Bracken County CES

Title:

Making Healthy Choices

MAP:

Nutrition and Wellness for Bracken County Residents

Agents Involved:

4-H, FCS

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Health 4-H Core Curriculum

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

Situation:

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.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Youth maintain positive health habits.
Youth are at a lower risk for serious disease and illness.
Youth are at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress.
Youth are competent, capable, contributing adults as a result of their participation in 4-H Health programs.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.

Initial Outcomes:

Youth identify healthy lifestyle choices.
Youth understand risky behaviors and their consequences.
Youth aspire to have higher self-esteem.
Youth identify healthy ways to handle stress.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: The number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices.

Indicator: evaluation results, testimonials, follow-up programming

Method: Post-program evaluations, client/parent/teacher testimonials

Timeline: 2017-2018

Intermediate Outcome: Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.

Indicator: Evaluation results, testimonials, program feedback

Method: evaluations, client/parent/teacher testimonials

Timeline: 2017-2018

Long-term Outcome: Youth maintain positive healthy habits, including more physical activity, making healthy food choices, handling stress, and contribute to their community.

Indicator: observation and testimonials

Method: evaluations, follow-ups, client/parent/teacher testimonials

Timeline: 2017-2018

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 8th graders in Bracken Co.

Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences Event

Content or Curriculum:Truth and Consequences

Inputs: Ext. agents, school staff, community partners

Date: Spring 2018

Audience: 4th and 5th graders

Project or Activity: YES Club

Content or Curriculum: My Plate, Health Rocks, Food & Fitness

Inputs: 4-H, FRYSC

Date: Spring 2018

Audience: Day Camps

Project or Activity: Cooking, Get Moving

Content or Curriculum: My Plate, Professor Popcorn,

Inputs: 4-H, FCS, Teens

Date: Summer 2018

Audience: Afterschool Programs

Project or Activity: Self Esteem

Content or Curriculum: UK Publications,4-H Curriculum

Inputs: 4-H, FCS, FRYSC

Date: School Year 2017-2018

Audience:  Elementary Students

Project or Activity:  Germ Buster

Content or Curriculum:  UK publications

Input: 4-H, FCS, FRYSC