Author: Anita Boyd
Planning Unit: Mason County CES
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable humans to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life according to Wikipedia. Google states a few life skills for health are practicing wellness, being a wise consumer, making great decisions and using community resources. Using the Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum, the Mason County Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) assistant taught inmates at the Mason County Detention Center ways to improve life skills related to food, nutrition and health for themselves and their families.
After completing the Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum, positive behavior changes occurred in food safety techniques as follows: 100% would not thaw frozen food at room temperature; 50% improved on cleaning items and surfaces more often after working with raw meat or seafood; and 67% improved on comparing food prices, planning meals, and checking their cupboard before grocery shopping.
One participant stated that they always thought thawing meat on the counter was the right and only way to thaw frozen meat.
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