Kentucky 4H After School

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Kentucky 4-H After School

• Healthy Opportunities

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Hancock County

• June 21st
• Longest Day of Play
• Lisa Hagman
• CEA for 4-H Youth Development

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Why????

• Main objective was to focus on middle school
  students and local activities available to them.
• Held at the local county park to showcase the
  facilities, walking trails, disc golf course and
  tennis courts.

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Promotion
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Longest Day of Play Timeline
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Planned Activities

• Activities and Demonstrations included
• Archery
• Basketball
• Line Dancing
• Swimming
• Cheerleading
• Healthy Snacks

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Evaluation

• Check all that Apply
• 1. After attending the Longest Day of Play I
  will
• Increase how much time I spend doing physical
  activity.
• Strive to get 60 minutes of moderate physical
  activity per day.
• Participate in a new type of physical activity
• 2. Today I learned
• How to prepare a quick snack at home for
  on-the-go.
• How the USDAs My Pyramid can be a useful tool
  for me.
• How much physical activity I should get every
  day.
• A new form of physical activity that I enjoyed.
• The importance of physical activity and
  nutrition.
• 3. Would you tell a friend to come back to the
  Longest Day of Play with you next year? ___Yes
  No
• 4. What was your favorite part of the Longest
  Day of Play?
• 5. What was your least favorite part of the
  Longest Day of Play?

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Impact

• 26 youth and 3 teens participated
• 4 community partners
• 94 will increase time spend doing PA each week
• 82 indicated aerobic activity was favorite
  activity
• 100 indicated to return next year
• 100 indicated they learned how to prepare
  healthy snacks

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Marshall County

• Terrific Tuesday
• Bicycle Safety Program

Lena Mallory CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• The main program goal was emphasize different
  aspects of bicycle safety education, such as
• hand signals rules of the road
• Maintenance
• skills course
• importance of stretching
• healthy snacks
• pedestrian/cycling safety (UK College of
  Engineering Kentucky Department of
  Transportation initiative).

• Sponsored by the Marshall County Family Resource
  Centers and coordinated by the 4-H Youth
  Development program and County Health Department

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Curriculum

• Bicycle safety information came from various
  sources including
• a bike safety video borrowed from a local bike
  shop (owned by a former 4-H Agent)
• programs developed by 4-H Agents in neighboring
  counties
• Kentucky Crime Prevention Coalition
• McGruff website
• Nutrition and exercise information provided
  though the local Health Departments resources.
• The exercise station was lead by a local middle
  school PE teacher.

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Sample Activities

• Bicycle Signal Station
• Youth watched a 10 minutes of a video featuring
  a dad who is corrected by his kids on bike safety
  proper head gear, maintenance, signals, rules
  of the road, etc.
• Extension Staff then reviewed the hand signals
  with the participants plus went through common
  road signs.
• Obstacle Course
• Youth were taken through a simple course of
  turns and stops to practice signals and proper
  handling of their bikes. For the youth who did
  not bring their bikes, two bikes were provided by
  the Extension Service for the obstacle course.
• Helmets were also provided as needed. Local
  Health Department staff and 4-H teen volunteers
  manned the course.

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Impact
Over 80 youth, preschool to 7th grade,
participated in the half-day program

• It was observed the knowledge of basic bicycle
  safety appeared to increase among the youth based
  on answers provided to presenter questions.
• After the program concluded, several children
  remained at the park with parents and were
  observed properly wearing bike helmets and using
  hand signals.

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McCreary County

• Hike McCreary County

Greg Whitis CEA for Agriculture Natural
Resources (4-H Youth Development responsibilities)
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Why????

• Program geared towards Gifted Talented Science
  students in 7th grade. 
• Hikers are taken on monthly treks to various
  locations in McCreary County.
• Funds were provided by a Health Education through
  Extension Leadership (HEEL) grant. 

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Curriculum
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Impact

• 27 Youth 18 adults
• took 4 Hikes
• for a total of
• 15.5 miles

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Magoffin County

• Color Is KEY!

Ty Back CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• Collaborative effort has existed for the past 3
  years.
• Program allows kids to taste fruits and
  vegetables they may have never had the chance to
  taste before.
• Once they find out if they like new fruits
  vegetables, students take their tasting guides
  home to show their parents what they like. 
• We also have a 5 A Day contest and the winners
  receive a veggie pizza party with a fruit pizza
  as dessert. 

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Lesson Guide

• Approximate Time 1520 minutes
• Introduce Lesson
• Tell a few produce jokes
• Discussion
• Discuss the importance of eating fruits and
  vegetables.
• Emphasize eating a variety, choose 5 servings
  a day, importance to overall health
• Lesson Activities
• (K-3 grades) - Color is the Key (read book to
  class)
• (4-6 grades) - Skit on healthy eating
• Application Activities
• (K-3 grades) Complete the Vegetable Group the
  Fruit Group sheets
• (4-6 grades) Make Your Own Fruit Vegetable
  Logos Slogans
• The logo and slogan activity is a contest.
  Winners will have their logo and slogan enlarged
  to poster size and posted in their school and
  around the community. Winners also receive a
  5-A-Day fruit and vegetable gift certificate.
• Wrap Up

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Impact

• Presented to over 800 youth
• 3 Community Partners
• In 13 classrooms, over 3,000 servings of fruits
  and vegetables were consumed by students during
  one week.
• Follow up survey showed,
• 74 tried a fruit or vegetable they had never had
  before
• 56 reported parent/grandparent purchased fruit
  or vegetable they like from Color is the Key
  taste-testing
• 58 were eating more fruits vegetables
• 61 ate at least 5 servings of fruits
  vegetables each day since the class
• 71 were eating more fruits vegetables with a
  variety of color

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Franklin County

• Health for Better Living

Jennifer Hudnall CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• Today, we as a Nation are faced with a different
  and possibly more difficult and intractable
  crisis that of obesity at epidemic proportions.
  
• Of particular concern is the problem of childhood
  obesity. 1 in 5 children is overweight or obese.

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Pre Post Test

• Can You Name the 5 Food Groups?
• Name three Healthy Snacks and what food group
  they belong in?
• Snacks Food Group
• Why should we have a well balanced Diet?
• What do you not eat enough of?

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Curriculum

• Lessons allowed students to
• Explore the new food guide pyramid
• Identify healthy eating habits
• Learn the importance of physical activity
• Youth examined their own dietary habits in a
  quest to have a well balanced diet.

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Post Test Results
1. Name the 5 Food Groups 92 Success rate / 8
named food group the belong in? 83 Success 3. Why
should we have a well-balanced diet? 90
Success 4. What do you not eat enough of? 85
Success rate 10 did not answer 5 did not name
a food group but named a specific food
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Impact

• 125 youth participated
• 92 of all youth could identify 5 or more food
  groups
• 85 were able to identify healthy eating habits
• 85 were able to analyze their own diets

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Campbell County

• Health Rocks!

Emily Harmon CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• Concern most youth dont seem to give their
  health much thought.
• Solution raise awareness of and promote a
  healthy lifestyle at all ages.
• Vehicle a three-day camp hosted by the
  Extension office, volunteers and area health
  agencies.

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Curriculum

• Youth learned about
• Nutrition
• Physical Fitness
• Sun Protection
• Disease Prevention
• Stress Management
• Importance of Laughter

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Evaluation

• What was the most important thing you learned
  this week?
• What was your favorite part of Health Rocks?
• Did you . . .
• Learn to identify at least one new fruit or
  vegetable?
• Find at least one new fruit, vegetable, or
  juice you like?
• Learn something new about the sun and your
  skin?

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Impact

• 25 youth attended
• 95 learned to identify a new or fruit or
  vegetable
• 95 discovered a new fruit or vegetable they
  liked
• One youth stated, About the skin thing. I told
  my mom because she likes to go tanning and to lay
  out in the sun. I got to tell her what she was
  doing to her skin.

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Boone County

• Fit is IT!

Amanda Lauer CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• Concern 16 of all children and teens in the
  U.S. are overweight.
• Solution address the two major factors in the
  obesity epidemic diet and exercise.
• Vehicle 5 lesson program to teach youth about
  healthy options

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Curriculum

• Children learned about
• physical fitness
• heart rates
• nutrition
• Children had work out homework after each
  meeting.

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Evaluation

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• 1. Do you consider yourself more fit now than
  you were when class started?
• A. Yes, Im more fit
• B. Im about the same
• C. Im in worse shape now
• 2. How many days a week do you exercise?
• A. One time a week or less
• B. Two times a week
• C. Three to four times a week
• D. More than four times a week
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• 3. Is this more than you exercised before taking
  this class?
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• 4. How much exercise do you get in one day?
• A. Zero-thirty minutes
• B. Thirty-sixty minutes
• C. Sixty or more
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Impact

• 19 youth have completed the program
• Since completing the program
• 67 consider themselves more fit
• 50 changed their eating habits
• 100 believed they would continue to exercise on
  a regular basis
• 83 made wiser food choices and continued to
  exercise

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Fleming County
Youth Safety Program
Steve Kelly CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• The welfare and safety of youth is a concern of
  the Fleming County Extension Council and 4-H
  Council.
• This program was an effort to train young people
  about the dangers of handling firearms through
  skits that were written, produced and performed
  by a 4-H Leadership Corp.

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Curriculum

• 4HCCS Leadership Curriculum was used to teacher
  leadership to participants.
• FY2006 skit focus was Gun Safety
• FY 2007 skit focus was ATV Safety

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Evaluation

• Presentation of the skit to
• local daycares
• 4-H Camp
• Good Kids Conference in Louisville, KY
• gave participants to chance to put their newly
  found leadership skills to the test.

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Impact

• Over 2000 youth have been exposed to the safety
  message.
• Parents have indicated youth have retained the
  message and put the safety steps into practice.
• Teachers and school administrators praised the
  actions of the 4-H members and said the program
  as being one of the best messages presented in
  schools.

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Monroe County

• Making a Health Connection

Susan Turner CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School conducts a
  4-H after school program, targeting youth, grades
  3 5.
• Goal of program? Teach youth about the
  importance of nutrition, exercise, overall
  well-being and how these all work together to
  make us healthy.

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Curriculum

• Jump Into Foods Fitness and Six Easy Bites
  were used to present the 14 programs.
• Activities from the 4-H woodworking and
  horticulture project books were also done with
  students.

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Evaluation

• Students were evaluated on
• knowledge of the new food guide pyramid
• sharing new recipes with families
• exercise habits
• new skills developed

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Impact

• 47 youth
• Met 2 3 times for 7 months
• 100 could categorize foods in the food guide
  pyramid
• 100 knew how many servings of each food group
  they needed daily
• 52 had tried a new food
• 81 had shared a new recipe with family
• 58 had added exercise into their activity
  either through walking, riding a bicycle or
  playing more outdoor games.

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Shelby County

• Kids in the Kitchen

Sheila Fawbush CEA for Family Consumer Sciences
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Why????

• If good eating habits are established when a
  person is young, they are more likely to continue
  them into adulthood.

Partners included the Extension office, Shelby
County FRYSC and community volunteers.
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Curriculum

• Through 12 hands-on stations, youth learned
  about
• healthy eating
• making healthy snacks
• youth made 8 different snacks
• hand washing
• food safety
• safety in the kitchen

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Hands-On Stations

• Granola Cookies
• Pancakes
• Magic Nuudles
• Fruit Smoothies
• Muffin Pizza
• Veggie Stamping

• Fruit/Cheese Kabob
• Banana/Peanut Salad
• Calcium and Bones
• Milkshakes
• Handwashing/GloGerms
• Butter

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Evaluation

• Today I learned about
• 86 Hand Washing
• 82 Measuring
• 79 Healthy Snacks
• 57 Kitchen Safety (no burns, no cuts)
• 79 Calcium and My Bones
• 74 Nutrition
• 60 Food Safety (Chill, Cook,
• Cross-contamination,
• Separate)
• 76 Dairy Foods

I plan to make the following at home 60 Butter
61 Granola Cookies 67 Whole Wheat Pancakes
75 Fruit Smoothies 67 Muffin Pizzas 61
Fruit and Cheese Kabobs 63 Banana Peanut Salad
79 Milkshakes
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Impact

• 86 elementary youth participated
• 37 volunteers assisted
• 100 learned importance of hand washing
• 98 plan to make at least four of the new
  healthy recipes for their families

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Russell County

• Stretch It Out

Christy Martin CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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Why????

• Physical activity was identified as a priority by
  the County Extension Council and the KY
  Department of Education core curriculum.
• Having flexible muscles is important to prevent
  injury to the body during physical activity.

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Curriculum

• Get Moving KY program youth lessons
• http//www.ca.uky.edu/hes
• Click on
• Health Education through Extension Leadership
  (HEEL)
• Resources
• Get Moving KY!
• Youth Health Lesson Series

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Lesson Guide

• Objective
• To educate youth on the importance of including
  stretching and flexibility exercises into their
  physical activity routines.
• Audience 4th grade youth
• Items to cover
• Stretching can be incorporated into physical
  activities that you already do, or they can done
  in a separate class such as yoga or martial
  arts.
• Only stretch warm muscles hold the stretch
  for 20-30 seconds dont bounce.
• Stretching should never be painful. If it
  hurts, stop!
• Stretching can be helpful in relieving
  stress.
• Review handout from Get Moving Kentucky youth
  lessons.
• Warm up using Skill-As-Tics board game and
  practice 5 or 6 stretches.
• Evaluation Immediately after lesson.
• Materials Used Skill-As-Tics Game
• Get Moving Kentucky Youth Lesson

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Planned Activities

• Activities and Demonstrations included
• importance of flexibility in injury prevention
• stretching can aid in stress management
• stretching without bouncing
• stretches should be held for 20-30 seconds
• Participants did stretches for the shoulder,
  chest, back, waist, hips and legs.

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Evaluation

• Mark the following statements as True or False.
• ___ You should hold stretches, without bouncing,
  for 20 to 30 seconds.
• ___ Stretching is not important so it should
  only be done one time per
• week.
• ___ Yoga and martial arts classes are good
  examples of activities that
• involve stretching and
  flexibility.
• ___ Stretching improves the range of motion of
  your joints.
• ___ Stretching can help to relieve stress and
  relax you.

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Impact

• 350 5th 6th graders
• 1/3 of youth, ages 10-12, retained enough
  flexibility to touch their toes.
• 88 indicated they planned to start stretching
  their muscles more often.

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Fayette County
Jennifer Hubbard CEA for 4-H Youth Development
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About Health Rocks!

• Curriculum working with National 4-H Council to
  help young people make wise health decisions
• Targeting Youth ages 8-12
• Program built on foundation of life skill
  development
• Teen Taught

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Why????

• Reduce youth smoking tobacco use
• Help youth build life skills that lead to healthy
  lifestyle choices
• Engage youth adults in partnership to develop
  and implement community strategies
• Involving youth as full partners, build positive
  enduring relationships among diverse communities
  to address youth risk behaviors

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Promotion
Thats Me Ice Breaker

• I have never touched a cow
• I have milked a cow
• I am wearing socks with holes in them
• I have an unique talent (ask a few to share with
  the group)
• I play sports
• I have traveled outside the United States
• I love to dance
• I like to karaoke
• I am a pop a shot master

• I love DDR!! And I know what that means
• I consider myself a corn hole champion
• I love going bowling
• I know someone that uses drugs or alcohol
• I know someone who has died from drugs or alcohol
• I have been stressed
• I have said no to drugs and alcohol
• I have talked with my parents about drug and
  alcohol abuse
• I would like to know how to help people quit
  using drugs and alcohol

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Agenda/Timeline
November 2, 2007 400 pm 900 pm

• 400 p.m. Registration-two lines, both doors,
  get group name tag and t-shirt
• 415 p.m. team building/ snack
• 430 p.m. Class 1
• 500 p.m. Class 2
• 530 p.m. Class 3
• 600 p.m. Class 4
• 630 p.m. dinner-pizza
• 700 p.m. Class 5
• 730 p.m. Evaluation Time!!

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Planned Activities

• Health Rocks Activities
• Keeping Kids Healthy-Race for your life-learning
  to learn
• Keeping Kids Healthy-Pin the disease-disease
  prevention
• You Choose- Fact or Fable-learning to learn
• You Choose- Words to live by-decision making,
  self responsibility
• Stress STRESS Strategies to Reduce Every
  Single Struggle-Stress management

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Evaluation

• http//msucares.com/4h_Youth/health_rocks/forms/pa
  per_version_survey.pdf

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Impact

• 42 youth, ages 8-13
• Research shows that each day 3,000 kids younger
  than 18 begin smoking tobacco.
• Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service
  planned, facilitated and evaluated a three day
  camp with six hours of Health Rocks curriculum
  lessons.
• An end of program evaluation revealed
• 94 of the participants learned planned
  objectives
• 100 pledged to be drug and alcohol free
• We have recently received a 2000 grant to
  implement in
• other 4-H events in the future.

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Lights, Camera, Action
4-H Health Rocks Spring Break Day
Camp Audience 42, 8 12 year
olds Youth learn how to counteract harmful
media messages about tobacco alcohol.
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Thank You!

• Deana K. Reed
• Extension Specialist for 4-H Youth Development
• deana.k.reed_at_uky.edu

• Jennifer Hubbard
• Fayette County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth
  Development
• jennifer.hubbard_at_uky.edu