Fitness
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Cathy Jansen, Joyce Doyle, Christin Herbst
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
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
Long Term Outcome:
Youth maintain positive health habits
Indicator:
Log of healthy eating and exercise
Method:
Journal charting
Timeline:
2 – 4 years
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:
Number of youth reporting changes in healthy behaviors
Method:
Surveys, Interviews
Timeline:
1 – 1 ½ years
Initial Outcome:
Youth identify healthy lifestyle choices.
Indicator:
Hands on activities with nutritious foods
Method:
Questionnaires, discussion
Timeline
8 months – 1 year
Audience:
Carroll County Youth
Project or Activity:
Health Rocks
Content or Curriculum:
Health Rocks
Inputs:
Extension Agent, Teen Council members, Extension publications, Time, Money
Date(s):
May 18, 2017
2018
2019
2020
Audience:
Carroll County Youth, K-8
Project or Activity:
Professor Popcorn
Content or Curriculum:
Professor Popcorn
Inputs:
Extension Agent, Extension publications, Time, Money
Date(s):
School Year 2017-2018
School Year 2018-2019
School Year 2019-2020
Audience:
Carroll County Youth, 3rd Grade
Project or Activity:
Jump Into Fitness
Content or Curriculum:
Jump Into Fitness
Inputs:
Extension Agent, Time, Money
Date(s):
School Year 2017-2018
School Year 2018-2019
School Year 2019-2020