Extension
It Starts With Us
Making Healthy Choices
Nutrition and Wellness for Bracken County Residents
4-H, FCS
4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
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.
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.
Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.
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.
Initial Outcome: The number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices.
Indicator: evaluation results, testimonials, follow-up programming
Method: Post-program evaluations, client/parent/teacher testimonials
Timeline: 2019-2020
Intermediate Outcome: Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.
Indicator: Evaluation results, testimonials, program feedback
Method: evaluations, client/parent/teacher testimonials
Timeline: 2019-2020
Long-term Outcome: Youth maintain positive healthy habits, including more physical activity, making healthy food choices, handling stress, and contribute to their community.
Indicator: observation and testimonials
Method: evaluations, follow-ups, client/parent/teacher testimonials
Timeline:2019-2020
Audience: 8th graders in Bracken Co.
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences Event
Content or Curriculum:Truth and Consequences
Inputs: Ext. agents, school staff, community partners
Date: Spring 2019, 2020
Audience: 4th and 5th graders
Project or Activity: FOOD FITNESS FUN CLUB
Content or Curriculum: My Plate, Health Rocks, Food & Fitness
Inputs: 4-H, FRYSC
Date: Spring 2020
Audience: Day Camps
Project or Activity: Cooking, Get Moving
Content or Curriculum: My Plate, Professor Popcorn,
Inputs: 4-H, FCS, Teens
Date: Summer 2019
Audience: Afterschool Programs
Project or Activity: Self Esteem
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications,4-H Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H, FCS, FRYSC
Date: School Year 2019-2020
Audience: High School Students
Project: Pep Rally for Life
Content: UK Publications/ 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H, KDA, FFA, Soil Conservation
Date: Fall 2019
Author: Molly Jordan
Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources
In the United States, the leading cause of death in teens ages 15 to 18 is unintentional/accidental according to a 2017 CDC report. In an effort to educate teens on practicing safety, the Bracken County 4-H, Bracken County FFA, the Bracken County Soil Conservation, Bracken County Fire and EMS, and Kentucky Department of Agriculture teamed up to bring the Pep Rally for Life to BCHS. In an effort to stress to teens that accidents do occur and they are not invincible, a mock 4-wheeler accident scen
Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The Bracken County FCS Agent collaborated with the local school, Bracken County Middle School and their 21st century grant program to offer some lessons on nutrition.The lesson came from WIN (Wellness in Kentucky) curriculum on the B.O.N.E.S lesson with the milk challenge.A pre and posttest was given.There were 50 students and 5 adults participating. Bracken is a rural area with just 2 local grocery stores so access to different sources of food is limited. Many of these students are
Author: Molly Jordan
Major Program: 4-H Health Core Curriculum
In Bracken County, there are very few after school care options for children. According to the US Census Bureau, the average commute for work in Bracken County is 34.1 minutes. Considering that the majority of working parents have schedules that do not revolved around school hours, finding suitable after school care options sometimes aren’t available. I was approached by the 4th Grade teacher at Augusta Independent Schools on doing a school enrichment program. When I told her about so
