Making Proactive Choices For A Healthier Life Plan of Work

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Jefferson County CES

Title:
Making Proactive Choices For A Healthier Life
MAP:
Healthy Individuals
Agents Involved:
P. Adkins, C. Hall, W. Long, L. Milligan, B. Pratt, K. Smith and P. Thompson
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Nutrition and Food Systems General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Active Living and Health Promotions General
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Local Food System Development and Mapping
Situation:

According to the 2014 Louisville Metro Health Equity Report, Jefferson County residents are experiencing chronic diseases at a higher rate than the national average. 29% of Louisville residents live in neighborhoods that experience higher death rates due to stroke compared to the US rate (41.9%). If interventions can bring these neighborhoods down to the national level, we would be able to save 33 people every year. Louisville is experiencing heart disease-related deaths at a higher level (212.4%) than the national average (194%). In fact, if we could bring these neighborhoods down to the national rate, we could save 155 people every year. 
 
Poverty is one of the strongest social determinants of health. Louisville has a slightly higher proportion of adults in poverty (13.3%) compared to the national rate (12.4%). In Louisville, 24% of children live in poverty compared to the national average (20%) and Kentucky (25.1%). 
 
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality and years of life of Kentuckians. Obese individuals are at increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers. The obesity rate in Kentucky increased 90% over the last 15 years. Thirty percent of individuals in the Commonwealth report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. As a result, Kentuckians are dying from heart disease and cancer at higher rates than all Americans and they have a lower life expectancy, 75.5 years, compared to 78 years for Americans.  

Long-Term Outcomes:

• A decrease in the number of obese and overweight children, youth, adults and elderly. 
 
• Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily. 
 
• Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension. 

Intermediate Outcomes:

• Increased adoption and mastery of healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices. 
 
• Practice healthy food choices, physical activity, and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns. 
 
• Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical inactivity and chronic disease. 

Initial Outcomes:

• Youth and adults will learn the importance of healthy lifestyle choices. 
 
• Youth and adults understand the benefits of making proactive healthy choices. 
 
• Youth and adults will gain an understanding in healthy lifestyles and the necessary skills for a healthy lifestyle.  

Evaluation:

 

 

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Home & Commercial Producers 

Project or Activity: Certification & training 

Content or Curriculum: GAP training manual, Farmers Market Sampling Certificate 

Inputs: Agent, curriculum, classroom, garden site(s) 

Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

Program Code: 1031 

 

Audience: Youth & Adults 

Project or Activity: Community Garden implementation; school garden 

Content or Curriculum: Master Gardener; Extension publications 

Inputs: Master Gardener volunteers; specialists; content curriculum 

Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

Program Code: 1031, 1032 

 

 
Audience: Youth & Adults 

Project or Activity: Food Demonstration, Nutrition Education, Food Preservation 

Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Plate It Up 

Inputs: CES Staff, CES Agents, Specialists, CES publications, community partners 

Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

Program Code: 2026 

 
Audience: Youth 

Project or Activity: Reality Store 

Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks, Exploring the Treasures of 4-H, My Financial Future, Step Up to Leadership, Moneywise, MITT, STEPS to a Healthy Teen 

Inputs: Paid staff, volunteers, facilities, outside funding 

Date: September 2022 – April 2023

Program Code: 4031 

 
Audience: Youth 

Project or Activity: Dollars & Sense 

Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks, Exploring the Treasures of 4-H, My Financial Future, Step Up to Leadership, Moneywise, MITT, STEPS to a Healthy Teen 

Inputs: Paid staff, volunteers, facilities, outside funding 

Date: September 2022 – April 2023

Program Code: 4031 

 
 

Audience: Youth 

Project or Activity: Jr. MANRRS 

Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks, Exploring the Treasures of 4-H, My Financial Future, Step Up to Leadership, Moneywise, MITT, STEPS to a Healthy Teen 

Inputs: Paid staff, volunteers, facilities, outside funding 

Date: September 2022 – April 2023

Program Code: 4041 

 

 
Audience: Youth 

Project or Activity: In-School Club 

Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks, Exploring the Treasures of 4-H, My Financial Future,   

 Step Up to Leadership, Moneywise, MITT, STEPS to a Healthy Teen 

Inputs: Paid staff, volunteers, facilities, outside funding 

Date: September 2022 – April 2023

Program Code: 4001 

 

 Audience: General Public 

Project or Activity: Weight Management, Food Demonstrations, and Nutrition Education 

Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, 

Inputs: Kentucky CES publications and resources 

Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

Program Code: 2027 

 
Audience: Extension Homemakers 

Project or Activity: TBA

Content or Curriculum: Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association (KEHA) 

Inputs: Kentucky CES publication and resources 

Date: September 2022

Program Code: 2027 

 

Audience: Extension Homemakers 

Project or Activity: TBA

Content or Curriculum: Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association (KEHA) 

Inputs: Kentucky CES publication and resources 

Date: February 2022

Program Code: 2062 



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