Author: Tracie Goodman
Major Program: Health Leadership Program
According to County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, McCreary County ranks 120 of 120 Kentucky counties in health behaviors. The report states the county adult obesity rate is 40% and the level of physical inactivity is 39%. Obese individuals are at an increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some types of cancers. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress and a built environment that divides the communities and makes it difficult
Author: Brenda Cockerham
In the Northeast Area of Extension Homemakers, leaders selected the lesson on bladder control for women and came to the leader training to learn to deliver the lesson to others in their counties. Sixteen attendees came, women fifty five or older, from seven counties: Johnson, Boyd, Carter, Magoffin, Martin, Pike, and Greenup. Of those attending the leadership training, participants responded to a questionnaire indicating the following:All gained knowledge about the pelvic floor and urinary incon
