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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryHappy Healthy Homemakers



Happy Healthy Homemakers

Author: Crystal Osborne

Planning Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

Plan of Work: Health, Nutrition, Diet & Physical Activity All Through Life

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Owsley County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences collaborated with homemaker groups to offer the Healthy Homemakers series to a total of twenty-five participants.  One-hundred percent of participants identified the effects of stress on the body. Ninety-four percent of participants examined the different causes of stress in their lives and how to manage them. A follow-up evaluation revealed that 85% percent of participants have worked to decrease stress in their lives.






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