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Shaping Our Appalachian Region (Soar): Beginning To Now, Samantha Zarycki
Shaping Our Appalachian Region (Soar): Beginning To Now, Samantha Zarycki
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Introduction
Appalachian Kentucky has been and is currently facing difficult times including low employment rates, low education rates and less-than-favorable healthcare and health status for the people of the region (Estep, 2014). There have been multiple government and non-government agencies who have implemented interventions with the purpose of lifting up the region. Shaping Our Appalachian Region, or SOAR, is a bipartisan organization which began in 2013, and was established for the purpose of caring for the region.
Methods
A qualitative data analysis using confidential interviews with six people involved with SOAR was used for this project. Using the deductive approach …
Planet Health: A School-Based Health Promotion Program, Jane Katherine Landon
Planet Health: A School-Based Health Promotion Program, Jane Katherine Landon
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
The Kentucky River District Health Department (KRDHD) proposes implementation of Planet Health, a school-based intervention aimed at increasing healthful nutrition and fitness behaviors in middle- and high-school aged students. Planet Health’s core messaging (increasing fruit and vegetable intake, increasing physical activity, decreasing screen time, decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage and trans-fat intake) contributes to our long-term goal of decreasing childhood obesity in our service area. Planet Health will be offered to 3 counties in our service area (Lee, Letcher and Wolfe) with planned expansion to all counties in the KRDHD service area within 5 years of the original pilot. This project will …
Community Based Sexual Education In Hamilton County Ohio, Jennifer Winbigler
Community Based Sexual Education In Hamilton County Ohio, Jennifer Winbigler
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
This project proposes the implementation of a community-based sexual education program in Hamilton County Ohio. The proposed program is Focus on Youth + ImPACT. FOY + ImPACT is an evidenced based intervention focused on providing knowledge and skill based education to both youth (during FOY sessions) and parents (during the ImPACT session). The educational program will be implemented at three sites: the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati, Lighthouse Youth Services, and Caracole. Each site was selected for its current infrastructure conducive to youth programming. This included ease of access to youth as well as experience in the provision …