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UofL Trager Institute Shares Tips for National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

Filed Under: Community Health, COVID-19 June 29, 2020, Stephanie Clouser

(Note: This guest blog post was written by Samantha Cotton, PhD, MSSW, GWEP Program Manager, ADRD Director, University of Louisville Trager Institute) June is National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month and to honor this, our team at the University of Louisville Trager Institute would like to share some tips on […]

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Bridging Our Past, Present, and Future in the Face of COVID-19

Filed Under: Community Health, COVID-19 March 23, 2020, Natalie Middaugh

One of my first exposures to the field of public health was the story of John Snow, the “Father of Epidemiology,” not to be confused with the wolf-friendly character from Game of Thrones. In 1854, London suffered from a cholera outbreak. The prevailing medical opinion was that the disease was […]

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Louisville’s Syringe Exchange – Preventing HIV Transmission while Pointing to Recovery

Filed Under: Community Health December 12, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

December 1 was World AIDS Day. Louisville’s Syringe Exchange program is preventing the spread of HIV and other blood-borne diseases in while pointing program participants toward recovery.

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Tackling the Opioid Epidemic: The Unintended Consequences

Filed Under: Community Health, Opioids November 25, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

(Note: This guest piece was written by Lori Earnshaw, MD FAAHPM HMDC, Senior Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Louisville Department of Medicine. All opinions are the author’s own.) Every day, I think about the patients I have seen in my practice of hospice and palliative […]

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National Diabetes Month 2019 – “Take Diabetes to Heart” by Promoting Diabetes Self-management Education and Support

Filed Under: Community Health November 25, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

The 2019 theme for National Diabetes Month is “Take Diabetes to Heart.”

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I used to scoff at breast cancer “awareness” activities. That was before I worked in healthcare.

Filed Under: Community Health October 3, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

I’ve learned that with appropriate screening according to clinical guidelines, certain cancers, including breast, cervical, and colorectal, can have better chances for survival or even be prevented completely. “Awareness” isn’t some fluffy idea without true impact. It can save lives.

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Children’s Seven-County Health Initiative Serves as Model for Entire State

Filed Under: Community Health September 24, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

(Note: This guest piece was written by Ben Chandler, President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky) A Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky community-driven children’s health initiative called “Investing in Kentucky’s Future” (IKF) strengthened cross-sector coalitions in seven Kentucky counties. The initiative also improved student eating habits, increased youth physical […]

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HPV Vaccination – An important, but Neglected, Piece to Adolescent Vaccine Series

Filed Under: Community Health August 27, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

(Note: This guest piece was written by Elizabeth Holtsclaw, MA, Health Systems Manager, State & Primary Care Systems, American Cancer Society) Remember in elementary school when one of the first assignments of the new school year was to write an essay titled: How I Spent My Summer? In the spirit […]

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Mental Health Month a Time to Focus on the Connection between Physical and Mental Health

Filed Under: Community Health, Mental Health May 23, 2019, Stephanie Clouser

This May is Mental Health Month, and Mental Health America of Kentucky is expanding its focus from 2018 to raise awareness about the connection between physical health and mental health, through the theme #4Mind4Body.

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