Extension
It Starts With Us
Nutrition Education Program (FCS Agent, SNAP-Ed, and EFNEP)
Nutrition, Physical Activity, Food Security and Obesity Prevention
Faris
Nutrition and Food Systems General
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, KY adult obesity rates are among the 10 highest in the United States; and, KY youth rank among the 10 highest for obesity as well. The CDC also reports KY adults rank in the 10 highest for poor consumption of fruits and vegetables. In addition, only 30% of KY adults report not participating in any physical activity.
NEP (SNAP-Ed and EFNEP) programs help limited resource families increase access to affordable nutritious food, stretch food dollars, develop skills and improve food safety practices. NEP efforts also help communities address nutrition and obesity prevention issues related to social, environmental, and policy work which supports limited resource individuals in making healthy lifestyle changes. In Lawrence County, the poverty rate is 25.9%; adult obesity rate is 41% and adults overweight is 73%;and lack of physical activity is 29%. Access to nutritious affordable food is a problem for most families especially fresh fruits and vegetables; hence, only 4% of county residents consume the recommended 5 or more fruits and vegetables per day. (KY Health Facts)
* Individuals and families will reduce their risk for nutrition-related health problems by enrolling into NEP programs
* Community social, environmental, and policy systems will reinforce healthy lifestyle behaviors
* Families will increase food availability by accessing additional healthy foods via community systems and gardening at home or public housing facilities
*Community social, environmental and policy systems will design opportunities to support individuals and families toward living a healthier lifestyle
*Individuals demonstrate food preparation skills
*Individuals engage in food safety practices
*Individuals adopt one food resource management practice
*Individuals adopt one recommendation from the dietary guidelines
*Individuals engage in regular physical activity
*Individuals utilize community support systems (farmer's market, community gardens, WIC, food pantries, etc.)
*Individuals will grow, care for, produce and preserve foods from personal gardens to gain access to healthy foods
*Individuals will be able to identify the components of a healthy diet as defined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
*Individuals will describe food preparation techniques and food safety practices
*Individuals will identify food resource management practices
*Individuals will recognize the importance of physical activity
*Individuals will locate community support systems (farmer's market, WIC, food pantries)
*Individuals will develop skills and knowledge to grow their own garden
*Partners will recognize the need for community, social, environmental and policy systems to address efforts toward improving healthier lifestyles
Initial Outcome: Individuals will be able to identify the components of a healthy diet as defined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting an increase in knowledge related to the components of a healthy diet
Method: Pre/Post Evaluations. Web-NEERS reports
Timeline: 2021-2024
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will adopt one or more recommendations from the dietary guidelines for purpose of improving their diet
Indicator: Number of individuals who report adopting at least one or more recommendations from the dietary guidelines
Method: Pre/post evaluations, Web-NEERS reports
Timeline: 2021-2024
Long-term Outcome: Individuals will reduce their risk for nutrition-related health problems
Indicator: Individuals will report reduced nutrition-related health problems as a result of making health problems
Method: Pre/Post evaluations. Change in health/disease data from the KY County Healthcare Profile Data (CEDIK)
Timeline: 2021-2024
Initial Outcome: Individuals will gain skills and knowledge of food preparation techniques, food safety practices and identify food resource management skills
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting an increase in knowledge related to food preparation techniques, food safety and food resource management practices
Method: Pre/Post evaluations. Web-NEERS reports
Timeline: 2021-2024
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will demonstrate food preparation skills, engage in one or more food safety practices and adopt one or more food resource management practice
Indicator: Number of individuals who implement food preparation skills, food safety behaviors (safe storage, handling etc.) and one or more practices to make food more affordable
Method: Pre/Post written evaluations. Web-NEERS reports.
Timeline: 2021-2024
Long-term Outcome: Individuals will maintain a healthy weight; prepare meals at home 5 or more times per week; decrease the number of foodborne illness reports; and food security decreases
Indicators: Increase in number of meals prepared at home; decrease in the number of foodborne illnesses reported and individuals reporting hunger
Method: Pre/Post evaluation. Web-NEERS reports and CEDIK
Timeline: 2021-2024
Initial Outcome: Individual recognize the importance of physical activity as part of a healthier lifestyle
Indicator: Number of people reporting understanding the importance of physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle
Method: Pre/Post evaluations. Web-NEERS reports
Timeline: 2021-2024
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals engage in physical activity
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting participation in regular physical activity
Method: Pre/post evaluations. Web-NEERS reports
Timeline: 2021-2024
Long-term Outcome: Individual will increase physical activity
Indicator: An increase in the number of individuals reporting regular physical activity as a method of living a healthier lifestyle
Method: Web-NEERS reports. CEDIK. KY Health Facts
Timeline: 2021-2024
Initial Outcome: Individuals will locate community support systems (farmer's market, WIC, food pantry) and/or develop gardening skills that provide food security
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting knowledge of community systems and community or home gardens for food security
Method: Web-NEERS reports. Pre/post evaluations
Timeline: 2021-2024
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will utilize community support systems and/or grow, maintain and prepare produce from community and/or home garden
Indicator: Number of individuals and families reporting utilization of community systems and/or community or home gardens for food security
Method: Web-NEERS reports and pre/post evaluations; personal narratives
Timeline: 2021-2024
Long-term Outcome: Individuals and families will increase food availability by accessing additional healthy foods via community systems (farmer's market, WIC, food pantries) as well as community and home gardens
Indicator: Food security decreases
Method: Web-NEERS reports. CEDIK. NEP Garden Survey. CEDIK
Timeline: 2021-2024
Audience: Limited Resource Audiences
Project or Activity: SNAP-Ed & EFNEP
Content or Curriculum: Healthy Choices for Everybody curriculum
Inputs: UK NEP Adult Curriculum
Date: 2021-2024
Audience: Limited Resource Audiences/General Public
Project or Activity: FCS SNAP-Ed
Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Inputs: UK NEP curriculum/resources; USDA SNAP-Ed materials/resources
Date: 2021-2024
Audience: Children/Youth
Project or Activity: Physical Activity; Healthy Lifestyle Choices; and Food Preparation skills;
Content or Curriculum: Get Moving KY! LEAP curriculum; Super Star Chef curriculum; Basic Nutrition and Cooking Skills
Inputs: UK NEP children/youth curriculums; UK FCS Extension; Early Childhood Education Council; Head Start; Lawrence County Public Library
Date:
Audience: Residents at Low-Income Housing Facilities
Content or Curriculum: UK Gardening in Small Spaces & Food Security
Inputs: Housing Authority; local greenhouses, UK Extension, NEP
Date: 2021-2024
Audience: Children/Youth
Project or Activity: Kids Veggie Bucks Program
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension FCS & NEP
Inputs: UK Extension; NEP, farmer's market, WIC, Lawrence County Health Department, Diabetes Grant funding; Lawrence County Family and Youth Resource Centers
Date: 2021-2024
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Farm Fresh Cooking
Content or Curriculum: KY Proud Plate-It-Up recipes; UK FCS; NEP
Inputs: UK FCS Extension; SNAP-Ed; Farmer's Market; WIC; Lawrence County Health Dept.; Lawrence County Health Action Team
Date: 2021-2024
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Growing and Cooking with Herbs for Health
Content or Curriculum: UK FCS
Inputs: UK FCS and ANR Extension
Date: 2021-2024
Author: Alivia Faris
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Many individuals and families have taken an interest in Food Preservation in the last year. There is a lot of misinformation online about best practices for food preservation; safety when preserving food should be a priority and research based methods should always be used. With this information in mind The Lawrence County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Agent (Alivia Faris) conducted a Virtual Food Preservation Workshop. This workshop was conducted in collaboration with t
