices, local businesses, various other community agencies, and fairgrounds.
Date: Spring
