Encouraging Healthy LivingPlan of Work

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Greenup County CES

Title:
Encouraging Healthy Living
MAP:
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Agents Involved:
Pullin, Boyd, Hieneman, Stephens
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Fit Blue/Get Moving KY
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
Situation:

The recent, local needs assessment as completed by the Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities Coalition, and the Greenup County Extension Council, has identified Substance Abuse and Obesity as the two top community issues for Greenup County.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Collaborating agencies will see a reduction in drug use and obesity reporting in the results from the KIP (Kentucky Incentives for Prevention) survey that is used in all local school systems as well as the BMI results from Health Department screenings.

Intermediate Outcomes:

As result of agency collaboration, community members of all ages will have the opportunity to learn about how they can make healthy choices in their current lives and in their future.

Initial Outcomes:

Collaboration between CEC, Agents, Program Councils, community agencies, schools, Health Dept, and elected officials, in order to unify programming planning across the county to focus on healthy lifestyle choices.

Evaluation:

Outcome: Initial: All collaborating agencies in agreement for planning

Indicator: Record of all participating agencies

Method: Interagency meetings

Timeline: ongoing




Outcome: Intermediate: all age groups have been reached

Indicator: Collaborating agencies reporting on age group focus

Method: Interagency communication

Timeline: ongoing




Outcome: Long-term: Survey results show impact

Indicator: KIP survey and BMI results

Method: Interagency review survey

Timeline: ongoing



Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Greenup County Schools


Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences

Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences

Inputs: Agents, Teachers, Community Leaders and Volunteers

Date: Spring 2020


Project or Activity: Health Rocks

Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks

Inputs: 4-H Agent, Teachers

Date: Fall 2016, 17, 18, 19



Audience: Greenup County families


Project or Activity: Physical activity

Content or Curriculum: Incorporating physical activities (local walking tracks) into Extension programming

Inputs: Local volunteers

Date: ongoing


Project or Activity: Dining with Diabetes

Content or Curriculum: Dining with Diabetes & Healthy Bodies Everyday

Inputs: Agents, local agencies

Date: Fall 2019


Project or Activity: Cooking through the Calendar

Content or Curriculum: Healthy Bodies Everyday & NEP Nutrition Calendar

Inputs: Agents, local agencies, County Library System

Date: Ongoing


Project or Activity:  4-H Camps

Content or Curriculum:  4-H Youth Development

Inputs:  Agents, Local youth and adult volunteers, Community Sponsors, Other Organizations

Date:  Summer 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019


Project or Activity:  Fit Blue/Summer Music Series

Content or Curriculum:  FCS & Fine Arts Partnership (Fit Blue App and Curriculum)

Inputs:  Agents, Local youth and adult volunteers, Community Sponsors, Other Organizations

Date:  Summer 2019




Success Stories

Festival of Fitness

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Fit Blue/Get Moving KY

Festival of Fitness

Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities is comprised of members throughout the Tri-State region. The mission of the organization is to improve the health of our communities through collaboration, education, prevention and access to healthy choices. In conjunction with the First Friday Event in Ashland, KY the Coalition sponsored the Festival of Fitness to feature over 20 fitness activities, demonstrations and healthy lifestyle information opportunities free to area residents. Activities were g

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Cooking through the Calendar

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

The most recent KY by the Numbers report states, Greenup County is one of many counties in Kentucky dealing with a high precedence of chronic disease such as heart disease and diabetes. Research has shown there is a natural link between nutrition and making behavior changes that lead to healthier lifestyle choices. The Greenup County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent along with the Greenup County Public Library System collaborated to hold a workshop once a month to provide education t

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Meal Kits: Are they Worth it?

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

It is estimated that 20 percent of adults in the United States have tried at least one meal kit delivery service. With the demand for convenience in our society, meal kits seem to be the answer for grocery shopping, meal planning, and meal preparation. Anyone who has not tried meal kits might be interested in learning how meal kits work and whether they are worth the investment for preparing and consuming more meals at home. In response to this, the Greenup County Extension Office hosted th

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Woods and Wildlife for your Walet

Author: Lora Pullin

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Woods and Wildlife for your Walet

The Greenup County Extension and Soil and Water Conservation held Woods and Wildlife for Your Wallet in conjunction with Kentucky Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky Forestry, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife, KY Woodland Owners Association and many local volunteers.  Woods and Wildlife for Your Wallet is a program that offers concurrent sessions such as: Beekeeping, wildlife management, growing shiitake mushrooms, Master Logger Program, encouraging and managing a healthy fores

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