Tag: education
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ACTION Program works to prepare Kentucky students for careers in cancer research and clinical care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s latest Health for a Change webinar focused on cancer disparities in Eastern Kentucky, with a look at a...
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New Kentucky program aims to turn recovery into career pathway
By Nadia Ramlagan Kentucky News Connection A statewide program in Kentucky aims to provide credentialing and pathways to a career in social work for people in substance use disorder recovery....
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UK board approves Advancing Kentucky Together Network, a new program to address health of state
Kentucky Health News A plan to address the growing health, education and workforce needs across the state called the Advancing Kentucky Together Network has been approved by the University of...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says Amendment 2 is bad for children’s health
Kentucky Health News In a two-page document titled, “Amendment 2 is Bad for the Health of Kentucky Kids,” the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky describes ways taking money away from...
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Kentucky Attorney General Coleman to launch $3.6 million youth drug prevention initiative
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission voted to fund a $3.6 million youth drug prevention initiative proposed by Attorney General Russell Coleman at the commission’s...
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High-school students’ research finds smokers are more likely to want to quit smoking after seeing their carbon monoxide levels
Taryn Kerley and Becca Calvert, Barren County High School seniors Cigarette smokers who saw their carbon monoxide levels rise after they smoked were more likely to want to quit smoking,...
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Immunizations are a hot topic in Frankfort; comment on updated regulation ends Tuesday; shots-for-college bill looks dead
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require all college freshmen in Kentucky to be immunized before starting classes is likely dead, but one that allows pharmacists to...
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Helping parents understand kids’ body mass index can thwart obesity, but Kentucky doesn’t require BMI to be reported
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Parents are more likely to change their child’s lifestyle when schools provide educational materials along with the results of their child’s body mass index...
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Annual study of Ky. kids’ well-being looks at role of race, income and location; includes lots of county-level data, graphics maker
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kentucky Kids Count report has measured the overall well-being of Kentucky’s children for 26 years, but this year’s report digs deeper and...
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Just over half of Ky. students are in schools with 100% tobacco-free policies; Warren, Russell county districts share successes
The state Department of Public Health has created videos to showcase the success of two Kentucky school districts in becoming 100 percent tobacco-free schools in hopes of encouraging other school districts...