Extension
It Starts With Us
Developing Healthier Families with Diet and Physical Activity
Healthy Life Style Choices
FCS Agent, 4-H Agent,ANR Agent, Program Assistant and NEP Assistants
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
Communications
Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
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.
-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.
-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.
-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.
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)
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)
Author: Chelsea Young
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
Stress is something that affects all of us at some point in our lives and if left unchecked can contribute to many health complications including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity to name a few. According to the American Psychiatric Association, the number of Americans that rated their mental health as fair to poor increased from 31% to 37% at the end of 2022 and stated “More than one in four (26%) reported they anticipated experiencing more stress at the start of 2
Author: Chelsea Young
Major Program: Substance Use and Mental Health - FCS
According to the 2022 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 7.3 million rural adults reported having a mental health challenge. Suicide rates in Kentucky and our nation have continued to rise since 2003. In general, Kentucky suicide mortality rates are 17% to 27% higher than those in the rest of our nation. People are dying by suicide more frequently in Kentucky. Due to these alarming statistics, the eight-county northern Kentucky area family and consumer sciences agents prov
Author: Chelsea Young
Major Program: Recipes for Life
Owen County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent collaborated with 15 administrators and teachers with the Owen County School District to offer the Recipes for Life Program to 130 fifth-grade students. 24 volunteers worked with students in a hands-on educational setting to teach important life skills throughout the week. A post­test evaluation was conducted to determine learning outcomes. As a result of the program, students gained the following knowledge and skills:93% recognized th
