Rural health and human services resources for Kentucky, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/states/ Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation′s highest rates of obesity and diabetes, according to estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r091119c.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:16 CST http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r091119c.htm Kaiser Health News article reports that bad as most health measures appear in lower Appalachia, there are enduring models in places like Hazard that could prove instructive to rebuilding healthy communities across the nation, both rural and urban, according to Dr. Forest Callico, former director of the Appalachian Regional Hospitals and a rural health advisor to both the Clinton and second Bush administrations. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/November/13/rural-health-care-kentucky.aspx Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:50 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/November/13/rural-health-care-kentucky.aspx Despite progress in some areas, smoking rates among U.S. adults remained stalled in 2008, halting the nations progress in ending the tobacco epidemic, according to a CDC study. http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r091112.htm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:12:03 CST http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r091112.htm Pike County KY June 19, 2010 -- Remote Area Medical Foundation http://www.ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:09:51 CST http://www.ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm Charitable giving in community investment and economic development, youth and education, human services programs that improve the social needs of low-to moderate-income communities and individuals, and arts and culture. -- Peoples Bancorp Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2261 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:06:38 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2261 Overviews the state, and provides links to state agencies, health associations, and other resources for Kentucky. -- National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region http://nnlm.gov/gmr/regional/states/ky/index.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:16:52 CST http://nnlm.gov/gmr/regional/states/ky/index.html Illustrates the impact of the economic recession on Kentucky's health care providers. -- University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health http://www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth/pdf/RhuWinter09.pdf Mon, 04 May 2009 10:26:46 CST http://www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth/pdf/RhuWinter09.pdf Discusses the challenges in providing home health services and hospice in rural Kentucky. -- Kentucky Rural Health Association http://www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth/pdf/RhuSpring06.pdf#page=3 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:34:34 CST http://www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth/pdf/RhuSpring06.pdf#page=3 Describes how a Continuum of Care operating in rural Kentucky creates innovative plans to combat homelessness and provide services in rural Appalachia. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall2007.pdf Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:30:03 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall2007.pdf Set of maps showing the geographic coverage provided by 9 different rural definitions for the state. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/KY.pdf Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:00 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/KY.pdf Provides access to information on Federally Qualified Health Centers for the state. Includes a map of FQHC locations, as well as information on the populations served by health centers, services provided, staff, patient visits, costs of care, and use of electronic health information. http://www.nachc.com/state-healthcare-data.cfm?State=KY Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CST http://www.nachc.com/state-healthcare-data.cfm?State=KY Profiles the states health information technology (HIT) issues. Contains sections on demographics, HIT legislation, telemedicine, Health Information Exchanges (HIE) & Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), grant funded HIT projects, and HIT survey information. -- Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/ky/ Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:40 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/ky/