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- National Rural Health Day Is Thursday, Nov. 20
The Kentucky Rural Health Association will participate in National Rural Health Day, held on the third Thursday in each November, to spread awareness of rural health-related issues and promote the efforts of all rural stakeholders, says a press release...
- Ernie Scott, Kentucky Rural Health Leader, Gets National Award
Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, has received the 2014 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Scott received his award Oct. 28 during the organization?s annual conference in...
- Psychologists Honor Khn Publisher Cross For Health Work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for "his outstanding career in journalism, his...
- Rural Obesity Prevention Tool Kit Created To Tackle Epidemic: 40 Percent Of Rural Adults In U.s. Are Obese
When the Journal of Rural Health recently reported that 40 percent of adults living in rural areas are obese, compared with 33 percent of adults living in urban areas, the size of the disparity was larger than expected and previously estimated. In response...
- National Rural Health Day To Be Celebrated Nov. 15 With Free Week-long Issue-based Webinar Series
Those almost 60 million Americans who live in rural America do not have as much ready access to health care or to the vast number of health care providers than those who live in more urbanized America. Rural Americans are more likely to arrive on the...
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University of Kentucky rural health expert, Ty Borders, appointed to national advisory committee on rural health
University of Kentucky College of Public Health Professor Ty Borders was recently appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services.
This committee is part of the Health Resources and Services Administration and includes a 21-member panel of nationally recognized rural health experts that is responsible for making recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to rural health. Borders's appointment will continue until April 2019.
?This appointment is an honor not only for Dr. Borders and his family, but also for Kentucky,? Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said in a UK news release. ?Dr. Borders possesses a broad and deep understanding of the health care challenges facing rural Kentucky and America. His unique insight about evidence-based strategies that could improve rural health and health care delivery will greatly benefit the committee.?
Borders is the chair of the Department of Health Services Management and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky endowed chair in Rural Health Policy. He also serves as a founding co-director of the UK Institute for Rural Health Policy and is the editor of the Journal of Rural Health, an academic publication devoted to rural health research.
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This committee is part of the Health Resources and Services Administration and includes a 21-member panel of nationally recognized rural health experts that is responsible for making recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to rural health. Borders's appointment will continue until April 2019.
?This appointment is an honor not only for Dr. Borders and his family, but also for Kentucky,? Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said in a UK news release. ?Dr. Borders possesses a broad and deep understanding of the health care challenges facing rural Kentucky and America. His unique insight about evidence-based strategies that could improve rural health and health care delivery will greatly benefit the committee.?
Borders is the chair of the Department of Health Services Management and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky endowed chair in Rural Health Policy. He also serves as a founding co-director of the UK Institute for Rural Health Policy and is the editor of the Journal of Rural Health, an academic publication devoted to rural health research.
- National Rural Health Day Is Thursday, Nov. 20
The Kentucky Rural Health Association will participate in National Rural Health Day, held on the third Thursday in each November, to spread awareness of rural health-related issues and promote the efforts of all rural stakeholders, says a press release...
- Ernie Scott, Kentucky Rural Health Leader, Gets National Award
Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, has received the 2014 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Scott received his award Oct. 28 during the organization?s annual conference in...
- Psychologists Honor Khn Publisher Cross For Health Work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for "his outstanding career in journalism, his...
- Rural Obesity Prevention Tool Kit Created To Tackle Epidemic: 40 Percent Of Rural Adults In U.s. Are Obese
When the Journal of Rural Health recently reported that 40 percent of adults living in rural areas are obese, compared with 33 percent of adults living in urban areas, the size of the disparity was larger than expected and previously estimated. In response...
- National Rural Health Day To Be Celebrated Nov. 15 With Free Week-long Issue-based Webinar Series
Those almost 60 million Americans who live in rural America do not have as much ready access to health care or to the vast number of health care providers than those who live in more urbanized America. Rural Americans are more likely to arrive on the...