Extension
It Starts With Us
Support Wellness of Washington County Citizens and Community
Promoting Individual and Community Wellness
Cabrina Buckman, Dennis Morgeson, Melissa Richardson, Taylor Graves, and Laura Milburn, SNAP-Ed
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Results from the 2019 Kentucky Extension Community Assessment identified the following issues as priorities: fewer chronic diseases, illegal drug use, and increased access to quality, affordable health care providers.
According to www.kentuckyhealthfacts.org, Washington County adult residents reported the following statistics related to wellness: 38% are in less than good health, 43% lack physical activity, and 4% consume recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables. Individuals who lack healthy lifestyles are at increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers.
Increase in the practice of healthy lifestyle choices to prevent chronic diseases and promote optimal health
Increased awareness in sustainable living, including limiting environmental impact, gardening, and healthy eating
Increase in self-care practices to promote emotional and mental health
Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.
Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors.
Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address wellness and chronic disease.
Increased gardening and growing your own produce.
Increased adoption of healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle
Clientele will utilize Extension programs and resources to make informed choices regarding healthy lifestyle choices, healthy aging, promotion of daily physical activity, and reduction and management of chronic disease.
Initial Outcome: Clientele will utilize Extension programs and resources to make informed choices regarding healthy lifestyle choices, healthy aging, promotion of daily physical activity, and reduction and management of chronic disease.
Indicator: Number of individuals who report changes in health indicators and practices
Method: Evaluations, data collection, and participant's assessments
Timeline: continuous, based on programs
Intermediate Outcome: Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.
Indicator: participant's feedback in SNAP-Ed programming
Method: Evaluation and data collection
Timeline: continuous
Long-term Outcome: Increase in the practice of healthy lifestyle choices to prevent chronic diseases and promote optimal health
Indicator: Number of individuals who report changes in knowledge and behaviors regarding healthy lifestyle choices
Method: Evaluation
Timeline: continuous
Audience: Community
Project or Activity: SNAP-Ed Programming
Content or Curriculum: SNAP-Ed Curriculum
Inputs: SNAP-Ed and Extension Resources and staff
Date: continuous throughout FY 2022
Audience: High School Students
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences research based curriculum
Inputs: Cooperative Extension resources and staff, and other community professionals including school personnel, law enforcement, healthcare professionals, parents, and volunteers; materials and WC Judicial Center
Date: Fall 2022
Audience: Community
Project or Activity: Diabetes Prevention Program
Content or Curriculum: CDC research based curriculum and Extension materials
Inputs: Cooperative Extension materials, DPP curriculum, Extension staff, UK FCS specialists and Barnstable Brown partners
Date: January 2022 through January 2023
Author: Melissa Schenck
Major Program: Health
Research has indicated that teaching cooking skills to children encourages healthier food choices. In an effort to teach these life skills, the Washington County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, the Washington County 4-H Youth Development Agent, the Washington County Nutrition Education Program Assistant, and a UK dietetic student worked together to offer Super Star Chef, a three-day camp for students ages 9 through 12 that is designed to teach kitchen safety, food safety, nutrition con
Author: Cabrina Buckman
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) continues to be a public health epidemic across Kentucky. According to America’s Health Rankings, 13.8% of the adult population in Kentucky have diagnosed diabetes, which is higher than the national average at 10.9%. In addition, 1 in 3 adults have diagnosed or undiagnosed prediabetes, which equals approximately 1.1 million Kentucky adults at greater risk of developing T2D.Fortunately, support programs and education that focus on preparing healthy meals, living an act
Author: James Morgeson
Major Program: Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gardening is a great source of physical activity and gardeners have lower body mass indexes than non-gardeners. With the cost of fruits and vegetables up 7.8% in the last year gardeners also save money by growing their own fruits and vegetables. Perhaps the largest benefit of gardening is according to the American Horticulture Therapy Association, gardening helps improve memory, cognitive abilities, task initiation, language skil
