Extension
It Starts With Us
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery/Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Improve Physical and Mental Heath
Proctor, Hance
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Family and Consumer Science
The recent statewide needs assessment identified substance use prevention and recovery as the most urgent priority for Cooperative Extension. Moreover, substance use was the focal point of the CES Advisory Council Meeting in early 2019. Taken together, youth KIP survey data and data from the CES needs assessment demonstrate the need to address substance use prevention, recovery, stigma, and impact on families and communities.
- The prevention and/or reduction of substance use and its related consequences.
- Changed public perception of substance use via stigma reduction.
- Improve the quality of life resulting in a stronger family
- Improvement in the mental health and well-being of Kentuckians
- Reduced stigma from local community members
- Increased Opioid Stewardship (less rx’ing by doctors, appropriate Rx disposal, drug takebacks, etc.)
- Delayed age of first use among Kentucky youth
- Increase number of youth and adults participating in prevention programs conducted throughout the community
- Utilize appropriate community agencies and resources to assist with substance abuse needs
- Increased knowledge of substance use prevention, addiction, and recovery (or related subject matter)
- Increased ability to use destigmatized language
- Improved social skills and/or self-efficacy in KY youth
- Increased knowledge about the legal, health, emotional, and financial consequences of substance abuse
- Students increase knowledge about risks and harm of substance abuse
Outcome: Increased knowledge of substance use
Indicator: Number of individuals attending programs
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following the Addiction 101 training
Outcome: Increased ability to use destigmatized language
Indicator: Number of individuals intend to change behavior
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following any program that includes language training
Outcome: Improved social skills and/or self-efficacy in KY Youth
Indicator: Number of students undergoing Too Good for Drugs program
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following the program
Initial Outcome: Participants increase knowledge about the legal, health, emotional, and financial consequences of substance abuse.
Indicator: Number of students indicationg that they developed a better understanding of the consequences of substance abuse (legal, health, emotional, and financial), Number of students indicating that they developed a better understanding of the risk and harm or substance abuse
Method: Oral and written surveys
Timeline: After the Truth and Consequences program
Audience: Families Impacted by Addition
Project or Activity: Addition Training
Content or Curriculum: Addition 101
Inputs: Proctor, Trimble CARES Drug Coalition, Community Resouce partners, UK CES resources
Date: Spring 2021
Audience: Trimble County Community
Project or Activity: Trimble County Drug Education Series
Content or Curriculum: CES resources, Trimble CARES Drug Coalition resources
Inputs: Proctor, Kentucky CES resources, Trimble County School officials, Trimble CARES Drug Coalition, Community resource partners, volunteers
Date: Spring 2021
Audience: Trimble County High School students
Project or Activity:Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: T&C: The Choice is Yours
Inputs: Proctor,UK CES resources, Trimble County School school officials, Trimble CARES Drug Coalition, Community resource partners, community volunteers
Date: October 2020
Audience: KY Youth
Project or Activity: Prevention Program
Content or Curriculum: Too Good for Drugs, Adolescent Brain Health
Inputs: Proctor, Trimble CARES Drug Coalition, Family Resource and Youth Services Center, Trimble County Community Education, School staff, UK CES resources, North Central Health Department
Date: September 2020
Author: Jane Proctor
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
Annually, Family and Consumer Sciences Agents and staff see an increased interest from clients in health-behavior?choices around the new year.??This year,?to?reach both current and new clientele with?timely?and?research-based?information, FCS Extension rolled out a new program just in time for January 2021- Big Blue Goals.??The program was designed to allow for participation through either?an online platform?(Goalify app)?that could be?operated?on?a smartphone, computer, or tablet,?or through?a?
