Health Promotion

Child Care Health Consultant provides Technical assistance and trainings for an Early Childhood Program. We do lots of consultations and assistance on health, safety and nutrition for children. We are located at your local health dept. to collaborate with resources and referral agencies and quality enhancement staff in the areas to ensure partnership and coordination on issues impacting the quality of the Early Child Care Program.

As a CCHC we communicate with Early Child Care Centers through telephone, email, text and onsite to promote healthy, safe and nurturing environments for optimal development. We assist in the development and review of best practice health and safety care policies, assist for preparation for STARS and licensing visits and plans of action, technical assistance with hand washing and diapering procedures and playground assessments.

As a Child Care Health Consultant we are working together with the community agencies to educate and prepare our children for School Readiness. We want all children to succeed.

The Smart Mouth Tobacco Curriculum is for 5th graders and teaches them the dangers of tobacco. In this class they will learn what poisons are included in the tobacco, different forms of tobacco and how the tobacco companies try to trick them, what tobacco does to the body, the costs,  and ways to say “No”.

The Donnie Dinosaur Tobacco Trouble Curriculum is for K-1 grade and teaches them the dangers of tobacco. In this video, Donnie Dinosaur explains to kids what tobacco can do to their bodies and how to say no and not give in to peer pressure.

N-O-T (Not-On-Tobacco)

The N-O-T program is a 10 week support course to help teenagers overcome their addiction to nicotine. Not On Tobacco is designed to provide a total-health approach to helping adolescents quit smoking, reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day by those who are unable to quit, increase healthy lifestyle behaviors, enhance their self-control, and improve life skills such as stress management, decision making, and coping skills.

Smoking Ordinances

The following locations have enacted No Smoking Ordinances:

• Beattyville
• Hazard
• Knott
• Owsley
• Perry

Take a look at the videos that have been completed in Lee County around having a Comprehensive Smoke Free Policy.

15 second video

1 minute video

3.5 minute video

Bullying and Suicide Prevention

Too Good for Violence 3^rd Grade – Too Good for Violence curriculum to 3^rd graders in schools. Too Good for Violence is 10 lessons which are 30 minutes each. Too Good will provide social skill development lessons and activities that align with the framework for Positive Behavioral Intervention & Support (PBIS). Too Good for Violence is a SEL program that promotes 8 character traits including: caring, courage, honesty, responsibility, cooperation, fairness, respect, and self-discipline. The social perspectives of the Too Good program encourage students to apply their social-emotional skills to identify and respond to bullying situations. Too Good will assist students in determining the difference between everyday conflict and bullying situations. Otto Matic the Robot will be visiting with the students during each lesson as well. Otto the Remote-Controlled Robot highlights our unique human capacity for decision making, emotions, and understanding as he takes us through Too Good for Violence in Grade 3.

Suicide Prevention – Students are offered educational lessons regarding preventing suicide among the youth population. Students are educated on the warning signs and how to assist if a friend or family member is suicidal. Students are provided the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline contact number.

In collaboration with local regional prevention center and school districts on implementation of Sources of Strength in middle and high schools.

Bullying Prevention – Lessons are offered to students that discuss the different types of bullying even including cyberbullying and the harmful effects of bullying. Students are educated on the difference in everyday conflict and bullying in different situations. Students are educated on how to manage bullying issues within the school/community setting.

Coordinated School Health

Currently collaborating with local school districts/schools to enhance policies addressing the health of students and staff resulting in overall improvement of learning and health. Currently involved with existing school districts/school councils and/or committees to improve both district/school wellness policies to better support opportunities for physical activity and increase the intake of healthy foods.

Healthy People Active Communities

Educational programs regarding increasing healthy food and drink choices to decrease obesity rates in our district. Participating in local health and wellness councils to discuss concerns regarding our communities overall health issues. Participating in local health fairs and events providing information regarding more healthy lifestyles.

My Plate – My Plate lessons are offered to all grade levels K-12. Each lesson includes a discussion regarding the five food groups and which foods belong to each group. Students discuss why we need to make healthy eating choices during My Plate lessons. 

Rethink Your Drink – Students are educated on the importance in drinking water & milk throughout the day. Students are engaged in hands on activities during lesson to see how much sugar are in our drinks & foods we eat on an everyday basis.

Safe Sleep in Child Care Centers

To reduce infant mortality due to unsafe/dangerous sleep practices by Child Care Providers.  CCHC is to work with Child Care Providers through education and demonstration to assure that the most current, evidence-based safe sleep policies and practice are implemented in the child care facility.  Provide safe sleep educational information for the families of infants receiving care in the facility.  This would be teachers, directors, assistances, volunteers, parents, guardians, Board Members, education coordinators or anyone associated with the child care facility, educational material and Best Practice for Safe Sleep for Infants under their care.  Provide educational material, resources, trainings and practices for Safe Sleep and to develop a Safe Sleep Policy for the child care center.

Pre-Natal Referral Program

• Refer and verify that the 1^st prenatal visit is made and kept
• Give referrals for HANDS, WIC, Smoking Cessation and any other needed community resources
• Assist with obtaining Medical Insurance for Pregnancy and Infant
• Support moms in keeping all recommended appointments during pregnancy.

Reducing the Risk – 9th grade

Through the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Competitive Grants, Family Youth Service Bureau awards grants to local organizations and entities to educate young people on both abstinence and contraception. With efforts toward preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, Competitive PREP targets young people who are living in Rural Areas and/or areas with high teen birth rates.  The KRDHD has chosen the RTR (Reducing the Risk) curriculum and presents to the 9^th graders in all 7 Counties.  RTR is a 16-session curriculum designed to help high school students delay the initiation of sex or increase the use of protection against pregnancy and STD/HIV if they choose to have sex. This research-proven approach addresses skills such as risk assessment, communication, decision making, planning, refusal strategies and delay tactics.

Positive Potential – 7th grade

The purpose of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is to fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. SRAE Programs also teach the benefits associated with: healthy relationships, goal setting, resisting youth risk behaviors, etc. Grantees use an evidenced based approach and/or effective strategies to educate youth on how to avoid risks that could lead to non-marital sexual activity. SRAE projects are implemented using a Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework as part of risk avoidance strategies, to help participants build healthy life skills, develop individual protective factors that reduce risks, empower youth to make healthy decisions, and provide tools and resources to prevent, pregnancy and STI.  The KRDHD has chosen the Positive Potential Curriculum and presents to the 7^th graders in all 7 counties.  Push The Limits, Positive Potential curriculum, is specifically tailored for 7th grade students and encompasses a wide variety of age appropriate subjects that are pertinent to their needs as the students grow and mature.

• Provide classes to community, schools, jails, mental health facilities, after school programs, nursing homes, senior citizens, early childhood centers, daycares, etc.
• Provide classes on gentle yoga, diabetes, nutrition, bullying and suicide prevention, tobacco, safety, handwashing, physical activity, puberty, STD’s, Birth Control, Radon, Social and Emotional Skills, abuse, fatal vision, walk with ease.
• CPR, Basic Life Support and First Aid Training
• Sit on Multiple Coalitions, Boards and Councils-KPHLI-Ky Population Health Leadership Institute
• CLIK-Community Leadership Institute of Ky grantee
• KPHLI-Ky Population Health Leadership Institute scholar
• Walk with Ease Certified
• Gentle Yoga Certified
• Participate in Health Fairs, Exhibits, Festival Vendor, Mental Health Fairs.
• Provide community baby showers and parent nights.
• Participate in school readiness, Career days, reality store, safety days, truth and consequences in schools.
• Responsible for Social Media, Staff Newsletter and Website.