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Reaching Native Americans, Joyce L. Alves Apr 1993

Reaching Native Americans, Joyce L. Alves

Journal of Extension

Working with Native American audiences or any culturally diverse group means Extension educators must adapt their traditional methods for reaching traditional audiences. While the strategies for taking a different approach may not be difficult, implementing them is a challenge requiring a high degree of commitment to cultural understanding.

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Pesticide Facts And Perceptions, Fred Whitford Apr 1993

Pesticide Facts And Perceptions, Fred Whitford

Journal of Extension

No longer passive, members of the nonagricultural public are demanding the farming community, as well as state and federal regulatory agencies, provide greater accountability in identifying and preventing risks associated with pesticide use. Thus, the dilemma for Extension policymakers, faculty, and staff is how to communicate effectively both benefit and risk information to agricultural and nonagricultural audiences.

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Extension In Religious Communities, Barbara H. Drake, Randall E. James Apr 1993

Extension In Religious Communities, Barbara H. Drake, Randall E. James

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In working with any religious community, Extension educators can be more successful if they understand the doctrines of those they wish to teach. The more we know about the doctrine and its effects on lifestyle, the more effectively we can interact with clientele. In an effort to provide access to education to all citizens, Extension educators must be able to adapt to diverse audiences, including those from religious communities.

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Leadership Development In Extension, M Chris Paxson, Robert E. Howell, John A. Michael, Siu Kwong Wong Apr 1993

Leadership Development In Extension, M Chris Paxson, Robert E. Howell, John A. Michael, Siu Kwong Wong

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...vague and competing definitions of leadership development coupled with lack of clear policy has fostered miscommunication about the nature of leadership development work in Extension. Extension needs to decide which skills should be taught as a part of its leadership development effort.

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Worksite Programming, Sharon P. Blase Dec 1992

Worksite Programming, Sharon P. Blase

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Meeting challenges by creating new program methods can be risky...Worksite outreach will be among the new methods used by Extension to attract new audiences, discuss new issues, and strengthen accountability.

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Strategic Planning In Extension, Ellen L. Fitzsimmons, Gerald R. Campbell Dec 1992

Strategic Planning In Extension, Ellen L. Fitzsimmons, Gerald R. Campbell

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The key lesson to be learned from strategic planning is the importance of looking outward as we define our future. That idea is under continual threat in an academic world characterized by increasing specialization and the compartmentalization of knowledge.

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Day Care Training Reaches Underserved Clientele, Stephen F. Duncan Dec 1992

Day Care Training Reaches Underserved Clientele, Stephen F. Duncan

Journal of Extension

...day care business programs can provide useful education for audiences often underserved by Extension.

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Nutrition Education For Homebound Elderly, Carol L. Hans Oct 1992

Nutrition Education For Homebound Elderly, Carol L. Hans

Journal of Extension

The rural elderly are at great nutritional risk because of poor economic and social conditions, inadequate services, and the presence of at-risk subgroups, such as widows and people in poor health. Peer NETWORK, an acronym for Peer Nutrition Education Training with Older Resource Knowhow, was developed by Iowa Extension to address the needs of homebound elderly.

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Reducing Dietary Fat-With Humor, Karen Ensle-Mondrone Oct 1992

Reducing Dietary Fat-With Humor, Karen Ensle-Mondrone

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"Lower Your Cholesterol" helps the consumer understand the nature and digestion of fats/cholesterol in the diet. The Mr. Oilbee character emphasizes an increase in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables accompanied by a decrease in total dietary fat. Examples of teaspoons of fat in foods helped participants visualize adding fat in the daily diet. The program makes learning fun by adding some humor to a serious subject. Humor revitalizes the attention span, increases subject-matter retention, promotes comprehension, reduces anxiety, and enhances the effectiveness of Extension teaching.

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Helping Deprived Youth, Sidney L. Brown Jun 1992

Helping Deprived Youth, Sidney L. Brown

Journal of Extension

Can Extension play a significant role in helping socioeconomically deprived youth? These youth will have to survive in a society that's becoming more technical and information-based. The expected answer might be that Extension's not prepared for that role. However, my personal and professional experience suggests otherwise. If Extension applies the educational model of Booker T. Washington, founder and first president of Tuskegee Institute, it can be a significant force for change in young lives.

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Training Impacts On Programming, Connie Crawley, Ann Peisher, Max Stachura Jun 1992

Training Impacts On Programming, Connie Crawley, Ann Peisher, Max Stachura

Journal of Extension

A training program directed at empowering Extension home economists to provide diabetes education does increase their involvement in diabetes educational activities. More Georgia Extension agents were willing to do or increase their diabetes programming after being trained and provided with appropriate material to educate consumers about diabetes self-management.

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Using The Rural Information Center, Jeff Goodwin Apr 1992

Using The Rural Information Center, Jeff Goodwin

Journal of Extension

An extensive source of information available to Extension workers and clientele is only a phone call away. The Rural Information Center (RIC) is a joint project of the Extension Service and the National Agricultural Library. It's designed to provide information and referral services to local government officials, businesses, community organizations, Extension faculty, and citizens working to maintain the viability of America's rural areas.

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Is Extension Ready For Food Safety Education In The '90s?, Jo Anne Barton, William E. Barbeau Apr 1992

Is Extension Ready For Food Safety Education In The '90s?, Jo Anne Barton, William E. Barbeau

Journal of Extension

Food safety will likely continue to be a major concern during the 1990s. It's important Extension has some overall plan of action to deal with this issue. Effective food safety programming at all levels requires input from a number of disciplines, some of which may not be represented on every Extension faculty. Thus, individual states need to work closely and coordinate with one another and their federal counterparts on food safety issues. Only by such concerted action will Extension be adequately prepared to confront this scientifically complex issue.

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Nutrition Information Needs And Sources, Ann V. Peisher, Judy A. Harrison Apr 1992

Nutrition Information Needs And Sources, Ann V. Peisher, Judy A. Harrison

Journal of Extension

To provide successful programming, Extension educators must develop useful messages and choose the appropriate channels for reaching a target audience. Georgia Extension nutrition and health specialists surveyed adults to determine the types of nutrition information they're interested in and identify the sources used to obtain this information.

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Community-Based, Food Safety Survey, Gary D. Gilmore, Mary Meehan-Strub, Douglas Mormannn Apr 1992

Community-Based, Food Safety Survey, Gary D. Gilmore, Mary Meehan-Strub, Douglas Mormannn

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The survey yielded valuable insights about people's food safety concerns, along with insights into their preferences for education and information. As a result of these findings, the committee chose to conduct programming through regional media sources to address major consumer concerns and to produce a series of radio public service announcements widely aired throughout the county. Other committee food safety projects included providing a resource directory and training for food service workers. Extension's role in food safety education can be enhanced by collaborating with community-based agencies and organizations to survey and respond to consumers' concerns.

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Ten-Year Comparison Of Extension Use, Steven G. Jacob, Fern K. Willits, Donald M. Crider Apr 1992

Ten-Year Comparison Of Extension Use, Steven G. Jacob, Fern K. Willits, Donald M. Crider

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The availability of data from two statewide Pennsylvania surveys, conducted a decade apart, provided a recent assessment of changes in the number and characteristics of households using Pennsylvania Extension. Respondents were asked whether, during the preceeding two years, any member of the household had participated in or received information from Cooperative Extension in each of four programming areas.

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Database Information For Small Organizations, Peter J. Depaulo Apr 1992

Database Information For Small Organizations, Peter J. Depaulo

Journal of Extension

Where are our best customers located? How has our town's population been changing? What new businesses can we attract to our downtown? How have some rural communities managed to revitalize their economies? What segments of our state's farm economy have been relatively strong? Does our region need more services for pregnant teenagers, homeless families, the impoverished elderly, or other at-risk groups? This article describes a demonstration program in which information to help answer such questions is provided through Extension. The information is based on secondary data-records and statistics already gathered into databases by organizations such as the Census Bureau and …

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Targeting Audiences For The 21st Century, Soneeta Grogan Dec 1991

Targeting Audiences For The 21st Century, Soneeta Grogan

Journal of Extension

Many Extension staff have the ability to develop skills and sensitivities needed to educate low-income and minority audiences. What's needed now is an active commitment to this objective by more Extension staff-not just those who have always educated these audiences. The future success of Extension will be determined not only by the relevance of its educational programs, but by the extent to which low-income and minority group citizens participate in and consider them valuable.

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Satellite Videoconferences For Training, Janice R. Hermann Dec 1991

Satellite Videoconferences For Training, Janice R. Hermann

Journal of Extension

The advantage of using satellite for this type of training was the ability of county home economists to receive the training within their county. In addition, if work conflicted with class time, the sessions could be taped and viewed later.

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Beyond Livestock Contests, Jerry C. Shurson, Cindy L. Lattner Dec 1991

Beyond Livestock Contests, Jerry C. Shurson, Cindy L. Lattner

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Youth must be provided opportunities to explore career options, be introduced to science and technology related to these career choices, and develop fundamental life skills to become productive members of society. Do traditional 4-H project activities provide these opportunities? To answer this question, a survey was conducted to determine the impact of the 4-H swine project on youth development.

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Gardening's Socioeconomic Impacts, Ishwarbhai C. Patel Dec 1991

Gardening's Socioeconomic Impacts, Ishwarbhai C. Patel

Journal of Extension

Extension has led the way to help the farming community produce food for the nation. The same sort of leadership could make city vacant lots produce fresh nutritious food for low-income families and individuals close to home. The future holds a tremendous potential for community gardening and Extension's involvement.

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Bridging The Hunger Gap, Karen E. Mondrone Dec 1991

Bridging The Hunger Gap, Karen E. Mondrone

Journal of Extension

Low-income families that rely on food and meat programs have intakes of several nutrients below the recommended dietary allowances and, therefore, may be at health risk. Nutrition education can help increase this risk by ensuring people eat a variety of foods that are safely stored and prepared.

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Change Is Real, Ann Thompson Oct 1991

Change Is Real, Ann Thompson

Journal of Extension

The value of having statewide themes-and national priorities, for that matter-is that previously overlooked needs can be identified, resources can be marshaled, and programs that have run their course can be dropped.

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Nibbling Away At Nutrition Nonsense, Beth D. Gaydos, Kathryn K. Chenoweth Oct 1991

Nibbling Away At Nutrition Nonsense, Beth D. Gaydos, Kathryn K. Chenoweth

Journal of Extension

As a result of "Nibbling Away at Nutrition Nonsense," participants changed their ideas about what they previously believed, improved their ability to evaluate nutrition information in popular publications, and increased their awareness of the facts about current nutrition claims. Educators reported that the program was easy to use, thorough, and professionally prepared.

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Sea Grant's Talking Gull Educates Young And Old, Kimberly Meenen Oct 1991

Sea Grant's Talking Gull Educates Young And Old, Kimberly Meenen

Journal of Extension

What's three feet tall, has wings and webbed feet, and teaches children ad adults about the Great Lakes and related environmental issues? It's Sea Grant's interactive educational exhibit, Gulliver the Talking Gull! Talking animals are very effective educators.

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Reaching Isolated Rural Elderly, Billie H. Frazier, Bettie W. Collins, June W. Rhodes Oct 1991

Reaching Isolated Rural Elderly, Billie H. Frazier, Bettie W. Collins, June W. Rhodes

Journal of Extension

We found that when seniors were involved in the planning, developing, and dissemination process, the program became theirs and they became the goodwill ambassadors for Extension. They had the compassion, energy, and spirit to locate the lonely and difficult-to-reach seniors in isolated parts of the community

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Nutrition Knowledge Of Efnep Paraprofessionals, Miriam Chiza-Muyengwa, Gladys M. Ebert Oct 1991

Nutrition Knowledge Of Efnep Paraprofessionals, Miriam Chiza-Muyengwa, Gladys M. Ebert

Journal of Extension

This study identified areas in which EFNEP paraprofessionals had less knowledge, providing guidance for future inservice training.

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Cooperative Extension And The Land-Grant University: A Futures History, Maria Maiorana Russell Jun 1991

Cooperative Extension And The Land-Grant University: A Futures History, Maria Maiorana Russell

Journal of Extension

If we in Extension expect to transform vision into reality for a Cooperative Extension System in transition, we must more forcefully address the issue of Extension's relationship to the land-grant university.

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Extension-Industry-Consumer Interaction, John C. Voris Jun 1991

Extension-Industry-Consumer Interaction, John C. Voris

Journal of Extension

Extension agricultural programs face new challenges in building and sustaining relationships with agricultural industry groups. Industry groups now have access to better research facilities and programs than many universities offer. Many traditional Extension roles are no longer viable. The challenge is to find ways of assuring that university research and education programs meet current needs of our clientele.

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Home Economists Identify Research Needs, Susan Branan, F Richard Rohs Jun 1991

Home Economists Identify Research Needs, Susan Branan, F Richard Rohs

Journal of Extension

Extension home economists will continue to identify emerging issues of national concerns. Issues relevant to Extension's mission will be targeted for action. In the decade ahead, Extension agents need to keep up with current research and researchers should be given information from Extension agents and specialists on problems and emerging issues needing additional research.

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