Extension
It Starts With Us
Health, Nutrition and physical Activity
Health Nutrition and Physical activity
Johnson
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Weight the Reality Series
Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
According to the Centers for Disease Control more than 40% of Elliott Count's 7280 residents are obese with 78% of the population being overweight. Quickfacts.org reports 14% of the population has been diagnosed with diabetes and 42.8% report they get little to no exercise. Findings of the CDC say that if current trends continue, by 2050 one in three people will be diagnosed with diabetes. They also report a loss of 10 pounds can help prevent or delay the onset of diabetes. These staggering statistics encouraged the FCS council to identify health and physical fitness as a major program emphasis for the FCS extension agent. According to HealthFacts.org, the drug arrest rate for Elliott County was 808 per 100,000 people in 2007 with the state having 1,322 per 100,000 people
During the 201/19 reporting year, 40 people in Elliott County will improve their health.
100 middle school students will know the consequences of prescription drug use.
50 people will work toward accomplishing goals set in programs and activities conducted by the Elliott County Cooperative Extension Service FCS programs
All Elliott County Middle School students will devise ways they can say no to prescription drug use and practice doing so.
60 people will attend Health related educational programs sponsored by the Elliott County Cooperative Extension Service FCS programs, report learning crucial information for improving health and set goals
All Elliott County Middle School Students will participate in Truth or Consequences
Initial Outcome: 60 people will attend Health related educational programs sponsored by the Elliott County Cooperative Extension Service FCS programs, report learning crucial information for improving health and set goals
All Elliott County Middle School Students will participate in Truth or Consequences
Indicator:
Method: Pre and post surveys and conversation about program and what they have learned
Class room attendance and attendance at culminating event.
Timeline: 2018/19 reporting year
Intermediate Outcome: 50 people will work toward accomplishing goals set in programs and activities conducted by the Elliott County Cooperative Extension Service FCS programs
All Elliott County Middle School students will devise ways they can say no to prescription drug use and practice doing so.
Indicator:
Method: Surveys and follow up meetings.
Practice of students saying no to peer pressure to use drugs.
Timeline: 20118/2019 reporting year
Long-term Outcome: During the 2018/2019 reporting year, 40 people in Elliott County will improve their health.
100 middle school students will know the consequences of prescription drug use.
Indicator: 40 people report how they have improved their health
Method: Survey at culminating event
Timeline: 2017
Audience: Middle School Students
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences curriculum
Inputs: Elliott County School System, law enforcement, judicial system, St Claire Medical Center, Kings Dauguters Medical Center
Date: spring 2018
Audience: Elliott County Citizens
Project or Activity: Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes
Content or Curriculum: University of Kentucky curriculum
Inputs: Elliott County Extension Service, Partnership for a Healthy Elliott County, First Baptist Church, volunteers, Our Lady of Bellefont Hospital, Kings Daughters Hospital
Date: March 2018
Audience: Senior citizens
Project or Activity: Fun in the Golden Years
Content or Curriculum: various curriculum from University of Kentucky
Inputs: Partnership for a Healthy Elliott county, Elliott County Soil conservation
Date: June 2018
Audience: Limited to 25 citizens
Project or Activity: Weight the Reality Series
Content or Curriculum: Weight the reality Series
Inputs: Elliott County Extension Service, Partnership for a Healthy Elliott County, First Baptist Church
Date: February/March 2018
Author: Gwenda Johnson
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
According to the CDC, Elliott County has an obesity rate greater than 40%. To face the epidemic, using CDC/UK grant funds, the Partnership for a Healthy Elliott County placed an outdoor gym at Isonville Elementary. According to the principal and teachers at the school, the outdoor gym helped them leverage funding to extend recess time from twenty to thirty minutes. They increased the number of enrolled students participating in outside physical exercise from 75% to 90% daily and to 100% at least
Author: Gwenda Johnson
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
The area that once was the Elliott County Economic Development site has slowly become a recreation and events area. It is home to the 4-H shooting sports range, 4-H livestock pavilion, youth soccer, a fit trail, and the Farmers' Market pavilion. The Farmer's Market Pavilion is home to community events such as God's Pantry food distribution, educatioinal programs sponsored by the County Extension office and other organizatioins. The partnership for a healthy Elliott County saw the nee
Author: Gwenda Johnson
Major Program: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Elliott County FCS has promoted Plate It Up, Kentucky Proud since its inception. This year we are taking it to a higher level by challenging local citizens to use the recipes. To combat the obesity epidemic in Elliott County the Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Council and the Partnership for a Healthy Elliott County designed a program called Forever Fit Good Habits for a lifetime. 22 participants enrolled in the program that is point based with the competition against themselves. Points c
