Youth Nutrition, Fitness and Healthy LifestylesPlan of Work

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Campbell County CES

Title:
Youth Nutrition, Fitness and Healthy Lifestyles
MAP:
4-H Nutrition and Wellness
Agents Involved:
Prim, Farley, Linepensel, Agnew, Harney
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Health Core Curriculum
Situation:

Healthy living is one of three 4-H mission mandates.  Components of Kentucky 4-H Healthy Core Curriculum include physical activity, substance abuse, bullying, safety, and character education.   Moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, stress and high blood pressure.  Early substance use in childhood/adolescence affects later drug use (National Healthy Living Task Force).

Long-Term Outcomes:

Increase number of youth maintaining positive health habits. 

Increased number of youth at a lower risk for serious disease and illness. 

Youth will develop into competent, capable, contributing adults as important developmental assets are met through their participation in 4-H Health programs.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Increased adoption and mastery of healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.

Initial Outcomes:

Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.

Youth will understand risky behaviors and their consequences

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.

Youth will understand risky behaviors and their consequences.  

Indicator: Evaluation results and testimonials

Method: post program evaluation and client/parent/teacher testimonials

Timeline: July 2019-June 2020


Intermediate Outcome: Increased adoption and mastery of healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress. 

Indicator: Evaluation results and testimonials

Method: follow-up evaluations and client/parent/teacher testimonials

Timeline: July 2019-June 2020


Long-term Outcome: Increase in number of youth maintaining positive health habits. 

Increased number of youth at a lower risk for serious disease and illness. 

Youth will develop into competent, capable, contributing adults as important developmental assets are met through their participation in 4-H Health programs.  

Indicator: observation and testimonials 

Method: client/parent/teacher testimonials

Timeline: July 2019-June 2020

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Campbell County Youth, 4-H School Club members

Project or Activity: Healthy Foods Taste Test 

Content or Curriculum: USDA myPlate curriculum, SNAPed materials and incentives, KY Proud Recipes 

Inputs: paid staff, program support funds

Date: July 2019-June 2020


Audience: Campbell County 4-H Members

Project or Activity: 4-H Newsletter

Content or Curriculum: monthly UK HEEL Health Bulletin

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds

Date: July 2019-June 2020


Audience: Campbell County Youth 

Project or Activity: Health Fairs

Content or Curriculum: USDA myPLate curriculum, SNAPed materials and incentives, dangerous look a likes, awareness of sugar/fat content in foods

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds, school facilities

Date: March 2019 – April 2020


Audience: 4-H members ages 9-14

Project or Activity: 4-H foods/nutritious projects

Content or Curriculum: SNAPed materials and incentives, guest speakers, National 4-H curriculum, state fair and Alexandria fair guidelines, 4-H record books

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds, volunteers, fairground facilities

Date: July 2019-June 2020


Audience: Campbell County Campers

Project or Activity: Foods Classes

Content or Curriculum: SNAPed materials and incentives, USDA myPlate curriculum, SPARK

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds, school facilities

Date: July 2019


Audience: Newport Teens

Project or Activity: Monthly after school cooking projects

Content or Curriculum: USDA myPlate curriculum, SNAPed materials and incentives

Inputs: paid staff, district board funds, school facilities

Date: Aug 2019- May 2020


Audience: Campbell Ridge Elementary

Project or Activity: Yoga for Kids

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Training Materials

Inputs: staff, program money

Date: Fall 2019


Audience: Campbell County 4-H Cooking Club - Beginning and Advanced

Project: Foods and Nutrition

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Supported Curriculum

Inputs: staff, program money

Date: August 2019 – May 2020



Success Stories

New Audience for 4-H Cooking group

Author: Sherri Farley

Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum

Utilizing the 4-H Food Curriculum "4-H Cooking 101" lessons, a series of cooking lessons for a new audience was planned and implemented at the Campbell County Extension Office. The American Heritage Girls program requested 2 cooking lessons focusing on French and Asian cooking for a group of 18 participants, age 12-15 years old.  The leader worked with the 4-H agent to give input on the group. The 4-H agent developed a 3 hour program for each type of cuisine. The youth arrived to

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