Cooper Clayton Method to Stop Smoking

Cooper Clayton Method to Stop Smoking

Body Recall

Body Recall is physical fitness program of gentle exercise and movement developed for everyone. The class will meet three days a week (Monday, Wednesday & Friday) for 10 weeks from 9:00 - 10:00 am beginning Monday, August 20.  This program challenges people at all levels of physical ability through a structured program of slow, natural movement that is safe and pain free. Please call the Woodford County Health Department at 873-4541 to register or for more information.

  Flick and Splash Movie Night

Float on out to the 3rd Annual Woodford Co.’s Promise Flick and Splash Movie Night.  The free family movie will be held on Saturday, August 18 at Falling Springs Splash Pool. The gate will open at 7:30 pm with the movie beginning at dusk.  Free hotdogs, chips & drinks while they last!  Event hosted rain or shine. To find out what movie is showing or for more info, please call 873-5948.

This event is sponsored by Woodford County Health Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Kentucky United Methodist Home for Children and Youth, and the County Judge Executive and Gainsborough Farm.

Woodford County’s Promise is the local arm of America’s Promise, a national program that exists to, “mobilize people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of our nation’s youth by fulfilling Five Promises: ongoing relationships with caring adults, safe places with structured activities, a healthy start, marketable skills, and opportunities to give back.” To find out more about America’s Promise, please visit www.americaspromise.org.

10,000 Step Challenge

The Woodford County Health Department is challenging you to take 10,000 steps a day.  The goal of the twelve-week program is to increase walking among participants to meet and exceed the recommended health goal of taking 10,000 steps per day.  A person who walks 10,000 steps a day will burn between 2,000 and 3,500 extra calories per week, which will result in achieving a better health profile and longer lifespan.  Even at the slowest pace, taking 10,000 steps can help prevent osteoporosis, reduce your chances of heart disease, lower blood pressure and strengthen your muscles. This program offers a comfortable, gradual approach for increasing walking endurance.  The cost of the program is $10 and includes a pedometer and a body fat analysis. For more information or to register please call 873-4541.

School Wellness Program

The school wellness program addresses physical activity, nutrition and tobacco use and its relationship to cardiovascular health to 5^th grade elementary students in the county. The program contains rich, engaging activities that encourage students to use higher-order thinking skills and demonstrate their learning in unique ways.  All the units promote the development of a broad understanding of cardiovascular health.

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Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI)

The educational series, Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI), is an effective program to reduce teen pregnancy.  PSI promotes abstinence only.  It is taught by trained role model teen leaders who are supervised and assisted by a health educator. 

The first session encourages students to talk to parents and teachers to get facts.  They are taught that sexual messages on TV, advertisements, songs, and videos usually glamorize sex to sell a product and rarely show any consequences such as pregnancy or disease.  The next four sessions deal with peer pressure and how to say no without hurting feelings.  This program is designed for preteens and young teens and the material is age appropriate.

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Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU)

The T.A.T.U. Program employs a peer-teaching model as the delivery mechanism to teach young people about tobacco use and become advocates for tobacco-free communities. Peer involvement and communication are based on face-to-face interactions and planned activities. Planned activities stimulate active participation, learning and role-playing, which provide real world, age-appropriate experiences.  Currently, Woodford County High School collaborates with Woodford County Health Department to train students in the medical science program to present the program to 5th grade classrooms.

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 Cooper Clayton Method to Stop Smoking

Sessions are to begin again in mid-summer.  Contact us for dates.  The only cost is each participant’s expenditure for nicotine patches or nicotine gum.

The Cooper Clayton Method to Stop Smoking can help you win the battle with nicotine addiction.  The program is an effective smoking cessation method, addresses all aspects of smoking, utilizes nicotine gum or nicotine patches and provides 12 weekly group sessions.  This method is successful for many smokers because it includes the use of nicotine replacement, long term support and training to achieve and maintain abstinence

For more information on this program or to register please call at 873-4541.

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Sexually Transmitted Disease/ HIV-AIDS Program

STD/HIV education program  in high school health class.

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Weekly Newspaper Articles

The health department submits weekly articles to the Woodford Sun.  These article provide information to the public on prevention and also provides information on upcoming programs/events.   Watch the Woodford Sun for these informative articles.