Extension
It Starts With Us
Developing Healthy Lifestyles
Enhancing Health and Well Being of Families
Huffman, Cline, Clark
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Home & Consumer Horticulture
The Centers for Disease Control found in a nationally representative survey that only 29% of high school youth participated in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on each of the seven days before the survey. Participation in physical activity decreases as we age.Only 13% of Hart County residents get the daily recommended number of fruits and vegetables each day. (Kyhealthfacts.org)
Youth maintain positive health habits.
• Individuals are at a lower risk for serious disease and illness.
• Individuals are at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress.
• Youth will make improvements to their health which will lead to them having a better quality of life. As a result youth will be competent, capable, contributing adults from participating in the 4-H Health programs.
- Individuals adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.
- Individuals identify healthy lifestyle choices.
- Individuals understand risky behaviors and their consequences.
- Individuals aspire to have higher self-esteem.
- Individuals identify healthy ways to handle stress.
Outcome: Health and drug statistics in Hart County will improve. The number of families reporting healthy habits and lifestyle choices will increase.
Indicator: The number of youth and families adopting healthy behaviors will increase.
Method: The number of participants keeping activity logs and reporting increase in fruits and vegetables, physical activity and overall lifestyle choices.
Timeline: July 2017- June 2018
Learning Opportunities (repeat as needed):
Audience: 9th Grade Youth
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences Curriculum
Inputs: School Staff; Extension Council
Date: Fall 2017Audience: 7th Grade Youth
Project or Activity: STOP Program
Content or Curriculum: STOP Curriculum
Inputs: School Staff
Date: 2016-2017 School YearAudience: Youth
Project or Activity: Healthy Habits
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Jump Into Fitness
Inputs: Healthy Hart Coalition
Date: Spring 2017Audience: Adults and Youth
Project or Activity: Healthy Hart Coalition
Content or Curriculum: Coalition meetings provide year around ever
changing direction for program input. UK
curriculum is used for programs.
Inputs: Twenty (20) community partner members of the coalition
Date: Year around activity with meetings each two monthsAudience: 4th Grade Youth
Project or Activity: Farm Safety Day Camp
Content or Curriculum: Farm Safety Handbook; Hand Washing Lessons
Inputs: School System Staff & Family Resource Centers
Date: October 2016Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Shape Up for Spring
Content or Curriculum: Weight The Reality Series Curriculum
Inputs: General Population
Date: April 2017Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Recipe Testing and Publication
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up! Kentucky Proud
Inputs: General Population
Date: July 2017- June 2018Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Learning to Can, Freeze, and Dry Fruits and Vegetables
Content or Curriculum: Food Preservation
Inputs: Youth and Adults
Date: July 2017Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Youth Fruit and Vegetable Access
Content or Curriculum: LEAP
Inputs: Youth
Date: July 2017- June 2018Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Garden Club
Content or Curriculum: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Inputs: Adults
Date: July 2017- June 2018Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Farmers Market
Content or Curriculum: Famers Market
Inputs: Adults
Date: July 2017- August 2017Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Raising Awareness about Alzheimer’s
Content or Curriculum: Know the 10 Signs
Inputs: Homemakers
Date: Spring 2017Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Aging Gracefully
Content or Curriculum: Keys to Embracing Age
Inputs: Homemakers
Date: Fall 2017Audience: 7th Grade Students
Project or Activity: Positive Choices
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Health
Inputs: Youth
Date: Fall 2017
Author: Janey Cline
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Healthier YouThe adult obesity rate for Hart County in 2012 was 34% and only 63% percent of adults living in the county indicated that they were physically activity. This inactivity along with the obesity rate resulted in 26% of adults saying they were in poor to fair health and large number of premature deaths.To address the health issues in the county the Hart County Health Department along with the Hart County Family and Consumer Science Extension agent teamed for a 16 week program entitled H
Author: Laura Huffman
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Hart County High School is focusing on career and work place readiness as well as developing life skills for all students. The high school contacted the 4-H Youth Development agent to collaborate with the school on offering mock interviews for all students as well as to work with the Functional Mental Disability (FMD) Class to offer a nutrition and cooking class. The goal of the nutrition and cooking class was to teach the FMD class basic skills in preparing their own meals or snacks
Author: Janey Cline
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
According to the CDC in 2016 Kentucky was 5th in the nation for the highest rate of death due to drug overdose. The 2016 rate for Kentucky was 33.5 per 100,000 and has had a significate increase of 12% since. Keeping the above information in mind Hart County’s Family and Consumer Science Agent, Janey Cline along with the Hart County Chamber hosted Opening the Door to Conversation about Addiction. With over 40 community leaders in attendance UK’s Extension Associate, Alex Elswick
Author: Janey Cline
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Walk To the Cave Challenge The adult obesity rate for Hart County in 2012 was 34% and only 63% of adults living in the county indicated that they were physically activity. This inactivity along with the obesity rate resulted in 26% of adults saying they were in poor to fair and 11% indicating they had diabetes. In neighboring Edmonson County, the 2012 report indicated a 34% adult obesity rate as well with only 29% of adults living in Edmonson County indicating they
