Study of poor but healthy Appalachian counties aims to find community-based approaches to improving the region's health

Study of poor but healthy Appalachian counties aims to find community-based approaches to improving the region's health

Unknown 6:59 AM Appalachia, county health, economy, health status, poverty, research

Though some people equate Appalachian areas with poverty, David Krol seeks to "shine a light" on a different picture—one that refl...

West Virginia to involve Kentucky in examination of studies that link health problems to mountaintop-removal coal mining

West Virginia to involve Kentucky in examination of studies that link health problems to mountaintop-removal coal mining

Unknown 11:46 AM air pollution, Appalachia, environmental health, research, state governments, water

Kentucky Health News The administration of Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin of West Virginia "said Tuesday that it would initiate an ev...

Johnson foundation, Appalachian commission, Foundation for a Healthy Ky. to examine bright and dark spots in Appalachia

Johnson foundation, Appalachian commission, Foundation for a Healthy Ky. to examine bright and dark spots in Appalachia

Unknown 8:33 PM Appalachia, foundations, health rankings, philanthropy, research

The Appalachian Regional Commission , the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky are working on a th...

Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment to help Eastern Kentucky communities develop local, healthy foods

Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment to help Eastern Kentucky communities develop local, healthy foods

Unknown 8:14 PM Appalachia, farmers' markets, food security, hunger, nutrition, University of Kentucky

A new project searches for ways to increase access to healthy foods in Eastern Kentucky and looks to communities to find these solutions. Ap...

Appalachian women are more likely to get cervical cancer and die from it, but pass up vaccine partly because of fatalistic beliefs

Appalachian women are more likely to get cervical cancer and die from it, but pass up vaccine partly because of fatalistic beliefs

Unknown 6:38 AM Appalachia, cervical cancer, HPV, research

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A fatalistic belief that getting or preventing cancer is beyond a person's control is one of man...

Collaboration, telemedicine save lives in rural Kentucky

Collaboration, telemedicine save lives in rural Kentucky

Unknown 7:07 AM Appalachia, rural health, telemedicine

Many rural women in Appalachia can now have their babies closer to home thanks to a partnership between Appalachian Regional HealthCare and...

Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors

Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors

Unknown 1:12 PM Appalachia, hospitals, Medicare, rural health

Article updated 10/20/2014 Nine hospitals in Kentucky, eight of them in Appalachia, have been hit with the highest penalty possible by Medic...

CDC sending full-time senior staffer to E. Ky. to help health departments tackle the region's chronic, serious health problems

CDC sending full-time senior staffer to E. Ky. to help health departments tackle the region's chronic, serious health problems

Unknown 8:45 PM Appalachia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will place a full-time employee in Eastern Kentucky to help public health department...

UK-EKU center gets $5 million to address occupational health and safety issues in Central Appalachia and Kentucky

UK-EKU center gets $5 million to address occupational health and safety issues in Central Appalachia and Kentucky

Unknown 5:02 PM Appalachia, environmental health, health, road safety, safety

A center based in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health has received a five-year, $5 million grant to advance occupational hea...

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Unknown 7:16 PM Appalachia, child obesity, childhood obesity, county health departments, exercise, health status, heart disease, heart health, hospitals, obesity, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Appalachian Kentucky has the enthusiasm, creativity, people and facilities needed to greatly improve its di...