Developing Healthier Families with Diet and Physical ActivityPlan of Work

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Owen County CES

Title:
Developing Healthier Families with Diet and Physical Activity
MAP:
Healthy Life Style Choices
Agents Involved:
FCS Agent, 4-H Agent,ANR Agent, Program Assistant and NEP Assistants
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Communications and Expressive Arts
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
Situation:

Poor nutrition and limited activity have led to an increase in overweight and obese people throughout the country, as work has become more sedentary and diets are increasingly centered around prepared and restaurant foods. The obesity rate in Kentucky increased 90 percent over the last 15 years. Obese individuals are at increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. Community Partnerships working together through MAPP(Mobilizing For Action Through Planning Partnerships) to reverse these trends by promoting behavioral changes that will lead to improvement in the quality of health for Owen County citizens. Behavioral changes will lead to improvement in the quality of life for Kentuckians.

Long-Term Outcomes:

-Decrease in obese and overweight children, youth, adults, and elderly.

-Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily.

-Improvement in the built environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating.

-Improvement in the mental health and well being of residents.

-Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, and hypertension.

-Individuals will prepare meals at home 5 or more times a week.

-Individuals will increase their physical stamina.

Intermediate Outcomes:

-Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals' ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.

-Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and older age.

-Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors.

-Individuals will adopt one recommendation from the dietary guidelines.

-Individuals demonstrate food preparation skills.

-Individuals engage in good food safety practices.

-Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical activity, and chronic disease.

Initial Outcomes:

-Changes in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding healthy lifestyle choices, weight management and practice and promotion of daily physical activity or reduction of chronic disease.

-Learn to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet.

-Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety, and food resource management.

-individuals will be able to identify the components of a healthy diet as defined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Evaluation:

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 written evaluation. Web-NEERS reports. Extension Homemaker reports.

Timeline: July thru June (2020-2024)


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals engage in good food safety practices.

Indicator: Number of individuals who implemented the recommended practices for safe storage, handling, growing, or preparation of food.

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation. Web-NEERS reports. UK Extension Curriculum

Timeline: July thru June (2020-2024)


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will prepare meals at home 5 or more times a week

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting preparing meals 5 or more times a week.

Method: Pre/Post written evaluations. Web-NEERS reports. Extension Homemaker reports

Timeline: July thru June (2020-2024)


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will be able to recognize and manage their health-related issues such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, and hypertension, and depression. 

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting an increase in knowledge related to the healthy homemaker components is presented throughout the year.

Method: Pre/Post written evaluations. Extension Homemaker reports

Timeline: July thru June (2020-2024)

Learning Opportunities:

Long-term Outcome: Individuals will become more contentious about health and fitness 

Audience: Enrolled NEP Families & Youth

Project or Activity: Direct education

Content or Curriculum: UK NEP Adult & Youth Curriculum, Wildcat Ways to Wellness, Plate It Up!, Super Star Chef, Professor Popcorn, OrganWise curriculum

Inputs: NEP State & Regional Staff, FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants

Date: July thru June (2020-2024)


Initial Outcome: Individuals will be able to identify components of a healthy diet and participate in a nutrition-related activity 

Audience: Preschool thru 2nd-grade students

Project or Activity: LEAP(Literacy, Eating, and Activity for Preschool)

Content or Curriculum: LEAP curriculum

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants 

Date: September thru May (2020-2024)


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will be able to recognize and manage their health-related issues 

Audience: Senior Citizens

Project or Activity: Monthly program

Content or Curriculum: NEP curriculum

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants 

Date: July thru June (2020-2024)


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will be able to recognize and manage their health-related issues

Audience: Individuals or family members with diabetes

Project or Activity: Living Well with Diabetes

Content or Curriculum: UK Diabetes Information & Diabetes Association resources

Inputs: Three Rivers Health District Educator, FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants 

Date: July-June (2020-2024)


Intermediate Outcome: Engage youth in good food safety practices and skills 

Audience: Youth 9-19 interested in Cooking

Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking Club for Beginners

Content or Curriculum: Superstar Chef & NEP Curriculum

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants 

Date: September -May (2020-2024)


Intermediate Outcome: Engage youth in good food safety practices and skills

Audience: Youth 9-19

Project or Activity: Advanced 4-H Cooking Club

Content or Curriculum: Superstar Chef & NEP Curriculum

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants 

Date: September -May (2020-2024)


Initial Outcome: Youth will be able to identify the components of the food pyramid a healthy diet

Audience: 5th-grade students

Project or Activity: Recipe for Life

Content or Curriculum: WIN Kentucky Resource, Recipe for Life Curriculum through NEP

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants, community leaders, extension homemaker volunteers, Master Food Volunteers

Date: October (2020-2024)


Initial Outcome: Individuals will be able to identify the benefits of exercise 

Audience: General Public/community 

Project or Activity: Second Sunday

Content or Curriculum: UK Resource

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants, Three Rivers Health District Educator, Youth Services Director 

Date: October (2020-2024)


Intermediate Outcome: Youth will be empowered to make the right choices as they develop 

Audience: Owen County High School Freshmen

Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants, Freshmen Teachers, OC Drug Prevention Coalition, Community Volunteers, Guest Speakers

Date: Fall (2020-2024)


Initial Outcome: Youth will be able to identify the benefits of exercise 

Audience: Youth ages 9-19 interested in exercise

Project or Activity: 4-H Get Fit Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Dancefit, 4-H Yoga, 4-H Healthy Choices

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants, Community Volunteers, Guest Speakers

Date: September (2020-2024)


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals engage in good food safety practices.

Audience: Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Food Safety Dinner Mystery

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publications & USDA

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants 

Date:  September (2020-2024)


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will able to grow their own food and prepare a meal from it  

Audience: General Public 

Project or Activity: Accessibility to fresh healthy food, community garden 

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publications 

Inputs: FCS Agent, 4-H Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistant, NEP/SNAP assistants

Date:  Summer (2020-2024)



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