Making Healthing Lifestyle Choices
Adopting Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Overall Well-Being
Jolly, Stillwell
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.
Initial Outcome: Youth will identify Healthy lifestyle choices
Indicator: Number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices
Method: 4-H Program health evaluation
Timeline: at end of school and/or program year
Intermediate Outcome: Increased adoption of healthy behaviors and lifestyle choices
Indicator: Number of youth that report not engaging in risky behavior
Method: 4-H program health evaluation
Timeline: given within 6 months to 1 year after their initial involvement
Long-term Outcome: Increased number of youth at a lower risk for physical and/or emotional distress
Indicator: Number of youth that feel good about themselves and higher self esteem
Method: 4-H program health evaluation
Timeline: Presented within 1 year upon their 4-H career
Audience: Clover Bud youth (ages 5-8)
Project or Activity: Clover Buds Club
Content or Curriculum: LEAP
Inputs: volunteers, parents, extension agents
Date: Monthly from fall to spring
Audience: 4-H youth
Project or Activity: Hot Stoves Cooking Club
Content or Curriculum: Food Science
Inputs: volunteers, teen leaders, extension agents
Date: Monthly from fall to spring
Audience: Elementary 4/5 school grades
Project or Activity: Organized 4-H school clubs
Content or Curriculum: Jump into food & Fitness
Inputs: teachers, extension agents
Date: Monthly from fall to spring
Author: Dayna Fentress
Major Program: Get Moving Kentucky (Physical Activity Based Programs)
Childhood obesity rates are continuing to rise across the state of Kentucky. The Hardin County Extension Service promotes physical activity through a Longest Day of Play event hosted across the road from the Extension Office on the Farmers' Market lawn.This event was held in 2017 on the actual Longest Day of Play (June 21st), which was a Wednesday. This year, we held the event on June 20, the Wednesday before the actual Longest Day of Play. The reasoning for this was to use the event to also