Adapting Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Overall WellbeingPlan of Work

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McLean County CES

Title:
Adapting Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Overall Wellbeing
MAP:
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Agents Involved:
Kelly Bland
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Building Healthy Coalitions
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Situation:

Kentucky is identified as a high risk state for farm accidents and fatalities, obesity, chronic health conditions, which effects overall well-being. McLean County has a reported 14% (20.0%-12.0%) of residents who have been diagnosed with diabetes (County Diabetes Atlas, McLean County in 2012). Furthermore, 28% (43.1%- 28.8%) of adults who are obese and 34% (39.0-24.6) of adults lack physical activity. Only 16% eat the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables.The goal of the making healthy lifestyle choices is to reverse these trends by working with various organizations, agencies and groups to promote the health and wellness of McLean County.  


Source: CDC County Diabetes Atlas

Long-Term Outcomes:

•Decrease in the number of farm related accidents and fatalities.

•Decrease in the number of obese and overweight children, youth, adults and elderly by 2% by the year 2022-2024. 

•Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily by 2% by the year 2022-2024. 

Intermediate Outcomes:

•Citizens practice healthy food choices and strengthen individual’s ability to build healthy eating plan and patterns.

•Citizens practice healthy lifestyle decision making that strengthen individual’s ability to cope with normal life songstress.

•Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors.

•Farm families practicing farm safety procedures.

Initial Outcomes:

Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding:


•Healthy lifestyle choices

•Childhood and youth obesity

•Adult weight management

•Healthy aging

•Practice and promotion of daily physical activity

•Policies that that reduce the level of obesity

•Farm families being able to identify hazards on the farm.

Evaluation:

Outcome: Long term

Indicator: Number of citizens reporting an increase in physical activity, healthy food choices, and over all well-being. 

Method: Survey, county health statistics 

Timeline: 3- 4 years


Outcome: Long-term

Indicator: Decrease in the number of youth who report use/abuse of substance and alcohol abuse. 

Method: Survey, county health statistics, and McLean County school reports

Timeline: 3-4 years 



Evaluation:

Outcome: Long term

Indicator: Decrease in the number of adult, youth, and elderly who are obese/overweight  

Method: Survey, county health statistics

Timeline: 3- 4 years


Evaluation:

Outcome: Long term

Indicator: Decrease in the number of farm related accidents reported. 

Method: Observation, county statistics, data.

Timeline: 3-4 years 


Evaluation:

Outcome: Intermediate 

Indicator: Implementation of one or more safety procedures by farm families and employees. 

Method: survey

Timeline: 6 months to 1 year




Evaluation:

Outcome: Intermediate 

Indicator: Application of knowledge and skills to think critically to solve problems regarding health life choices. 

Method: Survey, interview, follow up calls 

Timeline: 6 months to 1 year


Evaluation:

Outcome: Intermediate

Indicator: An increase in the number of Citizens who practice healthy food choices and strengthen individual’s ability to build healthy eating plan and patterns.

Method: Survey, interview, follow up calls

Timeline: 6 months to 1 year


Evaluation:

Outcome: Intermediate

Indicator: Increase in individuals and families physical activity time and a decrease in time spent on sedentary behaviors

Timeline: 6 months to 1 year


Evaluation:

Outcome: Intermediate

Indicator: Community partners advocate for policy changes and increase marketing efforts to increase awareness and change relating to substance abuse in McLean County, 

Timeline: 6 months to 1 year


Evaluation

Outcome: Initial 

Indicator: Individuals can identify farm related safety hazards.

Method: survey and group discussion. 

Timeline: 3 to 6 months


Evaluation:

Outcome: Initial 

Indicator: 2% of program participants who report increased awareness and knowledge of healthy lifestyles choices and overall wellness.

Method: Evaluations and group discussion

Timeline: 3 – 6 months 


Evaluation: Initial

Indicator: Number of community partners and youth who have gained knowledge of the resources that are available for substance abuse in our community as a result of Extension programming.

Method: survey and group discussion

Timeline: 3-6 months


Evaluation: Initial 

Indicator: Increase in number of students who indicate they developed a better understanding of health, emotional, financial, risk and harm, and where to access help for substance abuse issues.

Method: Survey and group discussion

Timeline: 3-6 months

Learning Opportunities:


Audience: McLean County residents

    Project or Activity: Longest day of play

    Content or Curriculum: UK Publications, eXtension. 

    Inputs: Agents, volunteers, community partners, UK Specialist.

    Date: June 2024


Audience: Referred families from McLean County School 

    Project or Activity: A Taste of Thanksgiving 

    Content or Curriculum: HEEL, Kentucky CES publications and resources.

    Inputs: Agents, volunteers, UK specialist, public and private health organizations

    Date: November 2023


Audience: McLean County High School Students

    Project or Activity: Truth and Consequence

    Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequence

    Inputs: Agents, UK specialist, volunteers, community partners. 

    Date: October 2024


Audience: McLean County Residents 

Project or Activity: Plate It Up KY Proud at Farmers Market and other events

Content or Curriculum: Plate It UP KY Proud resources, UK Publications, and Specialist. 

Inputs: Agents, Community Partners, Local Farmers Market Venders, UK specialist. 

Date: July 2023 to June 2024


Audience: Cooking through the Calendar

Project or Activity: Healthy cooking and meal preparation

Content or Curriculum: SNAP Calendars, FCS Publications and Healthy Choices for Everybody Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Community Partners, UK Specialist

Date: July 2023- August 2024


Audience: McLean County Youth

Project or Activity: Super Star Chef

Content or Curriculum: Super Star Chef Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Community Partners, UK Specialist, and volunteers

Date: October 2023


Audience: Middle School Students

Project or Activity: Smarter Lunchrooms

Content or Curriculum: SNAP Ed- Smarter Lunchrooms 

Input: FCS Agent, McLean County Middle School, SNAP- Ed Office and volunteers 

Date: August 2023 to September 2024



Success Stories

Bingocize a hit with McLean Countians

Author: Kelly Bland

Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General

According to the 2022 DataUSA, 37.9% of McLean County is obese. One way to combat obesity is through exercise.  The Family and Consumer Science Agent introduced Bingocize to McLean County in 2022 with 8 participants.  Because of the popularity of the program, when the FCS Agent offered the program again in September of 2023, participation increased to 24 participants! Bingocize covers several different topics with their movement and lessons: COVID education, Nutrition, Fall Preven

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