Health and WellnessPlan of Work

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Estill County CES

Title:
Health and Wellness
MAP:
Healthy Communities and Individuals
Agents Involved:
Eric Baker, 4-H agent
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Leadership
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Situation:
With the health and well-being of individuals becoming more and more of a concern local advisory councils felt that the extension service should work to curve the high obesity rate, and high over dose rate. As well as promote lifestyle changes the encourage a safer, healthier life.
Long-Term Outcomes:
To improve the quality of life
Reduce food related health issues
Reduce drug overdoses

Intermediate Outcomes:
Increase the use of proper safety equipment
Increase the use of healthy foods
Increase the amount of physical activity done by individuals
decrease the drug use rates.
Initial Outcomes:
Increase awareness about nutritious low cost foods for families
Increase knowledge of safety equipment and proper use
Increase awareness of effects of drugs
teach the skills for individuals to properly increase physical fitness

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Increase Awareness of effects of drugs

Indicator: survey shows increased knowledge

Method: Survey

Timeline: Spring 2021


Intermediate Outcome: Increase the use of proper safety equipment

Indicator: Decreased severe injury rate

Method: interviews

Timeline: Spring 2021


Long-term Outcome: Improve the quality of life

Indicator: improved county statistics

Method: Kentucky Counts reports

Timeline: 2024

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Community members

Project or Activity: Substance Abuse Awareness

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Curriculum

Date: All year


Audience: Low-income families

Project or Activity: SNAP-Ed

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Time, staff, curriculum

Date: Year Round


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Foods & Nutrition Programming

Content or Curriculum: Superstar Chef, International Foods, Professor Popcorn,

Inputs: time, staff, volunteers

Date: All year


Audience: youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Health Programing

Content or Curriculum: Jump into foods & fitness, Spark

Inputs: time, staff, volunteers

Date: All year


Audience: youth

Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences

Content or Curriculum: Truth and consequences

Inputs: time, staff, volunteers

Date: Spring


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Health Fair

Content or Curriculum: Awareness

Inputs: Curriculum

Date: Annual


Audience: Community members

Project or Activity: Homemaker Officer Trainigs

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Curriculum

Date: Annual


Audience: Youth/Adults

Project or Activity: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Efforts

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Curriculum

Date: All year


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Youth Safety Day

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Curriculum

Date: Spring


Audience: Community members

Project or Activity: Farm Safety

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Curriculum

Date: Annual


Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Sensational Salads

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: January


Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Sweet Enough Without All That Sugar

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: February


Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Radon: Why Is It Dangerous?

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: March


Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Sharing Meals Together: A Guide To Smarter Potlucks

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: April




Success Stories

Cook Wild & Wildlife Grab-n-Go

Author: Eric Baker

Major Program: Cook Wild Kentucky

Estill County contains 4,816 acres of the Daniel Boone National Forest and 116,480 acres of woodland habitat. Hunting wild game and consuming game meat is very popular. Since introducing the Cook Wild KY recipe cards, they have been very popular in Estill County. The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension ANR agent and SNAP program assistant collaborated to provide 20 grab bags of information and reinforcement items related to wildlife management and consuming/preparing game meat. Items in

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Cooking Through the Computer

Author: Taylor Miles

Major Program: Family and Consumer Science

Cooking Through the Computer

Childhood obesity affects nearly 18% of youth in the country today, and that percentage rises 1% in lower income households.  Estill County has a poverty rate of 22.7%, which is why our 4-H program felt it was very essential to work with our youth and teach them the importance of healthy living.  Our 2020/2021 Virtual Cooking Club had fifteen members, who regularly attended our zoom meetings and would pick up a kit that included all the ingredients.  The club met once a month from

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Estill County Fall Victory Garden Grab-n-Go

Author: Eric Baker

Major Program: Local Food Systems

Restrictions of the COVID19 pandemic gave many people more time at home and renewed interest in growing home vegetables for their family. With increased questions about growing a garden, the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Estill County ANR agent developed a Fall Victory Garden Grab-n-Go event. With assistance from the SNAP-Ed assistant, a SNAP farmer’s market mesh bag was assembled with gardening information and related incentive items to distribute to citizens first-come-fir

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Virtual 4-H Summit

Author: Taylor Miles

Major Program: Leadership

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 Kentucky 4-H Summit could not be implemented in the typical face-to-face format. Kentucky 4-H Program volunteers, members, and professionals decided, based on current events and fundamental developmental needs, that middle school youth needed the opportunity to connect to others and practice their leadership skills through 4-H. If adolescents are to develop the skills necessary for adulthood, they must learn basic skills for everyday life (Carnegie Coun

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Estill County 4-H Fair Project Series

Author: Taylor Miles

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts

Estill County 4-H Fair Project Series

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 4-H programs across the state had to be held in a virtual format.  We knew that with this, program participation may be down due to youth being tired of doing anything with a computer.  The “Zoom Gloom” as the youth call it, was something we had to battle in order to reach and help youth be engaged in our programming.  A fun alternative Estill County 4-H came up with was a 4-H Project Fair Series.  In this series, youth would have the

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