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Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 2, Wku Institute For Rural Health Development & Research Oct 2003

Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 2, Wku Institute For Rural Health Development & Research

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the Institute for Rural Health Development & Research. This issue contains:

  • College of Health & Human Services Has New Dean – John Bonaguro
  • Simpson, Staci. Institute Aims to Improve Oral Health of Children
  • Whitfield, Beth. WKU Mobile Unit KICS Off Dental Event with Webster County – Kentucky Interdisciplinary Community Screening
  • Stone, Glynda. TEACH KY: Teachers Exploring & Advocating Careers in Health in Kentucky
  • Institute Sponsors Hispanic Health Fair
  • HIV Prevention Counseling & Testing Training Program Initiated at WKU
  • New Web-based Course Offered Through Communications Disorders Department at WKU
  • Lashley, Donita. Child Passenger Safety Training
  • Handy, …


Medicare Prescription Drug Legislation: What It Means For Rural Beneficiaries, Jeanne Lambrew, Becky Briesacher Sep 2003

Medicare Prescription Drug Legislation: What It Means For Rural Beneficiaries, Jeanne Lambrew, Becky Briesacher

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Congress is currently debating legislation that would not only add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare but create an unprecedented role for private health insurers in delivering all Medicare services. Such changes would have profound effects on the 41 million people covered by Medicare -- particularly the one in four who lives in rural America. Previous studies have shown that rural beneficiaries have different health care needs and delivery systems than their urban counterparts. Indeed, the bills that passed the House and Senate address payments to rural hospitals and other providers. However, less attention has been paid to the rural …


Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 1, Wku Institute For Rural Development Apr 2003

Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 1, Wku Institute For Rural Development

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the Institute for Rural Development. This issue contents:

  • Mobile Health & Wellness Unit
  • The New Hazard & Emergency Awareness Training (HEAT) Mobile Unit Arrives at WKU
  • Gardner, Marilyn. Emergency Medical Services Monograph Coming
  • A Nursing Student’s Perspective
  • Enhancing Rural Student Postsecondary Decisions
  • Lu, Ning & Richard Wilson. Kentuckian Socioecomic Status, Health Behavior, Access to Medical Care, & Health Status
  • Austin, Lynn. School-based Dental Sealant Program
  • The Institute for Rural Health Development & Research