Issued Quarterly

March 2003

Resource Update Articles

Family Economic Well-Being

Abstracts

• Creating Vibrant Communities

• The Prevalence of Family Businesses in Our Economy

• The Role of Social Competence in Business Success

Family Resiliency

Abstracts

• Preventing Falls Among Elders: A $20 Billion A Year Challenge

• Building Character, Building Respect

• A Classic Text for Character Education

• Practical Character Lessons

• The Living Arrangements of New Unmarried Mothers

Resources

• Family

• Child Abuse

• Gerontology

Food, Nutrition, & Wellness

Abstracts

• Women to be Active Part of Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment

• Obesity and Overweight

• Are Portion Sizes Changing?

• Understanding Weight Stigmatization: A Focus Group Study

News Stories

News Releases(6)

• Eating and Stress

• Food Pyramid

• Media Violence

• Obesity

• Parents Lose Control

• Tragedy to Children

Upcoming State Events

The current state budget situation and its impact on the Cooperative Extension budget, has impacted our ability to move ahead in planning for our next long range programming cycle. Specialists have spent significant time reviewing issues that arose in the listening sessions across the state and have been reviewing PAC needs from the past few years. A number of issues that have statewide implications have been identified by them. These will be shared back with you as we are able to move the planning process forward.

The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative contract is also under review. Forty-one of you have or will have received the PREP training by the end of this fiscal year. Extension Educators are doing an excellent job of providing PREP workshops. As we look toward the next year, we need to consider the commitment we want to make t a new contract. Rachel Neal will be attending all four District HCE conferences to meet with you and discuss issues around this contract and our commitment to teaching PREP. Some of you may not have had the opportunity to receive the training and would like to do so in the next year. Others may have fulfilled your commitment, and need to move in another direction. Please come prepared to discuss with Rachel you point of view and interest in PREP.

Sincerely,

Lynda Harriman, Assistant Director

Resource Update Objectives

To strengthen the professional and personal competence of Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educators by providing information on:

• research and its implications for Extension clientele
• regulatory information, legislative and consumer update
• videos, teaching materials, lesson descriptions, books and computer software
• upcoming conferences and professional events
• grant/contract opportunities