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Artist's rendering of new research centerA new research facility that will focus on addressing the health challenges and disparities in Kentucky is being built on the University of Kentucky's campus and is scheduled to be completed in spring 2018,...
- Study Will Try To Find Lessons From Appalachian Communities That Have Overcome Challenges To Have Better-than-expected Health
PDA Inc. of Raleigh, N.C., has been named the lead investigator for "Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots," a research project to look at the disparities in health outcomes across Appalachian communities; and the University...
- Uk Research Project Will Create Strategies To Improve Respiratory Health For Those Living In Appalachian Kentucky
Public health researchers at the University of Kentucky will undertake a five-year long research project called "Community-Engaged Research and Action to Reduce Respiratory Disease in Appalachia," Sarah Noble writes in a UK press release. Funded...
- Study Of Poor But Healthy Appalachian Counties Aims To Find Community-based Approaches To Improving The Region's Health
Though some people equate Appalachian areas with poverty, David Krol seeks to "shine a light" on a different picture?one that reflects "how health can flourish across Appalachia," despite data that confirms economic hardship, Krol writes for...
- Appalachian Health Summit To Be Held In Lexington Thursday
Focusing on obesity, a topic that affects most adult Kentuckians, the Appalachian Health Summit will be held Thursday in Lexington. The meeting is designed for clinicians and researchers, but will also be a place for journalists interested in the issue...
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Proposals sought for research of Appalachian 'bright spots' where health is better than socioeconomic factors would indicate
A three-year research project to determine factors that can support a culture of health in Appalachia and whether that knowledge can be translated into actions that address the region's health disparities has released its Request for Proposal to invite proposals from qualified research teams and consultants who would like to work on this project.
The project,?Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots,? is sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and will run through the end of 2017.
The research for this project will identify Appalachian ?bright spots,? where health outcomes are better than would be expected based on unemployment and poverty rates and other community factors, and try to figure out why. Researchesr will also try to determine why health outcomes in some communities are not as good as would be expected.
The request for proposals offers detailed guidelines for submissions, which are due June 8. Applicants are encouraged to register for a webinar, detailed on the RFP, to be held May 7 at 10 a.m. EDT. Click here for more information.
The project,?Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots,? is sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and will run through the end of 2017.
The research for this project will identify Appalachian ?bright spots,? where health outcomes are better than would be expected based on unemployment and poverty rates and other community factors, and try to figure out why. Researchesr will also try to determine why health outcomes in some communities are not as good as would be expected.
The request for proposals offers detailed guidelines for submissions, which are due June 8. Applicants are encouraged to register for a webinar, detailed on the RFP, to be held May 7 at 10 a.m. EDT. Click here for more information.
- New Research Building At Uk Will Focus On State's Health Disparities
Artist's rendering of new research centerA new research facility that will focus on addressing the health challenges and disparities in Kentucky is being built on the University of Kentucky's campus and is scheduled to be completed in spring 2018,...
- Study Will Try To Find Lessons From Appalachian Communities That Have Overcome Challenges To Have Better-than-expected Health
PDA Inc. of Raleigh, N.C., has been named the lead investigator for "Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots," a research project to look at the disparities in health outcomes across Appalachian communities; and the University...
- Uk Research Project Will Create Strategies To Improve Respiratory Health For Those Living In Appalachian Kentucky
Public health researchers at the University of Kentucky will undertake a five-year long research project called "Community-Engaged Research and Action to Reduce Respiratory Disease in Appalachia," Sarah Noble writes in a UK press release. Funded...
- Study Of Poor But Healthy Appalachian Counties Aims To Find Community-based Approaches To Improving The Region's Health
Though some people equate Appalachian areas with poverty, David Krol seeks to "shine a light" on a different picture?one that reflects "how health can flourish across Appalachia," despite data that confirms economic hardship, Krol writes for...
- Appalachian Health Summit To Be Held In Lexington Thursday
Focusing on obesity, a topic that affects most adult Kentuckians, the Appalachian Health Summit will be held Thursday in Lexington. The meeting is designed for clinicians and researchers, but will also be a place for journalists interested in the issue...