Extension
It Starts With Us
Youth Nutrition, Fitness and Healthy Lifestyles
4-H Nutrition and Wellness
Prim, Farley, Linepensel, Agnew, Harney
4-H Health Core Curriculum
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).
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.
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.
Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.
Youth will understand risky behaviors and their consequences
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
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
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
