4. Today We Welcome
Date Topic Presenters
October 15 Welcome to FCS Connect! Dr. Sneed/Washburn
November 19 Don’t Stress About Parenting Stress Dr.
December 17 Energizing FCS Programs through Evaluation Dr. Franck
January 21 Latest Trends in Consumer Economics Dr. Berry/Sneed
February 18 Connecting Community and Health Dr.
March 18 The Dietary Guidelines: Understanding the How
Behind the Why
Drs. Burney and
Johnson
April 15 Bridging Digital and Physical Experiences FCS Creative Content
Team
May 20 Recapping FCS Connect Dr. Sneed/Washburn
6. “The Extension model arose at a time when American
agriculture was largely inefficient and only marginally
productive. … A century later, American agriculture is
without equal in its contributing food to a growing
world population. ….This same system of Extension
can do for the nation’s health what it did for
American agriculture.”
Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health andWellness, March 2014, p. 2.
16. Environmental Changes
■ Education alone is not enough
■ Environmental change may not be
enough
■ Education + Environmental change is
good
■ Education + Supportive Environment +
Policy change is better
22. Questions
1. Which of the following is part of the built
environment? (choose all that apply)
a. Neighborhoods
b. Parks/recreation areas
c. Transportation
d. Highways
24. Built Environment
“the human-made space in which people live, work, and
recreate on a day-to-day basis”
Roof K,Oleru N. Public health: Seattle and King County’s push for the built environment. Journal of Environmental Health. 2008;71(1):24–27.
Buildings
Parks
Food access
Bikability
Community garden
Transportation
Walkability
25.
26.
27. STEP IT UP!
The Surgeon
General’s Call to
Action to Promote
Walking and
Walkable
Communities
36. Looking Forward
Date Topic Presenters
October 15 Welcome to FCS Connect! Dr. Sneed/Washburn
November 19 Don’t Stress About Parenting Stress Dr.
December 17 Energizing FCS Programs through Evaluation Dr. Franck
January 21 Latest Trends in Consumer Economics Dr. Berry/Sneed
February 18 Connecting Community and Health Dr.
March 18 The Dietary Guidelines: Understanding the How
Behind the Why
Drs. Burney and
Johnson
April 15 Bridging Digital and Physical Experiences FCS Creative Content
Team
May 20 Recapping FCS Connect Dr. Sneed/Washburn
Community may be defined in many different ways…by geography, by demographics, or by other groups (like a church or school community), your community of [X hobby].
And now, we even refer to some virtual groups as “online communities.”
PSE work is one way to support change beyond the individual level.
How to do PSE at the county-level is sometimes hard to grasp. We may think of our work in terms of packaged programs for delivery to specific audiences. Thinking about PSE as separate from our programs makes it hard to envision the work. So let’s quit thinking of it that way. The most effective PSE changes sometimes have an educational component. Or start from an educational program in a specific setting…community.
Bridging the gap between “program” and PSE takes a team. The work does not belong to “Extension” or another agency or organization. It belongs to the community, and we are part of that.
The change we are generating moves beyond the individual/family level to the community level and beyond.
Let’s look at an example.
Sugar sweetened beverage consumption has been linked to obesity in hundreds of studies. It’s something we can all agree on. Collectively, we can agree that the risks associated with sugary beverage consumption far outweigh any benefits (if there are any). Likewise, we know that a lot of folks do not drink enough water.
Promoting water consumption should not be controversial. Barriers to drinking water should be few, especially in our schools. But barriers do exist, and part of our work in Extension is helping folks – schools, churches, worksites and others – see these barriers and address them.
Education is not sufficient to change behavior
Individual level (education), interpersonal (what peer group prefers)
Organizational level – environmental, policy barriers
School water fountains are often gross. This does not help us persuade teenage girls to drink water instead of sugary beverages.
Another gross example
Physical position to drink from a fountain isn’t conducive to consuming more than a few sips.
Policy change doesn’t have to occur on a grand scale to make a difference. Change can occur at the school building level. It can also occur in other settings – churches (water pitcher policy)
This picture was taken at a 4-H Day Camp – focused on healthy living – in one of our counties. What stands out here?
There was water at this event. But it was in the refrigerator. The adults in charge did not put it out with lunch, so every single youth participant has a full-size sugar-sweetened beverage. But hey, they had Subway.
Snack table at a large agriculture-focused event.
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