Extension
It Starts With Us
Nutrition and Health
Promoting Improved Nutrition and Health
Sue Hughes, FCS-4-H Agent
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Keys to Embracing Aging
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
4-H Youth Development Programming
Robertson County continues to have higher poverty rates than most Kentucky counties. The county has very limited health resources. Much like the state as a whole, Robertson Countians are at risk for developing diabetes because of risk factors of age, obesity and sedentary lifestyle. These factors also contribute to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Obesity studies of Robertson County students reveal that the children of Robertson County could benefit from health and nutrition education. Our County Extension Council, FCS Council, Homemaker Council, Early Childhood Council, 4-H Council, and local teachers were all involved in identifying this situation and developing this program. Sources used for statistics involved include SNARL, Kids Count, U.S. Census Bureau (2010), and FedStats.
Citizens will enjoy an increase in nutritional health and decrease in risk factors for nutrition-related and lifestyle-related health concerns.
Citizens will practice healthy eating, increase their physical activity, and improve their healthy lifestyle habits.
Citizens will obtain knowledge of proper nutrition, exercise, and healthier lifestyles.
Initial Outcome: Youth and adults will learn the value of improved nutrition and health.
Indicator: An increased number of youth and adults will be reached with information on the importance of a physicially active lifestyle, improved nutrition and general wellness
Method: Surveys and rosters
Timeline: 2017-2018
Intermediate Outcome: Participants will adapt healthy lifestyle choices
Indicator: The number of participants will report changes in healthy lifestyle choices
Method: Survey participants at end of class
Timeline: 2017-2018
Long-term Outcome: Adults and children will eat healthy, exercise, and have an improved quality of life.
Indicator: There will be an increased number of people involved in physical activities. The number of participants at health fairs will increase. More citizens will receive newsletters that address health or fitness issues.
Method: Surveys will measure knowledge gained and practices used to improve the health of participants.
Timeline: 2017-2018
Audience: 4-H School Clubs
Project or Activity: Nutrition Education
Content or Curriculum: 4-H, FCS, HEEL
Inputs: SNAP-Ed Incentive items, Nutrition and Health Publications
Date: 20107-2018
Audience: Homemakers, Adult and Youth Residents
Project or Activity: Health Fairs (Adult Health Fair, Youth Ready Fest, Five-County Diabetes Health Fair)
Content or Curriculum: HEEL, FCS, and 4-H
Inputs: SNAP-Ed Incentive Items, Community Partners
Date: Fall 2017
Audience: 4-Hers
Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking Project Day, 4-H Camp Foods Lesson, 4-H Cooking Class Series, LEAP, and Recipe for Life
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Family and Consumer Sciences curriculum, 4-H Health curriculum, and LEAP curriculum
Inputs: Publications, SNAP-Ed Incentive items, Extension Homemakers, Community Partners
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: Extension Homemakers and other residents
Project or Activity: Leader Training
Content or Curriculum: Specialist-designed programs, UK publications
Inputs: Publications, Guides, SNAP-Ed Incentives
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: pre-schoolers, community leaders, other residents
Project or Activity: Child Abuse Prevention Program
Content or Curriculum: FCS curriculum
Inputs: Community Partners, Robertson County Library
Date Spring 2018
Audience: Farmers Market vendors and customers, other residents
Project or Activity: Farmers Market Educational Program
Content or Curriculum: FCS publications, GAP training, and Kentucky Proud materials
Inputs: SNAP-Ed Incentive items, Nutrition and Health Publications
Date: 2017-2018
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Robertson County Is a very small county with a large percentage of low income families. The Food Pantry truck comes on a bi monthly basis to offer free, nutritious food to families in need, but many of these families could use help in finding creative ways to make meals from the food delivered that may vary from delivery to the next. I decided it would be beneficial to set up a display in the waiting area and, while people are waiting for their number to be called to pick up their de
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
~~Robertson County faces health challenges. Thirty –two percent of the adults in the county are obese (Kentucky County Healthcare Profiles, 2012). 53% of the adults in the county have been told that they have high blood pressure or hypertension by a health care professional, and 14% have been diagnosed with diabetes. Although healthy people can tolerate caffeine in moderation, heavy caffeine consumption, such as drinking energy drinks, has been associated with serious consequen
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Robertson County is a low income county of 2191 residents. Approximately 24% live below the poverty level and have trouble accessing nutritious food. Senior citizens make up over 14% of the county's population and many have limited transportation access. The Farmers Market in Mt. Olivet is within walking distance of many residents in town and has become a vital part of their food network.Robertson County Extension Service has become part of this connection. The Family and Consume
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Community Engagement
Starting out as a new FCS agent in Robertson County, I have had to become imaginative in finding, and sometimes creating, an audience to listen my Extension messages. It isn't always easy to just decide you will have a program and immediately have an audience show up. I have already discovered that, just because you want to have a program and impart information, people just don't always show up at the meeting room in your office ready to listen. On my first day on the job, Sh
