Encourage Safety, Accident, and Disease PreventionPlan of Work

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Allen County CES

Title:
Encourage Safety, Accident, and Disease Prevention
MAP:
Promote Safe & Healthy Lifestyles
Agents Involved:
Steve Osborne, Janet Johnson
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Youth Development Programming
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Chemical Crop Management Tools
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Environmental Sustainability & Responsibility
Situation:
Allen Citizens are similar to other residents in the Commonwealth need to observe safety practices int he home and at the workplace. Forty-two percent of Allen county's population is either below 19 years of age or above 65 years of age. These two age groups that are highly susceptible to accidents in the home/school/workplace. Farm operators often ignore basic safety procedures while performing routine farm practices. In addition, men, women, and children need to incorporate disease prevention practices, including cardiovascular and cancer screenings for proactive healthy lifestyles
Long-Term Outcomes:
*Allen County clientele will observe safety practices during daily activities. *Clientele will participate in preventative health testing
Intermediate Outcomes:
* Allen county clientele will implement Extension recommended safety practices during daily activities.
* Clientele will participate in preventive health testing
Initial Outcomes:
* Clientele obtain knowledge on how to safely perform their daily activities. * Clientele will increase awareness and knowledge of the prevention practices in an effort to improve their long term health and quality of life.
Evaluation:
Initial Outcome: Clientele gain knowledge and awareness of recommended practices in handling and using pesticides
Indicator: Number of individual completing pesticide applicator training
Method: Show of hands or post meeting survey
Timeline:Spring

Intermediate Outcome: Allen County clientele will participate in health screenings
Indicator:number of screening tests completed
Method: Data from participant survey
Timeline: July-June

Long-term Outcome: Preventive health diagnostic screenings result in an increase in positive disease treatment
Indicator: Number of screening tests completed with data collection leading to successful corrective activity or treatment
Method: Routine health screenings/treatment success observations
Timeline: July-June
Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Allen County Clientele

Project or Activity: Red Ribbon Week Awareness

Content or Curriculum:

Inputs: County Office staff, school, Homemaker, 4-H

Date: October 2017


Audience: 4-H Youth

Project or Activity: Food Safety

Content or Curriculum: Snap-ed

Inputs: Paid staff, 4-H council, Schools

Date: Year round


Audience: Agricultural Producers and Homeowners

Project or Activity: Private Pesticide Applicator Trainings

Content or Curriculum: Private Pesticide Applicator Training Curriculum

Inputs: County Staff, Extension Specialists, local radio and news outlets, social media

Date: Late winter - Early Spring 2018


Audience: Agricultural Producers, Home Horticulture Producers, Homeowners

Project or Activity: Safety Sessions for Farmers, Gardeners, and Homeowners

Content or Curriculum: Equipment, livestock, landscape and home safety issues

Inputs: County Staff, Extension Specialist, Volunteers, Industry Representatives, Local media sources, social media, Extension Publications

Date: Year Round


Audience: Limited Resource Audience

• Project or Activity: Allen County Farmers’ Market Consumer Education Project

• Content or Curriculum: UK Food Preservation Packets/ Kentucky Farmers’ Market crop cards distributed market producer to distribute to customers

• Inputs: Paid Staff, Allen County Farmers’ Market members, KDA Resources, SNAP-ED, Citizen – Times, WVLE radio, NCTC Local Access Channel, Channel 31 Public Air Time

• Date: July 2017 – June 2018


Audience: Extension Homemakers, community clientele

• Project or Activity: Ovarian Cancer Screening program/research funding support

• Content or Curriculum: UK Markey Cancer Center resources

• Inputs: Markey Cancer Center staff, testing resources, volunteer resources

• Date: July, 2017 – June 2018


• Audience: limited resource clientele – adults & youth

• Project or Activity: SNAP-ED Food Safety/ Economical Preservation Activities

• Content or Curriculum: USDA/UK FCS food preservation resources

• Method: workshops, gardening demonstrations, mass media & social media features

• Inputs:

• Date: July 2017 – June 2018


• Audience: Limited Resource Families

• Project or Activity: Snap-Ed Programs

• Content or Curriculum: Food Safety and garden produce Preservation with Food Stamps, WIC Adults and Youth

• Inputs: Snap-Ed core curriculum, County staff and resources

• Date: July 2017 – June 2018



• Audience: Extension Homemakers, general public

• Project or Activity: Relay for Life Cancer Research funding support Activities

• Content or Curriculum: Facilitation of volunteer donation campaign, community educational awareness activities with Extension Homemakers

• Inputs: volunteer resources, business/agency funding support

• Date: October 2017 – May 2018


• Audience: General Public

• Project or Activity: TV Feature Programs ”Family Lifestyles” – 30 min. feature program, NCTC Video Cable Features

• Content or Curriculum: HEEL publications for Skin Cancer Prevention, Mammograms, Heart Disease Prevention, EXT FCS /USDA Food safety and preservation resources

• Inputs: television station airtime, production personnel & equipment; cable station airtime, web features, production personnel & equipment

• Date: July 2017 – June 2018


• Audience: General Public

• Project or Activity: Radio Feature Program/News Columns/Website Features

• Content or Curriculum: Healthy newsletters; HEEL publications, UK Healthcare resources

• Inputs: radio station airtime, production personnel& equipment; newspaper column space, production personnel & equipment

• Date: July 2017 – June 2018


• Audience: General Public

• Project or Activity: County Website/Social Marketing Site

• Content or Curriculum: Healthy newsletters; HEEL publications, UK Healthcare support for safety/screening protocols

• Inputs: County staff and resources

• Date: July 2017 – June 2018



Audience: General Public, aging population

Project: Stand Up to Falling

Content or curriculum: UK publications, National Institute for Aging resources, UK Healthcare resources

Input: Extension personnel, facilities, program support funds, NIA resources, UK specialist publications

Date: July, 2017 -June, 2018

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