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Kentucky
Contact Name: Fran Hawkins
Phone:
502-564-3827 Ext 3831
E-mail: fran.hawkins@ky.gov
Goal:
Promote
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Promote consumption of fruits and vegetables through partnerships and
collaborative interventions between the nutrition assistance programs and
other related groups.
Objective 1:
Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Kentucky from 3.5 servings
to 5 servings by 2006.
Tactics:
Lead Program
and Staff: Food Stamp Program Staff and Nutrition
Services Branch Staff (WIC and
Nutrition)
Completion
Date: December 2004
Tactics:
-
Distribute to over
500 sites - all local health
departments and sites, all Food
Stamp Offices, Cooperative Extension
Offices, Food Banks, Bluegrass
Regional Child and Adult Care
Program and Commodity Supplemental
Food Program sites - 5 A day
posters.
Lead Program
and Staff:
-
Food Stamp Program
Staff
-
Nutrition Services
Branch Staff (WIC and Nutrition)
-
Department of
Agriculture Staff
-
Cooperative
Extension Staff
Completion
Date:
December 2004
Tactics:
Lead Program
and Staff:
-
Food Stamp Program
Staff
-
Nutrition Services
Branch Staff (WIC and Nutrition)
-
Cooperative
Extension Staff
-
Department of
Education Staff
-
Department of
Corrections Staff
Completion
Date:
July 2005
Tactics:
Lead Program
and Staff: Nutrition Services Branch Staff (WIC and
Nutrition)
Completion
Date:
September 2005
Tactics:
Lead Program
and Staff:
-
Food Stamp Program
Staff
-
Nutrition Services
Branch Staff (WIC and Nutrition)
-
Department of
Agriculture Staff
-
Cooperative
Extension Staff
Completion
Date:
September 2005
Tactics:
-
Provided education
to 43 after school or summer feeding
programs on increasing fruits and
vegetables by one serving, selecting
water as a drink and increasing
physical activity.
-
Provide Literacy,
Eating and Activity for Preschool
(LEAP) training to the homemakers,
program assistants and county
extension agents. LEAP will be used
with preschoolers throughout the
state.
Lead Program
and Staff: Cooperative Extension Staff
Tactics:
- Local Health Departments developed
community program plans to include 5
A Day.
Lead Program
and Staff: Nutrition Services Branch Staff, Local
Health Departments
Completion
Date: June 2005
Tactics:
- Trained 45 local health
departments on the 5 A Day
challenge.
Lead Program
and Staff: Nutrition Services Branch Staff and staff
of 3 Local Health Departments
Completion
Date: June 2004
Tactics:
- Developed 5 Displays with the
Kentucky Cancer Association to be
used at various activities such as
Health Fairs, school programs, etc.
Lead Program
and Staff: Cooperative Extension Staff
Completion
Date: June 2005
Tactics:
- Provide displays, TV videos and
20,000 nutrition cards for the
Farmers' Markets in 43
counties.
Lead Program
and Staff: Cooperative Extension Staff
Completion
Date: June 2004
Tactics:
-
Spanish
speaking program assistants do
quarterly radio interviews
concerning nutrition education in
Central Kentucky.
-
Cooking
demonstrations on vegetables are
available for Farmers' Markets and
Commodity Supplemental Feeding
Program.
-
Training
county extension agents and program
assistants on "Grow Your Own
Groceries".
Lead Program
and Staff: Cooperative Extension Staff
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Last Updated: 12/04/2008
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