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Kentucky Homeplace Featured by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kentucky Homeplace Featured by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Helping Clients with Arthritis in Rural AreasIn observance of World Arthritis Day on October 12, The National Centers...
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'Faith Moves Mountains' Initiative Continues with $3.1 Million Grant to Study Diabetes Care in Appalachia
Since 2004, Nancy Schoenberg, the Marion Pearsall Professor of Behavioral Science in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has been principal investigator of a series of projects called "Faith Moves...
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Kentucky Rural Health Leader Receives National Award
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557Author: Jennifer Molley WilsonHAZARD, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2107) – The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health is pleased to...
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Charles Marshall Selected for 2017 Academic Leadership Academy Program
Charles Marshall Selected for 2017 Academic Leadership Academy Program Offered by Bluegrass Higher Education ConsortiumCharles Taylor Marshall, PhD, associate professor at the University of Kentucky (UK)...
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Community Leadership Program Graduates Address Tobacco Use in High School Students in Appalachia
This article originally appeared at: https://uknow.uky.edu/research/community-leadership-program-graduates-address-tobacco-use-high-school-students-appalachiaBy Mallory PowellLEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 29, 2017) –...
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Kentucky Homeplace Partnerships Increase Client Access to Chronic Disease Self-Management Education and Walking Programs
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557Hazard, Ky. (Aug. 17, 2017) – Kentucky Homeplace, a well-established Community Health Worker (CHW) program founded at the University of Kentucky...
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UK Partners with Community to Answer Environmental Health Questions Through New Research Center
The University of Kentucky was awarded a five-year, $7.4 million National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) grant to establish the UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences...
Tags - Research, Rural Health
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Community Transition Program for Stroke Survivors Improves Health, Saves Money
This article originally appeared at https://uknow.uky.edu/research/community-transition-program-stroke-survivors-improves-health-saves-moneyBy Mallory PowellHAZARD, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2017) – Kentucky has one of...
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Perry County Stroke Support Group Joins National Registry
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557Perry County Stroke Support Group Joins National Registry; Celebrates Two Year AnniversaryHazard, Ky. (July 21, 2017) – The Perry County Stroke...
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Perry County Diabetes Coalition Walks 33,000 Miles
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557Hazard, Ky. (June 22, 2017) - Perry County has one of the nation’s highest rates of diabetes. Last fall a group of community partners in Perry...
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Going Underground - Experiencing Coal Mines Firsthand
Text by: Melanie J. SparksImagine working in a coal mine: Dark, narrow, and cave-like. This is the image most would have. But David Nelson, Doctor of Physical Therapy student at the Hazard Campus, had the...
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Third Annual Appalachian Research Day Shares Results of Health Studies
The Third Annual Appalachian Research Day was held May 24 in Hazard, Ky., hosted by the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH). The event invites researchers and community members...
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Third Annual Appalachian Research Day
UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health is pleased to announce the third-annual Appalachian Research Day, Come Sit on the Porch.Community-based research begins at the local level, built upon the foundation of...
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Community Health Workers Help Kentuckians Deal with the Multitude of Obstacles Between Them and Better Health
Community health workers are becoming an integral part of a health system that is increasingly focused on outcomes and the social determinants of health. This article, found on the Kentucky Health News website...
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PCORI Study Featured by WYMT and the Hazard Herald
Research being conducted at the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) to identify health related issues that are relevant to individuals with stroke, spinal cord injury, and brain injury was featured...
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Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky Accepting Applications
Article By Mallory Powell Jan. 19, 2017. Originally posted at: http://uknow.uky.edu/research/community-leadership-institute-kentucky-accepting-applicationsThe Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky (CLIK...
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