Family & Consumer Sciences Education - Improve Physical and Mental Health Plan of Work

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Campbell County CES

Title:
Family & Consumer Sciences Education - Improve Physical and Mental Health
MAP:
Family & Consumer Sciences Education
Agents Involved:
Thompson, Rex, Stolz, Turner, Walch, Bridewell, Kasirosafar, Garza
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Active Living and Health Promotions General
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Cook Together, Eat Together
Situation:

A foundation of nutrition knowledge, skills, and competencies in topics such as food safety, handling and preparation, cooking methods and techniques, feeding practices, food science, and food systems are essential to changing dietary behaviors. With the increased trend of chronic disease and obesity in Kentucky, individuals, families, and communities need tools and environments that support healthful dietary decisions. CES agents are encouraged to reach diverse audiences to help combat chronic disease and obesity in Kentucky communities. Focusing on a foundation of overall direct health education to increase health literacy and ability to make healthy lifestyle choices, including, creating spaces or opportunities for active living and health behaviors.

The recent statewide needs assessment identified substance use prevention and recovery as the most urgent priority for Cooperative Extension.  Moreover, substance use was the focal point of the CES Advisory Council Meeting in early 2019.  Taken together, youth KIP survey data and data from the CES needs assessment demonstrate the need to address substance use prevention, recovery, stigma, and impact on families and communities.


Long-Term Outcomes:

Routinely employ healthy dietary practices that promote health and wellness (e.g. consume recommended daily fruits and vegetables and improve food management skills)

Reduce the rate of chronic disease and obesity

Routinely meeting physical activity and dietary recommendations that promote health and wellness (e.g. 150 minutes a week of moderate activity and consuming recommended daily fruits and vegetables)

Community environment promotes healthy behaviors where people live, learn, work, and play

Reduce the rate of chronic disease and obesity

The prevention and/or reduction of substance use and its related consequences.

Changed public perception of substance use via stigma reduction.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Generate positive attitudes toward changing dietary decisions to be more healthful

Increase intake of fruits, vegetables, and other nutrient-dense foods

Decrease intake of solid fats, added sugars, and sodium

Employ healthful cooking methods, feeding practices, and food preservation techniques

Increased access to healthy food via local farmers markets, food retailers, and/or home gardens

Generate positive attitudes toward changing lifestyle choices to be more healthy

Increase intake of fruits, vegetables, and other nutrient-dense foods

Improve self-efficacy in physical activity, movement, and active routes to destinations 

Decrease tobacco/ substance use

Reduced stigma from local community members

Initial Outcomes:

Increase awareness about relationships between food and nutrition practices and chronic disease

Improve food and nutrition-related skills (e.g. gardening, preparation and preservation techniques, safe food handling, food resource management)

Increase confidence in ability to employ healthy eating practices 

Increase motivation to access and prepare healthier foods

Increase awareness about lifestyle choices and chronic disease (e.g. tobacco use, poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity) 

Increase confidence in ability to employ healthy practices 

Improve food and nutrition-related skills (e.g. preparation techniques, safe food handling)

Increase motivation to be active

Increase awareness of accessible safe places for activity

Increased knowledge of substance use prevention, addiction, and recovery (or related subject matter)

Evaluation:

Outcome:   Nutrition knowledge, skills, and competencies

Indicator:   Number of individuals who reported: use knowledge and skills to improve food-shopping management; utilize the food label to make healthy food choices; choosing smaller portions; increased food preservation knowledge; demonstrated recommended food preservation practices

Method: Self-report surveys; specific curricula or program evaluations

Timeline:   Pre-post implementing curricula or program


Outcome: Preparing and preserving food 

Indicator:  Number of individuals who reported: preparing more home-cooked meals; modifying ingredients and/or preparation techniques to improve nutrition

Method: Self-report survey; specific curricula or program evaluations

Timeline:  Pre-post implementing curricula or program


Outcome:  Dietary intake 

Indicator:  Number of individuals who reported: eating 4-6 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily

Method: Self-report surveys about fruit and vegetable intake or other dietary improvements; specific curricula or program evaluations

Timeline: Pre-post implementing curricula or program


Outcome:  Availability and access to healthy food 

Indicator:  Number of individuals who reported: utilizing delivery systems/access points (e.g., farmers’ markets, CSAs, WIC, food pantries) that offer healthy foods; supplementing diets with healthy foods grown or preserved (e.g., community or backyard gardens, fishing, hunting, farmers’ markets); dollar value of 

vendor-reported sales or EBT, WIC, or senior benefits redeemed at farmers’ markets, number of pints of foods preserved through freezing and/or drying. 

Method: Self-report survey

Timeline:  Pre-post implementing curricula or program

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Communities

Project or Activity:  Culinary Couch Potato Program

Content or Curriculum: Hands-on food demonstrations/adult participant cooking, Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud resources, Victory Garden Toolkit, Super Star Chef and Cook Together, Eat Together, Tai Chi Curriculum, Arthritis Exercise Curriculum, Wildcat Way to Wellness

Inputs:  FCS and Horticulture Agents, District Board Special Programs, Campbell County Extension facility, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Campbell County Farmers’ Market vendors

Date: Spring 2021


Audience: Families and Individuals

Project or Activity:  Food Preparation for Better Health:  Mommy & Me…in the Garden and Kitchen Program

Content or Curriculum: Cook Together, Eat Together, Mastering Food Choices, Super Star Chef, Champion Food Program, Faithful Families, Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud resources, resources for early care and education settings, NEP resources-Plant, Eat, Move

Inputs: Programmatic materials (listed above), FCS Agent, Horticulture Technician, Master Gardener volunteer, Campbell County Fire Dept., Parents of children 6-8 years old, guest community chefs

Date: May-August 2021


Audience: Families and Individuals

Project or Activity:  Policy, Systems, and Environmental Approaches-St John Lutheran Church Food Pantry Food Demonstrations

Content or Curriculum:  Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud resources, Victory Garden Toolkit, Super Star Chef and Cook Together, Eat Together, NEP resources-Plant, Eat, Move

Inputs: FCS Agents, St John Lutheran Church Food Pantry (USDA Food Commodities Pantry)

Date: Ongoing food demonstrations throughout the year—every other month


Audience: Families and Individuals

Project or Activity:  Garden to Table T.V. Shows

Content or Curriculum: U.K. FCS and Horticulture Publications, Health Bulletins, Cook Together, Eat Together, Mastering Food Choices, Dining with Diabetes, Faithful Families, Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud resources, NEP resources-Plant, Eat, Move

Inputs: FCS and Horticulture Agents, Campbell County Media Central T.V. Public Access, Campbell County Extension Educational Gardens and Agent Demonstration Kitchen 

Date: Ongoing; every other month filming throughout the year


Audience:  Individuals and Families who want to gain knowledge about Substance Use and who are Impacted by Addiction

Project or Activity:  Extension Inclusion Series:  2020 Focus on Substance Use Training for Extension Staff, Leaders/Volunteers and Campbell County Community

Content or Curriculum:  FCS Agent, Horticulture Agent, State Extension Specialist, Highland Height Police Department, Addition/Treatment Agencies and other Community Partners, UK Publications.

Input:  Same as Content or Curriculum

Date:  Fall 2020


Audience:  Preschoolers 

Project or Activity: Leap

Content or Activity:  Leap curriculum

Inputs:  Family and Consumer Sciences Agent and daycares/preschools

Date:  Monthly during the school year


Audience:  Preschoolers 

Project or Activity: Stories, Songs and Stretches

Content or Activity:  Stories, Songs and Stretches curriculum 

Inputs:  Family and Consumer Sciences Agent and daycares/preschools

Date:  Monthly during the school year



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