Tag: health rankings
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Proposals sought for research of Appalachian ‘bright spots’ where health is better than socioeconomic factors would indicate
A three-year research project to determine factors that can support a culture of health in Appalachia and whether that knowledge can be translated into actions that address the region’s health...
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Johnson foundation, Appalachian commission, Foundation for a Healthy Ky. to examine bright and dark spots in Appalachia
The Appalachian Regional Commission, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky are working on a three-year health-research project to determine factors that can support a...
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Kentucky drops two spots in America’s Health Rankings, based on data since 2012 or earlier
Kentucky dropped two spots in the 25th annual America’s Health Rankings report this year and finds itself once again as one of the bottom five healthiest (or unhealthiest) states. Since...
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N.Y. Times, using lifespan, disability, obesity and 3 other factors, says 6 E. Ky. counties among 10 worst U.S. places to live
Six adjoining counties in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field rank among the nation’s 10 hardest counties to live in, as defined by six factors compiled by The New York Times to...
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Louisville ranks next to last in fitness among 50 largest metros
The Louisville metropolitan area ranks 49th for fitness among the nation’s 50 largest metro areas in the newly released 2014 American Fitness Index, reports Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal. The ranking is published...
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In Floyd County, opinions about health care reform depend on whom you ask, and in some cases they are surprising
At the Eula Hall Health Center in Grethel, nurse Stephanie Clark takes vitals of Mary Murphy, 54, whose leg blood clot wasn’t treated for 15 years because she couldn’t afford...
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CEO of Somerset hospital, rated by Consumer Reports as clearly the least safe in Kentucky, is resigning
Mark Brenzel (Photo via Somerset Commonwealth Journal) The CEO of the Kentucky hospital with by far the lowest safety rating from Consumer Reports magazine is resigning. Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is...
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‘Stars are aligned’ for making Ky. healthier, and let’s start with schools, health commissioner tells County Health Rankings event
Kentucky is poised to make itself healthier, and one key push needs to be making schools smoke-free, the two top officials in charge of the effort told a gathering of...
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County Health Rankings officials are coming to Kentucky Tuesday to spotlight local projects to improve community health
State officials and health leaders will gather April 2 at the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort to celebrate Kentucky’s successes in implementing strategies for improving health at the community level,...
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Group overseeing effort to make state healthier hears of ‘dire need,’ tools for improvement
Kentucky’s health is “in dire need of improvement,” but the state has some tools to do that, including health-care reform and the insurance program for its own employees, the group...