Extension
It Starts With Us
Encouraging families to make proactive choices to improve individual health and well-being, through
Adopting healthy lifestyle choices for overall well-being
Kenna Knight. Shelley Meyer, Lindie Huffman
Home & Consumer Horticulture
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Situation: The obesity epidemic threatens the quality and 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 percent over the last 15 years and 36.2% of Pendleton County residents have a BMI of 30 or greater. Thirty-two percent of individuals in the Pendleton County report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. As a result, Kentuckians and Pendleton County residents are dying from heart disease and cancer at higher rates than all Americans and they have a lower life expectancy, 75.5 years, compared to 78 years for Americans. The goal of the Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices Initiative is to reverse these trends by working with various organizations, agencies, and groups to promote the health and wellness in all Kentuckians.
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
• Improvement in the built environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating
• Improvement in the mental health and wellbeing of Kentuckians
• Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension
• Increase the estimated health savings in dollars for chronic disease.
• Increase policies that address obesity, physical inactivity and promotion of poor nutrition
Intermediate Outcomes:
• Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.
• Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding and older age
• Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors
• Community members advocate for policy Changes related to obesity, physical activity and healthy eating.
• Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical inactivity and chronic disease.
• Practice healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individuals’ ability to cope with normal life stressors.
Initial Outcome:
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
• Reduction of chronic disease
Evaluation:
Long-term Outcome:
• 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
• Improvement in the built environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating
• Improvement in the mental health and wellbeing of Pendleton County
• Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension
• Increase the estimated health savings in dollars for chronic disease.
• Increase policies that address obesity, physical inactivity and promotion of poor nutrition
Indicator: Kentucky/Pendleton County Healthcare profiles, Kentucky by the Numbers data, community health care surveys and Kentucky/Pendleton County health facts
Method: Observation, reviewing data annually, community data collection from physicians and community health fair and screening data numbers as reported
Timeline: Annually
Intermediate Outcomes:
• Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.
• Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding and older age
• Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors
• Community members advocate for policy Changes related to obesity, physical activity and healthy eating.
• Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical inactivity and chronic disease.
• Practice healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individuals’ ability to cope with normal life stressors.
Indicator: Policy changes made, more walkable areas in county, increase participation in intramural sports, and active athletic park and community park, increase purchases at Farmer’s Market, healthier choices on local menus, more families preparing food at home and access to healthy food choices more readily available
Method: Observation, pre and post program survey, tracking of farmer’s market traffic, and data from schools in regards to participation and physical activity.
Timeline: throughout the year and as programs are shared
Initial Outcome:
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
• Reduction of chronic disease
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices.
Method: Observation, pre and post program survey of programs
Timeline: throughout the year and as programs are shared
Learning Opportunities (repeat as needed):
Audience: Families, pre-school, seniors, youth, volunteers
Project or Activity: Develop nutrition message and programs that allow individuals to make informed decisions regarding healthy lifestyle choices, programs will include:
•Plate it Up Sampling and preparing (throughout the year) FCS, ANR
•Recipe for Life (Nov) FCS, 4-H, ANR
•Farmers Market (Seasonal) FCS, ANR
•LEAP (monthly) pre-school and Headstart, FCS
•Healthy Nutrition for Senior (monthly) FCS
•Family Meal Times (April) FCS
•What’s for Dinner (August, Sept, Oct, Nov, March, April, May, June) FCS, ANR
•WFD - Summer Garden Series (May, June, July, Aug) FCS, ANR
Summer Reading Series - June and July - Med. Lifestyle
•Healthy Homemaker Lessons (August and January) 11 lessons in two sessions
•4-H Garden Club (monthly) 4-H, ANR
4-H Fitness Club (summer) 4-H
Outdoor Adventure Club (summer) 4-H
•Middle School 4-H Club (fall, winter and spring) 4-H
•Culinary Challenge (spring) 4-H
•Cooking Club (monthly) 4-H
•Project Days (fall or spring break) 4-H, ANR, FCS
•Professor Popcorn (monthly) 4-H
•Think What You Drink (October) 4-H
•Fats and Fast Foods (November) 4-H
•Country Hams (January-September) 4-H
•Community Service Alliance; Health Imitative (monthly) 4-H
Content or Curriculum:
•Homemaker Leader Lessons
•Plate it Up
•LEAP
•UK publications
•USDA Material
Inputs: FCS Agent, ANR Agent, 4-H Agent, Program Assistant, Local Schools, Health Department, Curriculums listed above, Farmers Market, Local Grocery Store, Volunteers
Date: - throughout the year as dates state above
Audience: Families, pre-school, seniors, youth, volunteers
Program or Activity: Healthy Weight throughout the a life span programs which will include:
•Family Meal Times (April) FCS
•5K/Walk Run (Summer) 4-H, FCS
•Fitness Challenge (Winter, Summer) FCS, 4-H
4-H Fitness Club (Summer) 4-H
•LEAP (monthly) pre-school and Headstart, FCS
•Community Block Parties/Second Sunday (May and September) FCS
•Think What You Drink (October) 4-H
•Fats and Fast Foods (November) 4-H
Content or Curriculum:
•Homemaker Leader Lessons
•LEAP
•Weigh Reality Series
•UK publications
•USDA Material
Inputs: FCS Agent, ANR Agent, 4-H Agent, Program Assistant, Local Schools, Health Department, Curriculums listed above, Volunteers
Date: throughout the year as dates state above
Audience: Families, pre-school, seniors, youth, volunteers
Program or Activity: Reduce Chronic disease Risk through the following programs or activities:
•Fitness challenge (winter) FCS
•Ovarian Cancer Screening (Spring) FCS
•Community Health Fair (March) FCS
•Diabetes Education (Monthly) FCS
•Key’s to Embracing Aging (eight sessions) FCS
•Mammogram Screening (four times a year) FCS
Content or Curriculum:
•Homemaker Leader Lessons
•Plate it Up
•LEAP
•UK publications
•USDA Material
Inputs: FCS Agent, ANR Agent, 4-H Agent, Program Assistant, Local Schools, Health Department, Local Hospitals, Cancer Coalition, Community Service Alliance, Curriculums listed above, Volunteers
Date: throughout the year as dates state above
Audience: Adults, Youth, Families, Farmers, Tourists
Project or Activity: C.R.A.N.E. (Conserving Resources through Agricultural and Natural Exploration) Various Programming
Water Awareness Month (May 2018)
oWhere does our water come from
oCanoe/Kayak Exploration - Kentucky River
oStream side/Forest Hike
•Forest Fridays (June 2018)
oForest Hike
oCanoe/Kayak Exploration - Licking River
oEdible Forest/ Weed it or Eat it
•Wildlife Education Month (July 2018)
oForest Hike
oCanoe/Kayak Exploration - Ohio River
•CRANE Master Explorer Expedition - travel to KY State Park as culminating experience
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications, Master Logger, Ag Water Quality Plan, CRANE Master Explorer Program, Project WET, Project WILD
Inputs: Agents, specialist, Volunteers, Conservation District, Department of Forestry, Department of Fish & Wildlife, Local Agri-tourism Businesses, State Park System
Date: Summer 2018
Audience: Home Horticulture and Consumer
Activity: Home Horticulture Programs
•What’s For Dinner Gardening Series
•Summer Reading Program: Locally Grown – May – August (ANR, FCS)
•Kitchen Gardening
•Planning the Garden that is Right for You
•Herb Gardening
•KY Plate it Up Sampling – All Year (ANR, FCS)
•Container Gardening
•Utilizing Raised Beds
•The Meat of the Matter: Purchasing Local Meats – August - November (ANR)
Content or Curriculum:
•Lawn and Gardening & Horticulture
•vegetables production
•home fruit production
•landscape design
•landscape management
•beneficial insects
Inputs:
•Extension Community Education Garden
•Monarch Watch Station Grant
•Leader
•Extension and other UK Extension Specialists
•County Agricultural Board
•FSA
•local producers and general public
•Certified Volunteers
Date: All year
Audience: Farmers Market / Horticulture Producers (AG, FCS)
Activity: Develop an organization to allow participants a networking system to enhance production and profitability through various programs and activities.
•Farmers Market – All Year (ANR)
•Farmers Feast – August (ANR, FCS)
•GAP Training – March/April (ANR)
•KY Proud – February/March (ANR)
•KY Plate it Up Sampling and Demos – All Year (ANR, FCS)
•SR/WIC FMNP
Content or Curriculum:
•GAP Training
•Home-Based Processing Training
•KY Proud
•KY Plate it Up
•KY Farmers Market Handbook
•SR/WIC FMNP, USDA Publications
•Extension Publications
Inputs:
•Leader, Extension and other UK Extension Specialists
•County Agricultural Board
•FSA
•local producers and general public
•Certified Volunteers
•KY Plate It UP
•KY Proud
•KDA
Date: All Year, Heavy in Production Season
Audience: Youth
Activity: Educational programs to cultivate students understanding of where their food comes from
•Eat it – Grow it – Wear it – September / October (ANR, FCS, 4-H)
•Sprouts – May to November (ANR)
Content or Curriculum:
•KY Plate it Up
•SNAP-ED
•Star Chef
•Jr. Master Gardener
•The Honey Bee Files
•Nutrients for Life
•Professor Popcorn
•4-H Curriculum
Inputs:
•Extension Community Education Garden
•Monarch Watch Station Grant
•Leader
•Extension and other UK Extension Specialists
•County Agricultural Board
•FSA
•local producers and general public
•Certified Volunteers
Date: All year
Audience: Limited Resource Families
Activity: Outreach and educational programs to foster life skills, awareness and appreciation of local foods
•Farms to Foodbanks – May to November (ANR)
•WIC Education – May – November (ANR)
•SR. Center Education – All Year (FCS, ANR)
•Local Food Team – All Year (ANR)
Content or Curriculum:
•KY Plate it Up
•The Power of Buying Local
Inputs:
•Extension Community Education Garden
•Leader
•SNAP-ED
•Extension and other UK Extension Specialists
•County Agricultural Board
•Food Pantries
•USDA
•Religious Organizations
•Fiscal Court
•local producers and general public
•Certified Volunteers
Date: All year
Author: Kenna Knight
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