Extension
It Starts With Us
Active Living and Health Promotions
Health and Wellness
Amburgey, Clemons, Gwishiri, NEP assistant
Food Preparation and Preservation
Nutrition and Food Systems General
Family Development General
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Improving health and wellness in Bath County has been identified as a pressing need that Cooperative Extension can address amongst all family members. Specific goals mentioned are fewer chronic diseases, availability of substance use prevention programs, and affordable healthcare options. According to the data provided by Kentucky By The Numbers, 49.2 percent of adults are living with hypertension, 38 percent with obesity, and 13.8 of those surveyed are living with diabetes.
•A decrease in the number of obese and overweight children, youth, adults and elderly
•Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily
By addressing these specific concerns found on the Community Needs Assessment, there should be a decrease in adults who are living with chronic diseases and an increase in better management of diseases, fewer youth becoming adults with chronic diseases, and more citizens having knowledge to make healthier lifestyle choices.
We also hope there are less youth and adults who are using substances in harmful ways, as well as more youth and adults seeking help for their addictions. By providing educational programming on healthcare options for citizens, we hope to have a higher rate of adequately insured youth and adults, along with the tools to make the right decisions for their familiy’s needs.
•Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.
Generate positive attitudes toward changing lifestyle choices to be healthy, increase intake of fruits and vegetables, and other nutrient-dense foods, improve self-efficacy in physical activity, movement, and active routes to destinations, decrease tobacco, substance use
Increase awareness about lifestyle choices and chronic diseases (e.g. tobacco use, poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity), increase in ability to employ healthy practices , improve food and nutrition-related skills (preparation techniques, safe food handling, etc) . increase motivation to be active, increase awareness of accessible safe places for activity
Initial Outcome: Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Outcome: Nutrition knowledge and dietary intake
Indicator: Number of individuals who reported: eating 3-6 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, utilize the food label to make healthy food choices, choosing smaller portions
Method: Self-report surveys
Timeline: Pre & post surveys implementing curricula or programs
Outcome: Substance Use
Indicator: Number of individuals who reported: gained knowledge of resources that are available for substance use in the community because of Extension Programming
Method: self-reporting survey
Timeline: pre-post implementing curricula or program
Outcome: Chronic Disease Prevention Indicator: Number of individuals who reported: participants who had one or more health
indicator (cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index, blood glucose) improved
Method: self-reporting survey
Timeline: pre-post implementing curricula or program
Outcome: Availability/access to adequate healthcare knowledge
Indicator: Number of individuals who reported: participants who reviewed and updated their healthcare options, sought out additional knowledge after attending an educational session hosted by the Extension Office, etc.
Method: self-reporting survey
Timeline: pre-post implementing curricula or program
Project or Activity: Policy, Systems, and Environmental Approaches
Content or Curriculum: Faithful Families, Health Coalitions, Story Walk, Active Community Toolkit, resources for early care and education settings
Inputs: Volunteers, grant funds, faith-based organizations, community partnerys, key stakeholders, Health Coalitions, Snap-Ed Toolkit, Power of Produce
Date: Monthly
Audience: Communities
Project or Activity: Truth & Consequences
Content or Curriculum: T&C: The Choice is Yours Inputs: Volunteers, community partners, speakers, information, presentations, etc.
Date: March 2022
Audience: Middle Schoolers - grades 7 & 8
Project or Activity: Farmers Market Outreach
Content or Curriculum: Cooking programs, marketing, increased access (e.g. location, hours, EBT), Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud resources, Farmers Market Toolkit, Super Star Chef
Inputs: Nutrition Education Program (NEP), paid staff, grant funds, facilities, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Date: April – October/Growing seasons
Audience: Families and Individuals
Project or Activity: Chronic Disease Prevention
Content or Curriculum: Publications, Health Bulletins, Cook Together, Eat Together, Mastering Food Choices, Dining with Diabetes, Fit Blue, Body Balance, Plate It Up KY Proud, Kentucky Cancer Center, Keys to Embracing Aging, Power of Produce
Inputs: Programmatic materials, community partners, health coalitions, Health Department, Schools, Homemakers, Community Centers
Date: Monthly
Project or Activity: Physical Activity
Content or Curriculum: Publications, Faithful Families, Story Walk, Health Coalitions, Be More, FitBlue, Keys to Embracing Aging
Inputs: Paid staff, volunteers, health coalitions, health department, schools, Homemakers, Faith Based Organizations
Date: Monthly
Project or Activity: Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Content or Curriculum: Health Bulletins, Monthly leader lessons, etc.
Inputs: Volunteers, paid staff, community partners
Audience: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association/Volunteers (Cattlemen’s, 4-H members)
Date: Monthly
Project or Activity: 7-12 workshop sessions (in person or online)
Content or Curriculum: Healthy Bodies for Everybody
Inputs: recovery center staff
Audience: Adult Learners (includes recovery programs)
Date: Spring 2022
Project or Activity: 15-30 minute sessions weekly for 14-20 weeks
Content or Curriculum: MP Saurus or Organ Andy via in person class time or virtual learning delivered to the classroom setting
Inputs: Bath County Schools, FRYSC
Audience: Preschool, K, 1st, and 2nd grade youth
Date: September 2021- May 2022
Project or Activity: Farm to Cafeteria; School gardens
Content or Curriculum: Eat, Grow, Go Curriculum focuses on using the school garden as a learning/mobile classroom. Also encourages fresh food consumption at school meals as part of our South Eastern Region Farm to Cafeteria Initiative.
Inputs: Bath County Schools, FRYSC
Audience: 3-4 grade youth
Date: September 2021 - May 2022
Author: Nicole Gwishiri
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
As of September 2016, approximately 302,000 veterans were living in Kentucky. Of those: About 11,000 served during World War II. With so many veterans in Kentucky, the Bath County Extension Homemaker Association wanted to host a program that targets them in the Gateway Counties. Through her connections about her business, an Extension Homemaker Leader reached out to Veterans Resources United of Central/Southern Kentucky (VRUCK). VRUCK is a coalition of representatives from veterans' service
Author: Nicole Gwishiri
Major Program: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
The Power of Produce program, sponsored by the National Farmers Market Coalition, produced significant results in the fourth year. Grant and donation monies attained through various sources like Humana Insurance Group, Department of Agriculture, Crossroads Elementary, Bath County Middle School, and Owingsville Elementary Youth Service Centers assured sufficient supplies and resources to provide a well-rounded 2021 program. Each session held at the farmers market, the three agents led learni
