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Make home radon testing your new year’s resolution

The University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications Office provides a weekly health column available for use and reprint by news media. This week's column is by Stacy Stanifer, Ph.D., a member of BREATHE at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Stanifer is also a member of the UK Markey Cancer Center’s Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program.

‘UK at the Half’: Dean Rosalie Mainous on training more nurses for Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2024) — In November 2022, Rosalie Mainous became the sixth dean of the University of Kentucky College of Nursing.

UK-CARES Hosts Climate and Health Workshop for Kentucky Teachers

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 27, 2023) — The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) hosted K-12 teachers across Kentucky for a virtual training on climate and health in Kentucky.

Annual KCSP conference recognizes local policymakers and advocates for leadership in creating smoke-free communities

The University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy (KCSP) and the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (KTPC) celebrated tobacco-free successes statewide and discussed how tobacco control efforts can align with age-friendly communities at the 2023 Kentucky Tobacco Control Conference:

UK College of Nursing joins Kentucky Nurse Association at ‘Nurses Day at the Capital’

UK BARN Program Aims to Decrease Farmer Suicides

In 2020, the Kentucky legislature proclaimed the Wednesday of National Farm Safety Week "Farmer Suicide Prevention Day." Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death among Americans. Unfortunately, farmers experience an even worse toll. From 2004 to 2017, 109 Kentucky farmers died by suicide, with those over 64 most at risk. Currently, stressors are the highest they have been in years, with producers suffering with supply chain issues, changing weather patterns and increasing input prices. 

Juneteenth Blog: Nursing’s Continued Role in Fighting Racism and Advancing Racial and Social Justice

Authored by Jean Edward, PhD, RN, CHPE, associate professor and assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, UK College of Nursing *** “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”- George Santayana

Oped: Nurse Suicide Awareness

Nurses have been identified as the backbone of healthcare, supporting, and protecting their patients.   During the pandemic nurses have endured an increased workload, short staffing, fear of becoming sick or worse exposing their families to sickness and very ill patients many of whom died with a nurse by their side and with no family members. The load nurses have carried over the past two years has been consistently heavy, and with no relief the backbone is feeling the strain. As nurses continue to move forward a heavy burden must be lifted.

Oped: Taking Action to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

The news of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposal to ban mentholated cigarettes and flavored cigars will save lives. Every two and a half minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with lung cancer.  Every day in the U.S., 400 lives are lost to lung cancer.

A Small Town Clinic With Progressive Care

  Pictured above, letf to right, are Dr. Anthony Carney, Amy DelRe, Dr. Sharon Lock and Dr. Lori Fugate in front of the Phyllis D. Corbitt Community Health Center in Wilmore, Ky.  It’s a small-town clinic with just a few rooms, named for a physician from an era when house calls were common. What you’ll find inside, though, is remarkably progressive.