Extension
It Starts With Us
Proactive Health and Wellbeing for all
Making Healthy Lifelong Lifestyle Choices
Slone
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Fit Blue/Get Moving KY
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Mastering Food Choices
Kentucky ranks 3rd highest in the US for physical inactivity. Youth are becoming more inactive at an early age. Adolescence is the second most critical time for nutritious eating, after infancy. Pre-natal and infant nutritional needs form life-long habits, including breast-feeding and research linking bottle fed-babies to obesity in adults. Youth need extra calories to fuel growth spurts. Yet, youth eat many meals away from home (with out proper adult supervision) thus, don’t always eat the most nourishing food. It is an ideal time to focus on what can be done to encourage eating habits that support children, adults and senior populations physical growth, maximize bone density, and prevent chronic diseases which are related to proactive decision making and lifelong physical activity to prevent and/or reduce the incidence of obesity, diabetes,heart disease, cancer and as supported by research brain based disorders impacted by lifelong poor nutrition and health practices.
Chronic lifestyle and nutrition related diseases will be significantly reduced among the population. Substance Abuse among youth and young adults will be diminished and the general population will embrace positive changes in the communities.
Individuals of all ages from infancy to the end of life ages shall make changes in reducing their intake of unhealthy foods, include fruits, vegetables and grains, and dairy as the basis of the dietary intake. Adopting good physical activity and avoidance of use of substances where chemicals harm the body.
Educational participants, clientele, Extension Homemakers, pre-school children, children, young adults, and seniors shall learn the recommended dietary and physical activity appropriate for themselves and for their families.
Limited resource clientele shall learn to manage and extend the use of Food Stamps, money, and Food Pantry items to improve the nourishment of the family.
Families shall develop menu's planned for meal preparation at home, suit the menus to the budget, and shall develop food preparation, preservation, and cooking skills they aspire to use.
Initial Outcome: Learn and use the guidelines of the USDA and dietary guidelines and myPlate from Extension curricula
Indicator: Number of participants reached
Method: Pre and Post Program Evaluations either written or verbal, show of hands for limited literacy or non-English speaking populations
Timeline: year round
Intermediate Outcome: Changes will be made in the preparation, consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy in family meals.
Indicator: Percentage of participants making changes in food pattern consumption
Method: Post program evaluations, electronic and written or phone follow up evaluations, testimonials from participants of all ages
Timeline: year round
Long-term Outcome: Improved health of citizens in the community, reduction of incidence of substance abuse and unhealthy behaviors.
Indicator: Statistical data
Method: Long term testimonials from program participants, community partners, BRFSS data, Kids-Count data and other reliable sources of supporting sites of outcome based changes
Timeline: year round
Audience: Youth and Adults
Project or Activity: Simulated Learning Activity
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences: The Choice Is Yours Curriculum
Inputs: CADA, Allen Central High School, Floyd County Schools, Extension Homemakers, Community partners, volunteers, law enforcement, judicial system, attorneys, coroner, jailer, judges, emergency medical personnel, physicians and/or health partners, parents and grand parents
Date: Fall 2019 and Spring 2020
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: General Nutritional Education Community Based, FCS newsletter
Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, EFNEP, SNAP-ed, publications supporting nutritional health and habits for a lifetime, nutrition education programs to SNAP eligible recipients
Inputs: Agent, EFNEP Assistant, Homemaker/FCS Volunteer leaders/Teachers
Date: year round
Audience: Adults, Extension Homemakers, Family and Consumer Sciences Clientele (Community at Large), youth
Project or Activity: Small Space Gardening for the Home - Family Centered Approach
Content or Curriculum: Extension Plate It Up Ky. Proud Resources and supporting Food Preservation Approved Research-Based Curriculum from the University of Kentucky and/or HES/FCS publications. Learning Lesson for Extension Homemakers and At-Large use in county-based outreach delivered by FCS Agent
Inputs: University Curricula, District FCS Agents, Floyd County Agent, Extension Homemakers, FCS Advisory Council, County residents, Senior Housing Authority, Faith community, merchants, Chamber of Commerce, Farmer's Market, Appalachian Roots Group and other Civic entities
Date: Spring 2020
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Food Preservation
According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, one in five households in the United States practice home canning. The Center for Disease Control has stated that 30 percent of botulism cases from the past decade was caused by home canning practices. As by popular demand in the county, the Floyd County Family & Consumer Science Agent held multiple food preservation hands-on workshops for the third year in a row throughout the county for 22 individuals. Eighty percent of
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
According to the 2018 State Indicator Report by the Center for Disease Control, fruit and vegetable consumption is essential for children in preventing chronic diseases. While this is an essential part of the diet, behavior change is a new challenge within itself. The United States Department of Agriculture states consuming meals away from home is linked to poor nutritional quality and overweight and obesity. Cook Together, Eat Together focuses on families with children cooking meals together at
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
In 2018, Floyd County was ranked 112th in health outcomes and 108th in health factors out of the 120 counties in the state of Kentucky. According to the Kentucky Health facts, 36% of Floyd County adults claimed to be in less than good health making it 13% higher than the state average. In efforts to increase health awareness and overall health of the county, the Floyd County Family & Consumer Sciences program developed the online progra
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Fit Blue/Get Moving KY
In 2018, County Health Rankings showed that 38% of the Floyd County population claimed to be in less than good health. The Center for Disease Control states that physically inactive adults are at greater risk for premature death, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, depression, and cancers.The Floyd County Family & Consumer Science Program established a four week, all-online walking program, “Floyd County Walking Challenge.” This program was requested and established during CO
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
In March 2020, life as we use to know it completely changed. In Kentucky, social distancing came into effect, businesses had to close their doors, and a Healthy at Home Initiative was born. People were advised to stay at home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. This put a strain on the local and national economy, increased mental health and substance use concerns as well as increasing overall stress issues that can affect general health.
