Ballard County CES

Title:

Jump Into Food and Fitness

MAP:

Healthy Living

Agents Involved:

PJ, SD

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Health

Situation:

Moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, stress and high blood pressure.

Physically active people live longer and have better quality lives than inactive people.

Physical activity levels decrease across the lifespan.

Children and youth should engage in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity, ideally everyday.

There is a significant decrease in the amount of physical activity between elementary school and high school students, especially for girls. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Participants will reduce their risk for weight related or preventable diseases through healthier lifestyle choices resulting in decreased medical and mental health costs.

Youth and families will increase physical stamina.

Ballard Countians will accept and promote a more active lifestyle.

The stereotypical view of Kentuckians will be challenged through improved health indicators.

Improvement in the built environment promotes physical activity and healthy aging through the life-span.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Adopt new or improved habits and behaviors related to physical activity practices.

Engage in regular physical activity.

Maintain physical activity at age-appropriate recommended levels.

Increased physical activity in families and schools,

Adopt new strategies for physical and mental relaxation,

Youth implement changes gradually through the development of their personal physical activity goals.

Provide access to safe places where youth and their families can be physically active.

educate parents to help change attitudes

practice and promotion of physical activity events

Initial Outcomes:

Gain knowledge, attitudes, skills, and aspirations to increase physical activity.

Gain knowledge about the relationship between disease and weight,

Learn that fitness can be fun while being healthy,

Educate parents to help change attitudes and to understand the importance of being more physically active together.

Identify safe places in their community where they can be physically activity.

parents understand the importance of being more physically active together.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: increase in number of times per week for intentional physical activity

Indicator:number of people who report at least a 10% increase in the number of "steps" for those tracking steps

Method: follow-up survey

Timeline: 3 months after completion of program

Intermediate Outcome: Adoption of personal physical activity goals.

Indicator: number of people who report adopting at least one of their personal physical activity goals on a regular basis.

Method: follow-up survey

Timeline: 3 months after completion of program

Intermediate Outcome: Increase in the number of "steps" for those tracking steps

Indicator: number of people who report and increase in the number of "steps", for those tracking steps

Method: Follow-up survey

Timeline: 3 months after completion of program

Intermediate Outcome: increase in number of times per week for intentional physical activity

indicator: number of people who indicate an increase in number of times per week of intentional activity

Method: Follow-up survey

Timeline: 3 months after completion of program

Long-Term Outcome: access to safe places for physical activity provided by community health coalition for youth and their families

Indicator: increase in number of activity or events using the built environment

Method: Physical Activity Committee report to COMPASS Coalition

Timeline: May 

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 3-5 After-school 21 Century participants

Project or Activity: gym and activities with nutrition programs

Content or Curriculum: Jump Into Food and Fitness

Inputs: extension office, schools

Date: September - April

Audience: 9-18 year olds

Project or Activity: Bicycle Club

Content or Curriculum: National 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: volunteer leader, wheels and wings Committee members

Date: September - May

Audience: bicyclist from region, families

Project or Activity: Wheels & Wings Bike Ride

Content or Curriculum: Physical Activity Promotion

Inputs: riders, bicycles, Ballard County Community Education, 4-H & FCS Extension Agents, Volunteers, Purchase District Health Department, COMPASS Coalition

Date: Spring