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- Statewide Forum On Community Efforts To Promote Children's Health Will Be Held In Northern Kentucky Monday, Sept. 16
"The goal is simple, the challenge difficult ? how to ensure that the current generation of children in Kentucky grows up healthier than their parents. A free one-day conference coming up in Erlanger will attempt to draw engaged civic leaders into that...
- 'health For A Change' Webinar Training Series Starts May 16, With Session On Where To Find And How To Use Health Data
How to find county-specific health data and how to use it to make community changes will be the focus of an hour-long webinar May 16. The free session is the first in the 2012 "Health for a Change" training series, meant to advance today's health...
- Sept. 13 Forum In Somerset Will Explore How Rural Communities Can Get Healthier And Get Better Care At Lower Cost
"In an era of tight budgets and strained resources, Kentucky and its rural communities can no longer afford 'business as usual' in the delivery of health care services," write Susan Zepeda and Amy Watts of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky....
- Webinar Wednesday Will Focus On Lobbying, Advocacy In Health For A Change Series
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will host another webinar this Wednesday as part of its Health for a Change training series. This session will focus on the differences between lobbying and advocacy work done by non-profit organizations. The session...
- Workshop Aug. 4-5 Will Help Health Groups With Policy, Programs
A two-day workshop intended to help health coalitions and organizations make progress at the policy level and implement evidence-based programs will begin Aug. 4. On the first day, speaker Monte Roulier of Community Initiatives will speak about the art...
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Free webinars and annual forum to be hosted by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will host several educational events in an effort to help communities improve their health.
On Wednesday, Aug. 8, the foundation will host a webinar about evidence-based policies and programs that improve health. The talk, called "Stop Reinventing the Wheel: A Useful Guide to Evidence-Based Health Programs," will be presented by Katherine Wilson, dissemination and implementation team leader with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To register, click here. The deadline to register is Tuesday, Aug. 7.
An Aug. 29 webinar will look at ways communities can keep programs going when funding ends. Dr. Stephen Orton, deputy director of the Office of Executive Education with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, will lead the talk. To register, click here. The deadline is Aug. 28.
On Sept. 17, the foundation will host its annual Howard L. Bost Memorial Health Policy Forum at the Embassy Suites in Lexington, with the theme "No Wrong Door: Integrating Care for Better Health." It will feature several speakers working at state and federal levels. Breakout sessions include:
? Respect: Working Across Disciplines for Patient-Centered Care
? Good Medicine is Good Business
? Health Home Opportunities, Focus on Outcomes
? Advocating for What You Need in the System You Have
The forum is free. Civic leaders, medical health and behavioral health providers, public officials, public-health professionals, business owners, policymakers, faith-based leaders, researchers and academics, coalitions and advocates are encouraged to attend. The forum runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 17. To register, click here.
On Wednesday, Aug. 8, the foundation will host a webinar about evidence-based policies and programs that improve health. The talk, called "Stop Reinventing the Wheel: A Useful Guide to Evidence-Based Health Programs," will be presented by Katherine Wilson, dissemination and implementation team leader with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To register, click here. The deadline to register is Tuesday, Aug. 7.
An Aug. 29 webinar will look at ways communities can keep programs going when funding ends. Dr. Stephen Orton, deputy director of the Office of Executive Education with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, will lead the talk. To register, click here. The deadline is Aug. 28.
On Sept. 17, the foundation will host its annual Howard L. Bost Memorial Health Policy Forum at the Embassy Suites in Lexington, with the theme "No Wrong Door: Integrating Care for Better Health." It will feature several speakers working at state and federal levels. Breakout sessions include:
? Respect: Working Across Disciplines for Patient-Centered Care
? Good Medicine is Good Business
? Health Home Opportunities, Focus on Outcomes
? Advocating for What You Need in the System You Have
The forum is free. Civic leaders, medical health and behavioral health providers, public officials, public-health professionals, business owners, policymakers, faith-based leaders, researchers and academics, coalitions and advocates are encouraged to attend. The forum runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 17. To register, click here.
- Statewide Forum On Community Efforts To Promote Children's Health Will Be Held In Northern Kentucky Monday, Sept. 16
"The goal is simple, the challenge difficult ? how to ensure that the current generation of children in Kentucky grows up healthier than their parents. A free one-day conference coming up in Erlanger will attempt to draw engaged civic leaders into that...
- 'health For A Change' Webinar Training Series Starts May 16, With Session On Where To Find And How To Use Health Data
How to find county-specific health data and how to use it to make community changes will be the focus of an hour-long webinar May 16. The free session is the first in the 2012 "Health for a Change" training series, meant to advance today's health...
- Sept. 13 Forum In Somerset Will Explore How Rural Communities Can Get Healthier And Get Better Care At Lower Cost
"In an era of tight budgets and strained resources, Kentucky and its rural communities can no longer afford 'business as usual' in the delivery of health care services," write Susan Zepeda and Amy Watts of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky....
- Webinar Wednesday Will Focus On Lobbying, Advocacy In Health For A Change Series
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will host another webinar this Wednesday as part of its Health for a Change training series. This session will focus on the differences between lobbying and advocacy work done by non-profit organizations. The session...
- Workshop Aug. 4-5 Will Help Health Groups With Policy, Programs
A two-day workshop intended to help health coalitions and organizations make progress at the policy level and implement evidence-based programs will begin Aug. 4. On the first day, speaker Monte Roulier of Community Initiatives will speak about the art...