Extension
It Starts With Us
Health and Wellness
Healthy Communities and Individuals
Erin Leach, Judy Vaughn, Emma Lee
Leadership
Substance Use Recovery - FCS
Active Living and Health Promotions General
With the health and well-being of individuals becoming more and more of a concern local advisory councils felt that the extension service should work to curve the high obesity rate, and high over dose rate. As well as promote lifestyle changes the encourage a safer, healthier life.
To improve the quality of life
Reduce food related health issues
Reduce drug overdoses
Increase the use of proper safety equipment
Increase the use of healthy foods
Increase the amount of physical activity done by individuals
decrease the drug use rates.
Increase awareness about nutritious low cost foods for families
Increase knowledge of safety equipment and proper use
Increase awareness of effects of drugs
teach the skills for individuals to properly increase physical fitness
Initial Outcome: Increase Awareness of effects of drugs
Indicator: survey shows increased knowledge
Method: Survey
Timeline: Spring 2025
Intermediate Outcome: Increase the use of proper safety equipment
Indicator: Decreased severe injury rate
Method: interviews
Timeline: Spring 2025
Long-term Outcome: Improve the quality of life
Indicator: improved county statistics
Method: Kentucky Counts reports
Timeline: Year round
Audience: Community members
Project or Activity: Substance Abuse Awareness
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Curriculum
Date: All year
Audience: Low-income families
Project or Activity: SNAP-Ed
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Time, staff, curriculum
Date: Year Round
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Foods & Nutrition Programming
Content or Curriculum: Superstar Chef, International Foods, Jr. Cooking
Inputs: time, staff, volunteers
Date: All year
Audience: youth
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: Truth and consequences
Inputs: time, staff, volunteers
Date: Spring
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Health Fair
Content or Curriculum: Awareness
Inputs: Curriculum
Date: Annual
Audience: Community members
Project or Activity: Homemaker Officer Trainings
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Curriculum
Date: Annual
Audience: Youth/Adults
Project or Activity: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Efforts
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Curriculum
Date: All year
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Youth Safety Day
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Curriculum
Date: Spring
Audience: Community members
Project or Activity: Farm Safety
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Curriculum
Date: Annual
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity::Nutrients: Supplements and Macronutrients
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: January
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: How to get out of a Mealtime Rut
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: November
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Using Your Air Fryer
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: JV
Date: March
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Injury Prevention for the Garden and Beyond
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: JV
Date: September
Author: Judy Vaughn
Major Program: Super Star Chef
Estill County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent collaborated with Emma Lee, ANR Agent, Erin Leach, 4-H Agent, Jessica Webb, SNAP Ed assistant, LaDonna Dawes, 4-H assistant, and Sherry Eldridge, volunteer to offer the Superstar Chef Camp program to seventeen youth attended all three days of camp. Five volunteers worked with students in a hands-on educational setting to teach important life skills. A pre-test/ post-test evaluation was conducted to determine learning outcomes.As a result
Author: Judy Vaughn
Major Program: Aging-General
Alzheimer's and dementia disease affects people from all walks of life. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly 7 million people in America are living with Alzheimer’s. Kentucky’s data from Alzheimer’s Association is shown below:81,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s in Kentucky.11.2% of people aged 45 and older have subjective cognitive decline.157,000 family caregivers bear the burden of the disease in Kentucky.302 mil
