Extension
It Starts With Us
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Healthy Living
FCS
Fit Blue/Get Moving KY
Faithful Families
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Building Healthy Coalitions
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality and years of life of Kentuckians. 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. These trends can be reversed by working with various organizations, agencies, and groups to promote the health and wellness in all Ballard County.
A decrease in the number of 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 Ballard Countians
Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to
diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension
Individuals are eating less of foods/food components which are commonly
eaten in excess (sodium, saturated fats, trans fat, cholesterol, SoFAS,
refined grains).
Community health coalitions are addressing obesity, physical inactivity and
chronic disease
individuals report eating more foods (such as fruits; vegetables;
especially dark green and red and orange vegetables and beans and peas;
whole grains, fat free or low-fat milk and milk products; seafood twice a
week, fiber) for the purpose of improving their health
individuals adopt new or improved habits and behaviors related to physical
activity practices.
Adopt new strategies for physical and mental relaxation,
Provide access to safe places where youth and their families can be
physically active.
Intermediate Outcome: People will make at least one lifestyle change
(diet, exercise, managing stressors, etc.)for the purpose of improving
their health Indicator: number of individuals who made lifestyle changes
(diet, exercise, managing stressors, etc.).
Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity,
physical inactivity and chronic disease.
Individuals report increase in knowledge related to eating
more healthy foods (such as fruits; vegetables; especially dark green and red
and orange vegetables and beans and peas; whole grains, fat free or low-fat
milk and milk products; seafood twice a week, fiber) that improve personal
health
Initial Outcome: increased awareness of local Physical Activity Events
Indicator: number of people who indicate and increased awareness of physical activity events
Method: survey
Timeline: at the end of the program
Intermediate Outcome: practice and promotion of physical activity events
Indicator: Number of individuals who reported eating more foods (such as fruits; vegetables; especially dark green and red and orange vegetables and beans and peas; whole grains, fat free or low-fat milk and milk products; seafood twice a week, fiber) for the purpose of improving health.
Method: follow-up survey
Timeline: 3 months after program
Long-term Outcome: people are managing and preventing risk, debilitation, and premature death related to complications from diabetes.
Indicator: number of people who indicate they are managing their diabetes
Method: Follow-up Survey
Timeline: 3 months after completion of Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes program
Audience: Community
Project or Activity: Wheels & WINGS
Content or Curriculum: Bike Ride
Inputs: Community Education, Purchase District Health Dept., Extension Service, Agents, Riders Region-wide, COMPASS Coalition
Date: May
Audience: people with diabetes and their caregivers
Project or Activity: educational series
Content or Curriculum: Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes
Inputs: Specialist, Program materials, FCS Agent, Support Group, participants, Ministers, Senior Citizens Center staff, Extension Office
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Author: Paula Jerrell
Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
Ballard County promoted the weekly Baking Challenge provided by Cathy Weaver of Jessamine. We had eight weeks of cooking challenges. Youth made oatmeal muffins, corn muffins, scones, brownies and more from the food and nutrition curriculum. Youth learn measuring techniques for dry ingredients and liquid ingredients and how to follow a recipe. A video was done by FCS Agent Sarah Drysdale and 4-H Agent Paula Jerrell on how to measure liquid and dry ingredients and posted th
