Campbell County CES

Title:

Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

MAP:

FCS - Making Healthy Lifesyle Choices

Agents Involved:

Rex, Thompson

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Mastering Food Choices

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Fit Blue/Get Moving KY

Situation:

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. The obesity rate in Kentucky increased 90 percent over the last 15 years. Thirty percent of individuals in the Commonwealth report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. As a result, Kentuckians are dying from heart disease and cancer at higher rates than all Americans and they have a lower life expectancy, 75.5 years, compared to 78 years for Americans. Minorities and individuals residing in Appalachia bear a heavier brunt of the obesity and chronic disease burden. The goal of the Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices Initiative is to reverse these trends by working with various organizations, agencies, and groups to promote the health and wellness in all Kentuckians.

Long-Term Outcomes:

*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 wellbeing of Kentuckians

*Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension

*Increase the estimated health savings in dollars for chronic disease

Intermediate Outcomes:

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES:

*Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns

*Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding and older age

*Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors

*Changes related to obesity, physical and healthy eating

*Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical inactivity and chronic disease

*Practice healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individual’s ability to cope with normal life stressors

Initial Outcomes:

Changes in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding:

*Healthy lifestyle choices

*Childhood and youth obesity

*Adult weight management

*Healthy aging

*Practice and promotion of daily physical activity

*Reduction of chronic disease

Evaluation:

Long-Term Outcome: Follow-up   evaluations will be mailed to past participants. Indicator: Documentation or testimonies will be given by the participants   that will prove that behavior has changed as a result of the program. Method: 0ne, two, three, four, etc. evaluations will be given to discover   behavior change. Timeline: One, two, three, four, etc. year evaluations will be administered.   Statistics will be studied and submitted to the Campbell County Extension by   professional collaborators/agencies/services that will prove social, economic   or environmental change has taken place. Intermediate Outcome: Follow-up evaluations will be sent to participants. Indicator: A follow-up written evaluation will be mailed to each participant   to determine if he/she is practicing what was learned or demonstrated at the   program. Participants will answer the evaluation in a manner that will show   that participants are now practicing what was learned or demonstrated in the   program. Method: A three, four or six month follow-up evaluation will be mailed out.   Teachers and parents will also be asked questions to determine if children   are practicing what they learned in the program. Timeline: A three, four or six month evaluation will be mailed to   participants. Initial Outcome: End of program evaluations will be utilized Indicator: Written evaluations will be completed by each participant/student   at the end of each program. Hands-on evaluations will also be used to   evaluate the progress of the participants/students. Participants will answer   questions about the program/subject matter that will show that he/she has   learned from the class/program. Method: Written evaluations and hands-on evaluations will be utilized. Timeline: End of classes/programs.

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Audience: Pre-schoolers Project or Activity: LEAP Content or Curriculum: LEAP Curriculum from U.K. Inputs: Community and faith-based organizations, daycares and schools Date: Monthly   Audience: Children 6-8 years of age and their parents, grandparents or guardian  Project or Activity: Mommy & Me in the Garden and Kitchen Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Family Meal time, Plate It Up and NEP recipes Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agent, Horticulture Assistant and Agent Date: The 4th Thursday of every month February-September Audience: Adults 65 years old and above Project or Activity: Matter of Balance Content or Curriculum: Matter of Balance Curriculum Inputs: Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service, Physical Therapist Date: meets weekly for 8 week series, Summer 2019 Audience: Campbell County Diabetes Support Group  Project or Activity: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices with Diabetes  Support Group Content or Curriculum: Taking ownership of your diabetes, SNAP recipes, Plate It Up! Recipes, Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Family Mealtime curriculum Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service FCS Agents, the Campbell County Diabetes Support Group and the Campbell County Senior Citizen Center and Northern Kentucky Health Department Date: Second Thursday of every month throughout the year  Audience: Hosea House Soup Kitchen Project or Activity: Making Healthy Choices with Hosea House Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes, SNAP recipes and Plate It Up!  Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service FCS Agent, Hosea House Date: Hosea House - Last Monday of every month throughout the year Audience: Potential 12,600 Campbell County Media Central Viewers Project or Activity: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices on CC Media Central  Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Family Meal time Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agent and Campbell County Media Central Date: April 4, June 19, August 2, October 4, and December 6, 2019  Audience: Food Stamp Participants at the Food Stamp Office   Project or Activity: Making Healthy Choices with SNAP Participants Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Family Meal time Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agent and Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) Date: A new display each month throughout the year  Audience: Pre-schoolers Project or Activity: Flowerbuds Content or Curriculum: LEAP Curriculum from U.K., UK publications in FCS and Horticulture Inputs: Campbell County Extension Horticulture and FCS areas Date: Monthly Audience: Pre-schoolers Project or Activity: Stories, Songs, and Stretches Content or Curriculum: Stories, Songs, and Stretches curriculum, Leap books, other physical activity kid books Inputs: Campbell County FCS Extension Agent Date: June, July, and August Audience: Campbell County Recorder Readers (17,000) Project or Activity: FCS News Article Content or Curriculum: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agents and Campbell County Community Recorder Newspaper Date: Monthly news articles throughout the year  Audience: St. John’s Lutheran Church Food Pantry Participants Project or Activity: SNAP Education for St. John’s Food Pantry Content or Curriculum: NEP and SNAP Curriculum and recipes, Food Preparation, Accessing Nutritious Foods  Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agents and St. John’s Lutheran Church and USDA Date: Every 2nd Monday bimonthly throughout the year

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