Bath County CES

Title:

Active Living and Health Promotions

MAP:

Health and Wellness

Agents Involved:

Amburgey, Clemons, Gwishiri, NEP assistant

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Food Preparation and Preservation

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Nutrition and Food Systems General

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Family Development General

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Active Living and Health Promotions General

Situation:

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.

Long-Term Outcomes:

•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.

Intermediate Outcomes:

•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

Initial Outcomes:

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

Evaluation:

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

Learning Opportunities:

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, 1^st, and 2^nd 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

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