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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Kentucky’S Public Health Strategic Plan: Strengthening Foundational Services & Improving Population Health, Glen P. Mays
Kentucky’S Public Health Strategic Plan: Strengthening Foundational Services & Improving Population Health, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
This session examines recent progress toward the 2012 Institute of Medicine recommendation to identify the components and costs of a "minimum package" of public health services and foundational capabilities to be available across the U.S. Research about the health and economic benefits of Foundational Public Health Services has begun to shape Kentucky's strategic plan for transforming the public health system.
Bridges To Home: Navigating High-Risk Inpatient Clients Using A Lay-Health Worker Model In Eastern Kentucky, Roberto Cardarelli, Jennifer Schilling, Kala Gilliam, Mary Horsley, Nancy Maggard, Lisa Ray, Frances J. Feltner
Bridges To Home: Navigating High-Risk Inpatient Clients Using A Lay-Health Worker Model In Eastern Kentucky, Roberto Cardarelli, Jennifer Schilling, Kala Gilliam, Mary Horsley, Nancy Maggard, Lisa Ray, Frances J. Feltner
Center of Excellence in Rural Health Presentations
Roughly 20% of all Medicare fee-for-service clients are readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge, resulting in $17 billion annually. It is estimated that 75% of these readmissions are avoidable. Research has demonstrated that a broad range of socioeconomic and personal factors impact readmission rates. This study seeks to address such factors through a hospital-based Lay Health Worker (LHW) model for transition of care.
Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit On The Porch, Frances J. Feltner, Beth Bowling, Wayne Noble
Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit On The Porch, Frances J. Feltner, Beth Bowling, Wayne Noble
Center of Excellence in Rural Health Presentations
Rural Appalachian communities in eastern Kentucky suffer from some of the Nation’s most concerning health disparities. Community-based research can be an effective way to address health disparities by identifying problems and sharing innovative solutions. However, challenges exist in recruiting and retaining research participants in rural populations that can often be difficult to reach. Partnerships between researchers and communities are essential to the success of the research process, particularly translation of findings back into the community
Clark, Karen (Sc 2887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Karen (Sc 2887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2887. “History of the Nursing School at Bowling Green City-County Hospital,” a paper written by Karen Clark for a Western Kentucky University nursing class.
Aca Implementation In The South: The Political Economy Of Full Participation In Kentucky, Glen P. Mays
Aca Implementation In The South: The Political Economy Of Full Participation In Kentucky, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
This analysis, conducted as part of the ACA Implementation Research Network, examines economic and political forces shaping Kentucky's early experience with implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. Dissertation titled "Medical topography and diseases of Warren County, Ky." written by James A. Briggs at the University of Nashville in 1851. He describes his belief in the causes of malaria, and discusses cholera and other maladies that struck Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky prior to 1850.
Starting Off, Hatim A. Omar
Starting Off, Hatim A. Omar
Pediatrics Faculty Publications
This book is really a reflection of the past 15 years of work with teens and suicide prevention in the state of Kentucky. The work to establish the "Stop Youth Suicide Campaign (SYS)" has resulted in contact with many young adults and we have found that the most important thing for all of them, was finding a caring person they trust and can talk to. Because of the constant need, the SYS went from a goal of one year awareness campaign to a major community resource, to work with the state and local governments and state legislators to add as …