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Making healthy Lifestyle Choices and Citizen Education
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices and Citizen Education
Neal, Dockery, Brooks, McMahan, Clark, Powell, Sarantakos
Faithful Families
Local Food Systems
Business Retention and Expansion
Active Living and Health Promotions General
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality of life years of life of Kentuckians. Obese individuals are at increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers. The obesity rate in Kentucky increased 90% over the last 15 years. Thirty-percent of individuals in the Commonwealth report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy foods, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic.
Nutrition education programs, local / home garden, and farmer's markets help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; communities to decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy safe food preparation methods, importance of sustainable practices, and improvement of individual/local gardening practices. Citizens receive education on senior issues, parenting and low vision resources. Agents, paraprofessionals, and volunteers are pivotal in training consumers and producers to maximize local access to food products from farm to table.
There are over 9950 children in out of home care, of which 1444 reside in the Southern Bluegrass Region. Substance abuse contributed to 50% of all child abuse and neglect cases. These numbers contribute to the instability of families, communities, social services and economic stability and growth.
Parenting education programs reduce risk factors that are known to contribute to abuse and neglect. Teaching skills like communicating with respect, nurturing parenting, alternatives to spanking, understanding feelings, conflict resolution, ages and stages of development, praising children and their behavior and other parenting skills aid in prevention and reduction of child and neglect.
Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating.
Improve access and availability of local foods to the community. Provide education and resource availability regarding senior social issues, low visibility and parenting.
Reduce the number of children placed in out of home care.
Reduce the numbers of cases for abuse and neglect
Reduce the recidivism rate of cases of abuse and neglect.
Improve nurturing parenting skills.
Practice of physical activity and healthy food choices in families and communities through decreased time of sedentary behaviors, maintaining appropriate calorie intake, and practicing healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individual’s ability to cope with normal life stressors.
Residents will increase practices related to Community and Economic Development by increased participation in job preparedness programs, involvement in local community events, developing new jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities, and adopting fiscally responsible behaviors
Participants will practice nurturing parenting skills with their children.
Participants will have children returned to home.
Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes towards parenting, discipline, home management and conflict resolution skills.
The practice and promotion of healthy food and nutrition, financial and mental well-being.
Outcome: Long-term Families will be reunited
Indicator: Participants will use alternative to spanking, which reduces the risk of physical abuse. No new cases of abuse or neglect.
Method: Self-reported
Timeline: ongoing
Outcome: Intermediate: No new cases/allegations of abuse or
neglect.
Indicator: Participants will practice using alternatives to spanking, effective communication, conflict resolution and will have appropriate expectations for children.
Method: Self-report
Timeline: ongoing
Outcome: Initial: Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes towards parenting, discipline, home management and conflict resolution skills.
Indicator: Participants will learn to adopt nurturing parenting skills that increase the child’s self-esteem, set age appropriate boundaries and expectations, establish effective communication habits and apply increased knowledge and awareness that was learned.
Method: Weekly Evaluation/Survey, AAPI 1 and AAPI2
Timeline: Ongoing
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: LEAP
Content or Curriculum: LEAP curriculum
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Agents, NEP Program assistants, CES Publications
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Physical Activity Programs
Content or Curriculum: Zumba and Strength
Input: KY Cooperative Extension Agents- MB/ CM
Dates: Ongoing as requested
Audience: African American Adults
Project: Diabetes Prevention Program- Fit and Faithful
Content or Curriculum: Fit and Faithful curriculum- UK- College of Nursing
Inputs: Change Research Team, Extension agent trained as CHW- MB, Faith Based community
Audience: Adults
Audience: Community/ Senior Facilities/ Older adults
Project: Bingocize
Content: WKU- Jason Crandall and Research Team
Inputs: Aging Extension Specialist, Bingocize trained agents
Dates: session completed this spring and ongoing upon request
Project or Activity: Walk with the Doc
Content or Curriculum: Various Curriculums
Input, KY Cooperative Extension Agents- MB/CM, Healthy Kentucky Iniative public and private health agencies, non-profit organizations
Dates: in early planning phases
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Kentucky Plate it Up/ Farmer's Market
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up Curriculum
Input: KY Cooperative Extension Agents, CES publications, KDA, NEP assistants
Dates: Summer, Fall and Spring
Audience: Community/ Families
Project or Activity: Be Healthy Bash
Content or Curriculum: various
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Specialists, Volunteers, CES publications; NEP, UK healthcare/ Healthy Kentucky Iniative, local, state, and federal agencies.
Date: ongoing, early planning phases for annual event
Audience: Adults, Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: Phone calls, e-mails, and office visit customer service opportunities
Content or Curriculum: Available resources through CES publications, specialists, and listed curricula
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Program Assistants, Specialists, Volunteers, CES publications; local, state, and federal agencies.
Date: On-Going
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Fayette County Drug Free Projects
Content or Curriculum: Health Rocks, Drug prevention
Inputs 4-H Agents, 4-H Assistants, FCS Agents, LFUCG, Police Department
Dates: ongoing
Audience: Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: Cooking/Food & Nutrition Club(s)
Content or curriculum: 4-H curriculum; FCS curriculum; Plate It Up recipes
Inputs: 4-H Agents,4-H assistants, volunteers
Date: day camps, after-school programs, monthly club meetings and as requested
Audience: Adult and Youth
Project or Activity: SNAP-Ed/ Double dollars
Content or Curriculum: NEP curriculum, CES Publications
Inputs: EFNEP and SNAP Ed assistants, County Extension Agents
Date: On-Going
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Growing Community program
Content or Curriculum: ID-128
Inputs: Volunteers, collaborating agencies, LFUCG, County agents
Date: Annually in May
Audience: Fayette County School Students
Project or Activity: Agriculture Education for Fayette County School students
Content or Curriculum: Teach Students about agriculture and show where food comes from.
Inputs: Leaders, Agents, Fayette County Schools, Locust Trace School.
Date: Spring and Fall.
Audience: Community Residents & Businesses
Project: Local Foods Committee & Coordinator
Content & Curriculum: Collaborating Agencies, LFUCG, Agents, Specialist
Date: All Year
Audience: Fayette County Schools Administration and Board
Project: School Health and Wellness Days
Content & curriculum: Agents- MB/CM, Specialist and CES curriculum
Date: Ongoing as requested
Audience: Senior Adults
Projects: Embracing the Next Best Years, Grandparents Raising Relatives
Content and Curriculum: Fayette County Agent- MB, Specialists, GAP and Embracing Next Best Years Planning committee
Date: ongoing throughout the year planning for annual events
Audience: Adults
Projects: Food and Nutrition
Content: Food for Thought, Food Preservation, Adult Cooking, Champion Food Volunteers, Extension agents- MB/CM
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Master gardener projects related to food production
Content or Curriculum: Publications
Inputs: volunteers, specialists, county agents
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Growing Community program
Content or Curriculum: ID-128
Inputs: Volunteers, collaborating agencies, LFUCG, County agents
Date: Annually in May
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Farmer's Market/Plate it Up
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up, KY Department of Ag
Inputs: Cooperative Extension Agent, specialists, KDA, Lexington Farmer's Market
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults, Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: Phone calls, e-mails, and social media curriculum
Content or Curriculum: SNAP Ed/EFNEP resources through CES publications, specialists, and listed curricula; planeatmove.com
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Program Assistants, Specialists, Kentucky CES publications
Date: On-Going
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: SKY Families Program
Content or Curriculum: Nurturing Parenting Curriculum
Inputs: Carla Jordan
Date: 6-week sessions. Class meets twice per week for 1 hour and a half.
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Plate It Up
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up
Inputs: EFNEP Assistant
Date: 5 classes per session
Author: Lucas Powell
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
Lexington Traditional Magnet School identified a need for financial literacy education among its student population. After meeting with the youth service coordinator, we decided that the Reality Store Program would be a great fit for their 7th-grade class, with 85 students. Lexington Traditional Magnet School has a highly diverse student population. During the program, students are randomly given a career, the gross salary, and any education requirements for their job. Students are also ran
Author: Caroline McMahan
Major Program: Child Development General
Kentucky has reported that only 24.9% of children attending kindergarten in Fayette County are prepared and equipped to succeed. In many Kentucky counties, limited resources or the environment may hinder healthy lifestyle choices related to early childhood development and physical activity. As an innovative strategy to improve early childhood development skills and increase kindergarten readiness with Fayette County residents, the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent implemented Laugh and Le
Author: Caroline McMahan
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
In 2019, health departments reported 215 cases of botulism to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 10% of these cases were due to home canning practices. In order to promote safe canning practices in Fayette County, the Family and Consumer Science Agent presented a beginner’s canning class. Additionally, the agent planned an Apple Butter class to align with the produce available in season in the county and local apples
