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Clay County CES

Title:
Active Living and Health Promotions
MAP:
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities
Agents Involved:
Alissa Ackerman, Emily Boggs
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Nutrition and Food Systems General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Active Living and Health Promotions General
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Health
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Food Preparation and Preservation
Situation:

Clay County, a small rural county in Eastern Kentucky, families make choices to improve health and wellbeing, incorporate nutritious food into their diet, participate in physical activity, and chronic disease (including diabetes, heart disease stroke, cancer) prevention. With the increased trend of chronic disease and obesity in KY, individuals, families, youth and communities need tools and environments that support healthy and active lifestyle choices.   CES Agents are encouraged to reach audiences to help combat chronic disease and obesity in KY communities.   Focusing on a foundation of overall direct health education to increase health literacy and ability to make healthy lifestyle choices.  A foundation of nutrition knowledge, skills and competencies in topics such as food safety, handling and preparation, cooking methods and techniques, feeding practices, are essential to changing dietary behaviors. According to statistics 38% of our county is obese with 18% of our adults being diagnosed with diabetes, and 33% of the adults don’t meet the standard activity level and 48% have high blood pressure. Lifestyle choices impact the quality and years of life.

Long-Term Outcomes:

-Increase the physical activity and dietary recommendations that promote health and wellness for families and youth.

-Reduce the rate of chronic disease and obesity. 


 

Intermediate Outcomes:

-Generate positive attitude toward lifestyle choices to be healthy. 

-Increase intake of fruit, vegetables, and other nutrient dense food.

-Improve self-efficacy in physical activity and movement.

Initial Outcomes:

-Increase awareness of healthy lifestyle choices and chronic disease.

-Improve food and nutrition related skills preparation and safe food handling.

-Increase physical activity.



Evaluation:

Long-Term Outcome: Increase the consumption of healthy foods and increase physical activity.

Indicator: number that reported spending time together in physical activity, number that report eating more healthy foods, leading to improvement of quality of life.

Method: Word of mouth, formal/informal evaluation.

Timeline: 2020-2024


Intermediate Outcome: Families practice healthy food choices to build healthy eating plans. Family practice physical activity.

Indicator: number that reported spending time together in physical activity; number that report eating more healthy foods leading to improvement of quality of life.

Method: word of mouth, formal/informal evaluation.

Timeline: 2020-2024


Initial Outcome: Families will increase knowledge, skills and attitude related to healthy life skill choices and weight management.

Indicator: Number that gained knowledge about eating healthy food. Number that reported understanding the benefits of spending time together in physical activity.

Method: Word of mouth, formal/informal evaluations.

Timeline: 2020-2024


Learning Opportunities:

Audience:  Adults

Project or Activity:  Diabetes Support Group

Content or Curriculum:  Diabetic Shoes

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  Quarterly 2022-2023


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity:  NEP Super Star Chef Camp

Content or Curriculum:  NEP Recipes

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  Summer 2023


Audience:  Adults

Project or Activity:  Plate It Up Cooking School

Content or Curriculum:  Plate It Up Recipes

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  3 times a year


Audience:  Families

Project or Activity:  Cook Together, Eat Together

Content or Curriculum:  Cook Together, Eat Together

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent/Agencies

Date:  2022-2023


Audience:  Adults

Project or Activity:  Holiday Cooking School

Content or Curriculum:  Recipes

Inputs:  Wilderness Trail Area Family & Consumer Agents

Date:  November 2022


Audience:  Homemakers

Project or Activity:  Make Ahead Meals

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publication

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  Fall 2022

 

Audience:  Homemakers

Project or Activity:  Using What’s In Your Pantry

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publication

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent, Curriculum

Date:  Spring 2023


Audience:  Middle School 7th Grade

Project or Activity:  Truth and Consequences                        

Content or Curriculum:  Truth and Consequences

Inputs:  All Agents, Community

Date 2022-2023


Audience:  Families

Project or Activity:  Preserving Food

Content:  UK Publications

Inputs:   Agents      

Date:  2022-2023


Audience:  Families

Project or Activity:  Dehydrating Food

Content:  UK Publication

Input:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  2022-2023



Audience:  Families

Project or Activity:  Knife Skills

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publication

Input:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  2022-2023


Audience:  Families

Project or Activity: Recipes for Life

Content or Curriculum:   UK Publications

Inputs:  Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  2022-2023


Audience:   Families  

Project or Activity:  Recipe of the Month

Content or Curriculum:  Plate It Up Recipes/ Calendar Cooking

Input:  Plate It Up Recipes Grocery Stores, Family & Consumer Science Agent

Date:  All year


Audience:  Homemakers

Project or Activity:  Educate Before You Medicate

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publication

Input:  Homemaker Leader’s Training

Date: Mailout


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity:  4-H Cooking 101

Content or Curriculum:  4-H Cooking 101 Curriculum

Inputs:  4-H Agent

Date:  2022-2023 School Year


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity:  Health Rocks

Content or Curriculum:  4-H Curriculum

Inputs:  4-H Agent

Date: Spring 2023  


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity: Mental Health Education

Content or Curriculum:  Mental Health 4-H Curriculum

Inputs:  4-H Agent

Date:  2022-2023


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity:  Professor Popcorn

Content or Curriculum:  FCS/4-H Curriculum

Inputs:  4-H Agent

Date:  2022-2023 School Year


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity:  Middle School Enrichment

Content or Curriculum:  Team Building With Youth 

Input:  4-H Agent, Teachers

Date:  Spring 2023


Audience:  Youth

Project or Activity:  Hygiene 101

Content or Curriculum:  Staying Healthy – National 4-H Curriculum

Input:  4-H Agent, Teachers

Date:  Fall 2022


Audience:  Adults/Teens

Project or Activity:  Disaster Preparedness

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publication

Input:  Agents/Volunteers

Date:  Spring 2023




Success Stories

Food Preservation Class Series for Clay County Residents

Author: Emily Boggs

Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation

According to the United States Census Bureau, 33.7% of Clay County, Kentucky, residents live at or below the poverty level. This is double the current statewide poverty rate, which sits at 16.5% according to the United State Census Bureau. There is a need to provide fresh, nutritious foods to Clay County residents outside of the growing season. Since there are over 44,000 acres of land in Clay County that is dedicated to farming according to the USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, many resi

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Wilderness Trail Area Holiday Cooking School

Author: Emily Boggs

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

According to the American Heart Association, the average American consumes more sodium than is recommended. On average, Americans eat more than 3,400 milligrams of sodium each day, while the recommended amount is 2,300 milligrams each day. In an effort to educate participants, the Wilderness Trail Area FCS agents centered this year’s 25th Area Holiday Cooking School around using spices and herbs to create flavorful meals. The use of spices and herbs allows for reduced sodium in meals.To ai

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Monthly Cooking Classes Encourage Clay County Residents

Author: Emily Boggs

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Over the past year, Cooking Through the Calendar has proven to be an important and effective program in Clay County, Kentucky. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, over 35% of Clay County KY persons live in poverty. With Nutrition Education Program’s recipe calendar financial breakdown of each recipe, participants have been able to see how cost-effective well-balanced meals can be. Participants are given an opportunity to help prepare the recipe or watch a demonstration done by the FCS Age

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Art Leads to Positive Youth Development

Author: Alissa Ackerman

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts

Art Leads to Positive Youth Development

In today’s society many youth struggle with stress, anxiety and depression due to circumstances at home, social media factors, peer groups and other aspects. Mental health awareness has become more common in recent years than ever before. School leaders, parents and other leaders in in the community are looking for avenues for opportunities and encouragement for our youth. Luckily, the Cooperative Extension Offices across the state of Kentucky offer a variety of 4-H youth programs that fos

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