Extension
It Starts With Us
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Kelly Woods, Traci Missun
4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
Food Preservation
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Food Preparation
Situations have been identified through County Extension Council, program councils and community issues activities and feedback. Extension Council reviewed and prioritized several top county issues that Extension can address through programs: Family Development, Cultivating Family Living, Character Education and Self Reliance Skills.
There has been a substantial increase in non-farm residents wanting to learn how to grow, cook and preserve their own food over the last several years.
Healthy Lifestyles programs help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; help communities to decrease hunger; and teach participants about healthy and safe food production and preparation and proper nutrition.
Moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, stress and high blood pressure.
Participants will increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables and encourage family meal preparation.
Participants will practice food safety principles while preparing and handling food. Participants will use nutrition skills learned to make good buying and eating decisions. Youth will practice good mealtime manners and personal manners. Participants will use gardening skills to grow their own vegetables.
Participants will discover the MyPlate recommendations while learning to read recipes for meal preparation. Participants will also learn to measure recipe ingredients properly. Participants will understand the importance of fruits and vegetables in diets and nutrition needs for diabetics. Participants will indicate understanding of how to grow their own vegetables.
Long-term Outcome: Participants will increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables and encourage family meal preparation.
Indicator: Number of participants reporting.
Method: Survey sent to participants
Timeline: 2019-2020 program year.
Intermediate Outcome: Participants will practice food safety principles while preparing and handling food. Participants will use nutrition skills learned to make good buying and eating decisions. Youth will practice good mealtime manners and personal manners. Participants will use gardening skills to grow their own vegetables.
Indicator: Number of participants reporting these.
Method: Observations and survey
Timeline: 2019- 2020 program year
Initial Outcome: Participants will discover the MyPlate recommendations while learning to read recipes for meal preparation. Participants will also learn to measure recipe ingredients properly. Participants will understand the importance of fruits and vegetables in diets and nutrition needs for diabetics. Participants will indicate understanding of how to grow their own vegetables.
Indicator: Participants reporting change
Method: Pre and Post test; observations; surveys
Timeline: 2018-2019 program year
Activity: Kids Cooking Camp
Audience: Youth ages 9-13
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Foods Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Council, FCS Staff and EFNEP
Date: June 2020
Activity: Tweens Cooking Clubs
Audience: Middle School students
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Food Curriculum and EFNEP Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Staff, School Staff,
Date: All School Year
Activity: Character Counts
Audience: 5th grade students
Content or Curriculum: Character Counts!
Inputs: Character Counts! Curriculum
Date: Monthly- School Year 2019-2020
Audience: Oldham County Limited Resource Families - High Point Mission
Project or Activity: Nutrition Classes
Content or Curriculum: NEP Calendar Recipes, UK Food & Nutrition Publication
Inputs: EFNEP Assistant, Ag Agent, 4-H Agent
Date: Selected Mondays 2019-2020
Audience: Oldham County Drug Court Participants
Project or Activity: Nutrition Classes
Content or Curriculum: NEP Calendar Recipes, UK Food & Nutrition Publication
Inputs: EFNEP Assistant
Date: Ongoing program 2019-2020 - multiple class offerings
Audience: La Grange After-School Program
Project or Activity: Nutrition Classes, Gardening Classes
Content or Curriculum: NEP Calendar Recipes, UK Food & Nutrition Publication, UK Extension Resources
Inputs: EFNEP Assistant, Ag Agent, 4-H Agent
Date: Ongoing program 2019-2020 - multiple class offerings
Audience: Oldham County Limited Resource and Limited English Families
Project or Activity: Gardening Classes; individual gardening advice; hands-on activities at two local food banks
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension Gardening Curriculum
Inputs: Agriculture Agent; possibly Spanish Translator
Date: Multiple sessions in 2019-2020
Audience: Extension Homemakers and General Public
Project or Activity: Sweet Enough Without Sugar, The Buzz About Honey
Content or Curriculum: Approved UK FCS materials
Inputs: Louisville Area FCS Agents
Date: September 2019 & February 2020
Audience: Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Depression in Older Adults, Positive Attitudes, Influence of Personal Characteristics
Content or Curriculum: UK approved materials and materials
Inputs: Louisville Area FCS Agents
Date: January, March & April 2020
