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Hazard, Ky. (Oct. 1, 2018) – The Hazard Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Support Group was recognized with a Community Service Award from the UK HealthCare/Norton HealthCare - Stroke Care Network, during the 2018 Stroke Care Network Summit held at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Aug. 16 and 17.

More than 40 hospital CEOs and emergency department (ED) leaders from critical access hospitals (CAHs) and other rural hospitals across the state met in Shelbyville on August 9-10 to learn about ways to improve ED processes.

Addiction doesn’t make any sense and purely punitive approaches to ending addiction will not work, Dr. John Sanders, the medical director for hospice and palliative medicine at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead, told a group of Morgan County health care professionals on July 18.

Sixty community members took part in free Naloxone training offered on July 17 at the Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital in Hyden.

Training participants also received two doses of Naloxone to use if they encounter someone suffering from an opioid overdose.

The training and Naloxone distribution — provided by the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Kentucky Pharmacists Association’s Naloxone Dispensing Program — is just one of the community outreach events planned as part of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH)-led Critical Access Substance Abuse Project (CASAP).

On May 5, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) and the Huffman & Huffman Clinic, held its first UK Global Ophthalmology (UK GO) outreach service in Hazard. 

More than 200 people attended the Fourth Annual Appalachian Research Day on April 18 in Hazard, Ky.

Since the 1960s, March has been marked as a time to celebrate the significant work of social work practitioners, educators, researchers and students. 

Social work has a rich and storied history. The foundational impact of Jane Adams’ Hull House and Mary Richmond’s Charity Organization Societies has reverberated through the decades. The pioneering legacies of social workers like Dorothy Height and Kentucky native Whitney Young, Jr. continue to positively shape people's lives.

The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) has released the full agenda for the fourth annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch.  The one-day event, which shares results of health research conducted with communities in Appalachia, will be held Wednesday, April 18 at the First Federal Center in Hazard. Registration for the event closes

Attention, Community Agency/Coalition Leaders.

The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Community Engagement and Research Program is requesting applications from community partners for funding to support health outreach projects.

Funds will be used to support small-scale evidenced-based or evidence-informed health outreach projects that contribute to the reduction of health disparities in Appalachian communities in Kentucky by developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based projects.

The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) is providing funding and technical assistance for three student groups involved in the Healthalachia Innovation Project.  Healthalachia encourages student teams to identify a community problem they want to address, and then review local data, trends, and research to develop a strategic plan of action with key stakeholders. 

Kentucky Homeplace Featured by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Helping Clients with Arthritis in Rural Areas

In observance of World Arthritis Day on October 12, The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) featured important work being done by Community Health Workers (CHWs) in rural communities of Kentucky to help clients manage or relieve arthritis pain and improve health outcomes.

MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557

Author: Jennifer Molley Wilson
HAZARD, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2107) – The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health is pleased to announce Kayla Combs, rural project manager at the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), has received the 2017 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH). Combs received her award at a Sept. 6 ceremony during the organization’s annual conference in Savannah, Ga.

Charles Marshall Selected for 2017 Academic Leadership Academy Program Offered by Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium

Charles Taylor Marshall, PhD, associate professor at the University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) in Hazard, is among 41 faculty and professional staff from nine Kentucky colleges and universities selected as fellows for the fourth Academic Leadership Academy sponsored by the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium.

By Mallory Powell

MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557

MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557

Imagine 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 opportunity to go into a mine and see for himself, and he describes it differently.

“The mine was like a giant, dark, low-roof super store with anything but an even surface to walk on,” Nelson said. “We relied on our balance and the light source of our helmets to walk on coal the size of softballs and to navigate the tunnels, commonly known as seams.”

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 to “come sit on the porch” and share research findings with the local communities involved in the studies.  

Rural Appalachian communities experience some of the most severe health disparities in the nation, and community-based research is an effective method to identify problems and develop collaborative, effective solutions.