Extension
It Starts With Us
Active Living and Health Promotions
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities
Lora Lee Frazier Howard, Alissa Ackerman, Jeff Casada
Nutrition and Food Systems General
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Health
Food Preparation and Preservation
Clay County, a small rural county in Eastern Kentucky, families make choices to improve health and wellbeing, incorporate nutritious food into their diet, participate in physical activity, and chronic disease (including diabetes, heart disease stroke, cancer) prevention. With the increased trend of chronic disease and obesity in KY, individuals, families, youth and communities need tools and environments that support healthy and active lifestyle choices. CES Agents are encouraged to reach audiences to help combat chronic disease and obesity in KY communities. Focusing on a foundation of overall direct health education to increase health literacy and ability to make healthy lifestyle choices. A foundation of nutrition knowledge, skills and competencies in topics such as food safety, handling and preparation, cooking methods and techniques, feeding practices, are essential to changing dietary behaviors. According to statistics 38% of our county is obese with 18% of our adults being diagnosed with diabetes, and 33% of the adults don’t meet the standard activity level and 48% have high blood pressure. Lifestyle choices impact the quality and years of life.
-Increase the physical activity and dietary recommendations that promote health and wellness for families and youth.
-Reduce the rate of chronic disease and obesity.
-Generate positive attitude toward lifestyle choices to be healthy.
-Increase intake of fruit, vegetables, and other nutrient dense food.
-Improve self-efficacy in physical activity and movement.
-Increase awareness of healthy lifestyle choices and chronic disease.
-Improve food and nutrition related skills preparation and safe food handling.
-Increase physical activity.
Long-Term Outcome: Increase the consumption of healthy foods and increase physical activity.
Indicator: number that reported spending time together in physical activity, number that report eating more healthy foods, leading to improvement of quality of life.
Method: Word of mouth, formal/informal evaluation.
Timeline: 2020-2024
Intermediate Outcome: Families practice healthy food choices to build healthy eating plans. Family practice physical activity.
Indicator: number that reported spending time together in physical activity; number that report eating more healthy foods leading to improvement of quality of life.
Method: word of mouth, formal/informal evaluation.
Timeline: 2020-2024
Initial Outcome: Families will increase knowledge, skills and attitude related to healthy life skill choices and weight management.
Indicator: Number that gained knowledge about eating healthy food. Number that reported understanding the benefits of spending time together in physical activity.
Method: Word of mouth, formal/informal evaluations.
Timeline: 2020-2024
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Diabetes Support Group
Content or Curriculum: Diabetic Shoes
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: Quarterly 2020-2021
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Plate It Up Cooking School
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up Recipes
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: 3 times a year
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Cook Together, Eat Together
Content or Curriculum: Cook Together, Eat Together
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent/Agencies
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Holiday Cooking School
Content or Curriculum: Recipes
Inputs: Wilderness Trail Area Family & Consumer Agents
Date: November 2020
Audience: Women & Men
Project or Activity: DASH Diet
Content or Curriculum: Family & Consumer Science Publications
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Mastering Food Choices
Content or Curriculum: Mastering Food Choices
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: August 2020
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Weigh 2 Go
Content or Curriculum: Weigh 2 Go
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent, Curriculum
Date: Winter 2020-2021
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Healthy Walking Healthy Life
Content or Curriculum: Walking Program
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date Spring 2021
Audience: Middle School 7th Grade
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences
Inputs: All Agents, Community
Date 2020-2021
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Preserving Food
Content: UK Publications
Inputs: Agents
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Dehydrating Food
Content: UK Publication
Input: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Knife Skills
Content or Curriculum: UK Publication
Input: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Recipes for Life
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications
Inputs: Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Recipe of the Month
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up Recipes/ Calendar Cooking
Input: Plate It Up Recipes Grocery Stores, Family & Consumer Science Agent
Date: All year
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Sensational Salads
Content or Curriculum: UK Publication
Input: Homemaker Leader’s Training, UK Curriculum
Date: February 2021
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking 101
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Cooking 101 Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Agent
Date: 2020-2021 School Year
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Health Rocks
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Agent
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Mental Health Education
Content or Curriculum: Mental Health 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Agent
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Professor Popcorn
Content or Curriculum: FCS/4-H Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Agent
Date: 2020-2021 School
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Middle School Enrichment
Content or Curriculum: Team Building With Youth
Input: 4-H Agent, Teachers
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Manners for the Real World
Content or Curriculum: Manners for the Real World
Input: 4-H Agent, Teachers
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Hygiene 101
Content or Curriculum: Staying Healthy – National 4-H Curriculum
Input: 4-H Agent, Teachers
Date: 2020-2021
Audience: Adults/Teens
Project or Activity: Disaster Preparedness
Content or Curriculum: UK Publication
Input: Agents/Volunteers
Date: 2020-2021
Author: Alissa Ackerman
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
Many negative aspects are associated with the Covid-10 pandemic, which can easily trigger more stress, panic and anxiety for many families and individuals. However, this brings an even greater opportunity for communities to come together and help one another during challenging times. The 4-H Agent, along with several other community partners, had to think outside of the box to offer at-home educational experiences that foster engagement and new learning opportunities for youth. With children spe
Author: Lora Howard
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
Clay County Extension FCS Agent with three other organizations AdventHealth, Clay County Health Department, Diabetes Coalition and Red Bird Mission hosted and promoted three county wide walks for our residence. We wanted them to be physically active, safe at home, practice social distancing and take care of themselves.We had a total of 75 people sign up for the three Walking Challenges, many walked outside. They sent in bi-weekly logs to the Extension Office. We had a lo
Author: Alissa Ackerman
Major Program: Leadership
Kentucky 4-H has four guiding models which include: mastery, belonging, independence and generosity. Through these guiding concepts, the goal is for all youth to have available opportunities that foster positive youth development. According the U.S. Census Bureau, Clay County has a population of 19, 901 with a small percentage of racial and ethnic diversity. In order for youth to become knowledgeable and successful in the ever-changing global world, one must have the opportunity to experience di
Author: Lora Howard
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Surviving the Holiday Season, especially during a pandemic can be stressful and hard on families. They are looking for ways to feed and celebrate with their families safely. The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, Wilderness Trail Area Family and Consumer Sciences Agents partnered together to implement Holiday Cooking School in a Box to help alleviate the stress and provide families with tools and tips to get them through these unprecedented times.The program was conducted in B
Author: Lora Howard
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
The incidence of diabetes in KY has doubled from 2000 to 2017, it increased to 12.9%. The prevalence of diabetes in the Cumberland Valley Region is 15.8 % and many are living with diabetes and don’t know they have it.The Family and Consumer Science Agent was asked to participate in a grant to form a Diabetes Coalition in Clay County. Each county received 10,000.00 to form the coalition and sponsor programs for diabetics or pre diabetic individuals.The Clay County Family and Con
Author: Lora Howard
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Individuals during Covid were looking for nutrition good tasting options for food consumption. Families make choices to improve health and well-being to combat chronic diseases and obesity to improve and make healthy lifestyle changes. The homemaker leaders training Sensational Salads was presented Live via Facebook by the Family and Consumer Science Agent.Topics covered were nutritional value of salad greens, how to select, store and prepare salad, adding color texture to your meal,
