building strong families for kentucky

Janet S. Kurzynske, Ph.D., R.D.Professor

College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment

School of Human Environmental SciencesDepartment of Dietetics and Human Nutrition

Based on the National Prevention Strategy Action Plan, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Funding for Health Education Leadership

• CAFÉ, Public Health, & Medicine• Truth and Consequences• Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes• Families on the Move• Memory Banking• LEAP (Literacy, Eating and Activity for Preschoolers)• Blue to You• The Different Faces of Substance Abuse Conference• Weight the Reality Series

CDC “1416” Grants

•Pilot project funding Cooperative Extension•Service in six states for obesity prevention•Targeting high obesity counties•Focused on policy, systems, and environment

For the health of our communities!

Six Kentucky Counties

The Grant Can Support

• Evidence-based interventions

• Use of existing County Cooperative Extension Service offices and community partners

• Interventions aimed at improving physical activity, nutrition and obesity reduction.

Short-Term Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Outcomes

• Increased knowledge of healthy behaviors associated with eating and physical activity.

• Increased number or capacity of existing community coalitions

• Increased number of community-wide of healthy practices

The Extension AgentEducator, Facilitator, and Catalyst

• Identifies issue needing to be addressed• Discusses with council or committee to develop ways of

addressing issue• Plans evidence-based programs that are fun and educational to

help teach participants how to eliminate the identified issue• Implements activities to help participants practice what they

have learned • Helps evaluate project

Menu of Options

Coalition choices include activities to support each of these three strategies:

• Provide community-wide programs to increase knowledge to increase healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.

• Increase access to and promote healthier food retail.

• Increase opportunities for physical activity through joint-use agreements, Safe Routes to School, walk/bike programs, walkability and other assessments.

High Priority Options

• Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud • Improved Healthy Food Access through Food

Retailers • Physical Activity Environment • Food and Activity Website and App

Clinton CountyChristy Nuetzman, FCS Agent

Elliott CountyGwenda Adkins, FCS Agent

Letcher CountyAnn Bradley, FCS Agent

Lewis CountySally Mineer, FCS Agent

Logan CountyRachel Hance, FCS Agent

Martin CountyEugenia Wilson, FCS Agent

Related Grants Awarded to HES

• Rural Poverty Child Nutrition Center

• Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence – National Coordinating Center