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Title:
4-H Youth Development - Health
MAP:
4-H Youth Development Education
Agents Involved:
Prim, Farley, Agnew, Harney, Reilly
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Health
Situation:

Healthy living is one of three 4-H mission mandates and encompasses: physical activity, personal safety, mental health, addiction prevention, and diversity and inclusion. In Kentucky 37% of youth 10-17 are overweight or obese, and 51% report not exercising regularly. Twenty five percent of youth report some form of emotional or behavioral condition and suicide rates are at record high (KY suicides per 100,000 people: 15.3, 10th highest in the nation). Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health disease can affect anyone, with 1,160 reported opioid-involved deaths (a rate of 27.9 deaths per 100,000 persons) in Kentucky and vaping nearly doubled among middle and high school students — with 27% of high school seniors reporting they had tried the product in 2018.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Increase number of youths maintaining positive health habits. 

Increased number of youths at a lower risk for serious disease and illness. 

Youth will develop into competent, capable, contributing adults as important developmental assets are met through their participation in 4-H Health programs. 

Increased number of youths at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress 

Intermediate Outcomes:

Increased adoption and mastery of healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.

Initial Outcomes:

Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.

Youth will understand risky behaviors and their consequences.  

Youth will aspire to have higher self-esteem 

Youth will identify healthy ways to handle stress

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.

Youth will understand risky behaviors and their consequences. 

Youth will aspire to have higher self-esteem 

Youth will identify healthy ways to handle stress 

Indicator: Evaluation results and testimonials/success stories

Method: pre/post program evaluation and client/parent/teacher testimonials/success stories

Timeline: July 2021 - June 2022

 

Intermediate Outcome: Increased adoption and mastery of healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress 

Indicator: Evaluation results and testimonials

Method: follow-up evaluations and client/parent/teacher testimonials/success stories

Timeline: July 2021-June 2022

 

Long-term Outcome: Increase in number of youths maintaining positive health habits. 

Increased number of youths at a lower risk for serious disease and illness. 

Youth will develop into competent, capable, contributing adults as important developmental assets are met through their participation in 4-H Health programs.   Increased number of youths at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress 

Indicator: observation and testimonials 

Method: client/parent/teacher testimonials/success stories

Timeline: July 2021 - June 2022

Learning Opportunities:

Campbell County 4-H Members

Project or Activity: 4-H Newsletter

Content or Curriculum Audience: monthly UK HEEL Health Bulletin

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds

Date: July 2021 - June 2022

 

Audience: Campbell County Youth 

Project or Activity: Health Fairs

Content or Curriculum: USDA myPLate curriculum, SNAPed materials and incentives, dangerous look alike, awareness of sugar/fat content in foods

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds, school facilities

Date: July 2021 – June 2022

 

Audience: 4-H members ages 9-14

Project or Activity: 4-H foods/nutrition projects

Content or Curriculum: SNAPed materials and incentives, guest speakers, National 4-H curriculum, state fair and Alexandria fair guidelines, 4-H record books

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds, volunteers, fairground facilities

Date: July 2021 - June 2022

 

Audience: Campbell Ridge Elementary

Project or Activity: Yoga for Kids

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Training Materials

Inputs: staff, program money

Date: Fall 2021

 

Audience: Campbell County 4-H Cooking Club

Project: Foods and Nutrition

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Supported Curriculum

Inputs: staff, program money

Date: August 2021 – May 2022

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Success Stories

4-H Winter Dash challenge

Author: Sherri Farley

Major Program: Health

          The 2021 Kids Count data ranks Kentucky as 37th for overall youth wellbeing in the nation and 35th nationally in youth health. One key component of youth health is physical activity. Young people should have at least 60 minutes of physical activity no less than five days a week. Unfortunately, data shows that only 43.8% of middle schoolers and 37.4% of high schoolers reach that level of activity (KDE, 2020). This decline in physical activity with age continues

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Kentucky 4-H Winter Dash

Author: Kellsey Agnew

Major Program: Health

The 2021 Kids Count data ranks Kentucky as 37th for overall youth wellbeing in the nation and 35th nationally in youth health. One key component of youth health is physical activity. Young people should have at least 60 minutes of physical activity no less than five days a week. Unfortunately, data shows that only 43.8% of middle schoolers and 37.4% of high schoolers reach that level of activity (KDE, 2020). This decline in physical activity with age continues into adulthood with only 32% of adu

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Summer Healthy Eating Series

Author: Kellsey Agnew

Major Program: Health

According to the USDA, “A healthy eating routine is important at every stage of life and can have positive effects that add up over time. It’s important to eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy and fortified soy alternatives.”  They say “The benefits of healthy eating add up over time, bite by bite. Small changes matter.”  Over the course of the summer, Campbell County 4-H has collaborated with Children’s Collaborative

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