Nutritition and Physical ActivityPlan of Work

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Henderson County CES

Title:
Nutritition and Physical Activity
MAP:
Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Agents Involved:
Druin, Hardy, Johnson, Lambert, Rideout
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Situation:

Henderson County unhealthy behaviors are higher than the area average as well as the state average: 18.9% of adults are reporting poor or fair health, 33.4% of adults are obese, and 11.6% of adults have diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control found nationally that only 29% of high school youth participated in physical activity and physical activity decreases as we age.

Long-Term Outcomes:

To improve the mental health and well-being of Henderson County citizens and increase the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Individuals will practice a healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthens individuals ability to cope with normal life stressors.

Initial Outcomes:

Individuals will learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Individuals will learn how to eat healthy and exercise

Indicator: What they already are doing to be healthy and what they have learned

Method: Pre/post test

Timeline: Fall 2018, Spring 2019


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will make healthy lifestyle decisions

Indicator: what they have changed

Method: testimonial, survey

Timeline: 6 months after classes


Long-term Outcome: Success in eating healthy and exercise on a regular basis

Indicator: doctor report, overall health, knowledge

Method: survey, testimonial

Timeline: a year to date or after

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Residence of Henderson County

Project or Activity: Diabetes Classes

Content or Curriculum: Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes, Healthy Plate

Inputs: Extension Staff, Community Partners, Henderson Diabetes Coalition

Date: Fall 2018, Spring 2019


Audience: Residence of Henderson County

Project or Activity: Derby Tea

Content or Curriculum: UK Publication

Inputs: Extension Staff, Community Partners, FCS Advisory Council

Date: May 2019


Audience: Henderson County Youth

Project or Activity: Cooking Club

Content or Curriculum: Cooking 101

Inputs: Extension Staff, Community partners

Date: Sept. 2018- June 2019


Audience: Henderson County Youth

Project or Activity: Cooking Camp

Content or Curriculum: UK Publications

Inputs: Extension Staff, Fuel Up to Play 60, UK Staff

Date: May or June 2019


Audience: Henderson County Youth

Project or Activity: Dance Fit Club

Content or Curriculum: Dance Fit

Inputs: Extension Staff, Volunteers

Date: Sept. 2018-May 2019


Audience: Residents of Henderson County

Project or Activity: Farmer's Market Programming

Content or Curriculum: UK Publications

Inputs: Extension Staff, Master Gardeners

Date: Annually, May-October


Audience: Residence of Henderson County

Project or Activity: Saturday In the Garden Series

Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, Demonstration Garden

Inputs: Extension Staff, Master Gardeners, Local business'

Date: Annually, spring and fall sessions


Audience: HESC Clientele

Project or Activity: Growing Independence Garden Project

Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, Demonstration Garden

Inputs: Extension Staff, Master Gardeners, Local business'

Date: Annually beginning in 2017



Success Stories

4-H Day Camp

Author: Alexandria Brasher

Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming

This summer Henderson County 4-H hosted a three day, day camp at the Henderson County Extension Office. During this day camp youth were able to create projects from the fair, complete physical activity, and make new friends. The group of youth learned from the photography curriculum and then visited Audubon State Park. Youth also learned about terrariums and dessert dish gardens from a Henderson County Master Gardner, the master gardener spoke well of the youth saying they learned a lot from the

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Healthy Cooking Classes

Author: Amanda Hardy

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Healthy Cooking participants do hands on cooking, get to meet and talk to others about cooking, learn about new recipes and taste the recipes along with a lesson on the topic. Utilizing new my plate recipes and revisiting recipes from the past opens up discussion about farmer’s market and what is in season. When it comes to winter time we talk about easy slow cooker meals along with hearty recipes that are not only healthy but taste good. Other classes that were taught were on fall recipes

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HCDC

Author: Amanda Hardy

Major Program: Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)

The Henderson County Diabetes Coalition is made up of individuals that either have diabetes, are health professionals or want to volunteer. This group conducts diabetes awareness campaigns through newspaper, billboards which average traffic is 92,917 weekly, radio PSA’s, television and presentations. The group meets monthly at the Extension Office. The group provides diabetes education classes and provides free screenings, emergency assistance and diabetes prevention counseling. Approximat

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Derby Tea

Author: Amanda Hardy

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the United States. It's expected to cause about 50,630deaths during 2018.Overall, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is: about 1 in 22 (4.49%) for men and 1 in 24 (4.15%) for women. Over the past five years the Henderson County FCS agent along with many community partners offered the derby tea to focus on health related issues. This

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