Extension
It Starts With Us
Author: Shad Baker
Major Program: Building Healthy Coalitions
It has oft been said that "the wheels of progress move slow", but that is certainly not the case concerning efforts to improve the health of a sedentary Kentucky. In Letcher County, the Extension Service has worked for several years on promoting a more active lifestyle through a partnership grant of the Centers for Disease Control and the University of Kentucky. The county was originally selected because it was one of the most obese in the state. With the grant, the community added fit
Author: Gregory Whitis
Major Program: Building Healthy Coalitions
Addressing the Opioid EpidemicImportance: McCreary County has a major Opioid Epidemic. The local Ambulance Service/911 Director reported that the Ambulance Service is averaging two overdose runs per day. Overdose deaths in McCreary County is hard to track because we have no local hospital. Overdose victims are taken to one of four regional hospitals where they are pronounced “dead on arrival”, so that overdose death is counted in the county where the hospital is located. In 201
