Author: Krista Perry
Planning Unit: Henry County CES
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
Plan of Work: Healthy Henry
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Walking Kentucky
Physical activity and good mental health are essential for preventing chronic diseases. These are serious
public health concerns that require effective interventions to encourage positive behavior change.
Walking Kentucky is a community campaign designed to increase physical activity and promote health
awareness in Kentucky. You don't need any special equipment or location to incorporate physical
activity into your daily routine. By joining Walking Kentucky, participants are given the tools to lead a
more active lifestyle.
The eight-week walking challenge aimed to increase participants' regular physical activity and improve
health outcomes for Kentucky citizens. The Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and
Trimble Family and Consumer Sciences Agents collaborated to implement a 417-mile Walking Kentucky
Challenge as an innovative strategy to encourage movement among Louisville area residents.
Through this program, participants were empowered to improve their health behaviors by making
lifestyle choices that increase physical activity. Seventy adults participated in the program, with eighty?seven percent of them feeling they achieved their fitness goals. Ninety-seven percent reported
exercising for thirty minutes, three or four times a week or more, after becoming aware of the benefits
of regular physical activity.
At the end of the program, participants shared their positive experiences, such as losing six pounds,
feeling more motivated to move, achieving more steps in a day, and enjoying friendly competition with
co-workers.
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