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Chhs November 2012 E-Newsletter, Dr. John Bonaguro, Dean, Vashon S. Wells, Editor, College Of Health And Human Services, Western Kentucky University

College of Health & Human Services Publications

No abstract provided.

Prelude To A Master Plan: Ware, Massachusetts, Belen Alfaro, Bruno Carneiro, Margaret Engesser, Kathryn E. Fox, Evadne R. Friedman, Timothy Inacio, Anita Lockesmith, Christina Mills, Stephanie Molden, Meagen Mulherin, Russell Pandres, Vinicius Pereira, Brian Reid, Pedro Soto, Jennifer Stromsten

Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Studio and Student Research and Creative Activity

Prelude to a Master Plan offers ideas, recommendations, and a toolkit to help the town chart its own path towards that future. While the teams and individual students worked to ‘drill down’ into specific topic areas, the Studio defined three basic areas in order to think about how the various assets, challenges and ideas undermine or reinforce one another. The report is loosely organized in those terms: addressing the outlying rural areas and issues specific to these places, considering one of the key growth areas that has extended from town and the conflicts that arise from the many uses occurring …

2012 Kentucky Healthcare Market Report, Alison Davis

Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky Reports

No abstract provided.

Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring/Summer 2012), Ut Institute Of Agriculture

Tennessee Land, Life and Science Magazine

Issue Highlights:

• UT Veterinary Medicine Center Treats Smokey
• Farm Credit Services Creates Top Scholars Program
• Perspective on the Importance and Future of the Institute

A Spatial Cluster Analysis Of Tractor Overturns In Kentucky From 1960 To 2002, Daniel M. Saman, Henry P. Cole, Agricola Odoi, Melvin L. Myers, Daniel I. Carey, Susan C. Westneat

Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Agricultural tractor overturns without rollover protective structures are the leading cause of farm fatalities in the United States. To our knowledge, no studies have incorporated the spatial scan statistic in identifying high-risk areas for tractor overturns. The aim of this study was to determine whether tractor overturns cluster in certain parts of Kentucky and identify factors associated with tractor overturns.

METHODS: A spatial statistical analysis using Kulldorff's spatial scan statistic was performed to identify county clusters at greatest risk for tractor overturns. A regression analysis was then performed to identify factors associated with tractor overturns.

RESULTS: The spatial analysis …

Business And Wealth Transfer In Nonmetropolitan Nebraska 2012 Nebraska Rural Poll Results, Rebecca J. Vogt, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Randolph L. Cantrell, Bradley Lubben, Odee Ingersoll, Shawn Kaskie

Rural Futures Institute: Publications

Includes

Executive Summary

Introduction

Businesses in the Community

Expected Number of Businesses in Local Community Five Years from Now by Community Size

Most Likely Outcome when Business Owner Leaves or Retires in Community

Business Exits and Transitions

Concern with Business Exits

Concern that Business Closings will Affect Ability to Get Needed Things by Occupation

Views of Community Strategies for Business Exits

Community Well-Being In Nonmetropolitan Nebraska 2012 Nebraska Rural Poll Results, Rebecca J. Vogt, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Randolph L. Cantrell, Bradley Lubben

Rural Futures Institute: Publications

Includes

Executive Summary

Trends in Community Ratings, 1996-2012

Community Change, 1996-2012

Expected Destination of Those Planning to Move: 1998-2012

Proportions of Respondents Very or Somewhat Satisfied with Each Service, 1997-2012

The Community and Its Attributes in 2012

Perceptions of Community Change by Community Size

Expected Community Change in Ten Years by Community Size

Satisfaction with Cellular Phone Service by Community Size

Difficulty or Ease of Leaving Community

Ease or Difficulty of Leaving Community by Length of Residence in Community

Feelings of Community Powerlessness by Community Size

Local Community Involvement Activities, 2002 and 2012

Distance from Goods and Services

Distance from …

Volume 9, Number 2 (Fall/Winter 2012), Ut Institute Of Agriculture

Tennessee Land, Life and Science Magazine

Issue Highlights:

• The Plight of Pollinators: Working to Sustain Our Food Supply
• Celebrating a Land-Grant Milestone
• UT Researchers Devise New Precision Ag Technology