HHS Region 4
Kentucky
Louisville Lead Free Community
Louisville, KY
Cohort 10 - 2021
NLAPH
Overview
This project will include: (1) a targeted lead hazard identification project to highlight the need; and (2) a communications and outreach plan to communicate the need for environmental clean-up and ensure local communities know this effort is being made because they are worth it and not because they live in a dirty place. The project will leverage and extend Louisville’s lead hazard removal grant to increase participation, remove hazards, and expand to include additional partners through collaboration.
The aim is to change and advance policy and practices to proactively remove lead and protect the Louisville community.
Team members
Nick Hart
Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness
Joshua Miller
IDEAS xLab
Brian Guinn
University of Louisville
Erin Wallace
Louisville Metro Government, Office of Housing
Sam Rose
Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness
Documents
Healthy Babies Louisville
Louisville, KY
Cohort 8 - 2019
NLAPH
Overview
The team will work with local health systems to normalize the presence of Doulas and reduce the stigma around their inclusion in the birthing experience through policy and educational awareness. The project aims to develop strategies and policies to propose to health systems that protect Doulas and mothers. They also hope to communicate with policymakers to provide Doulas rights and increase awareness about their work.
Team members
Mary Jolly
Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness
Billie Castle
Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness
Brittany Watkins
Centerstone
Tialisha Lumpkin
Catholic Charities of Louisville
Documents
Appalachian Community Collaboration
Athens, OH; Harrogate, TN; and Pikeville, KY
Cohort 7 - 2018
NLAPH
Overview
The team proposes to decrease health disparity rates by leveraging area resources through community collaboration focused on improving access to health care.
Team members
Melissa Frazier
University of Pikeville - Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Donna Peissner
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sebastian Diaz
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Layne Blackwell
Pike County Health Department
Marca Centiempo
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Documents
Fresher Is Better
Murray County, KY
Cohort 6 - 2017
NLAPH
Overview
In Calloway County, 17.5% of children between the ages of 2 and 4 are considered obese in addition to 29% of the adult population. Calloway County has 23 fast-food restaurants, which make up 31% of restaurants. The county has underutilized ADA-compliant walking paths available which is an asset of the built environment. This all adds up to obesity as one of the top problems for Calloway County.
By educating school-aged children, early interventions will lead to lifelong healthy behaviors of good nutritional choices and increased physical activity, thereby decreasing the percentage of obesity in the community. The team plans to decrease processed foods through the promotion of locally available healthy foods. This will include education in schools. The team wants to change the mindset of school-aged children toward healthy nutrition choices, thereby affecting parents’ and siblings’ food choices.
This project will build upon the team’s first health challenge, Rethink Your Drink. That campaign and challenge helped to reduce sugar consumption by 102 pounds over a 4 week period. Building upon the success of this campaign, Healthy Kids, Healthy Lives will continue the momentum of healthier food choices.
Team members
Amy Ferguson
Calloway County Health Department
Miranda Terry
Murray State University
Michelle Hansen
Calloway County Family Resource Center/Calloway County School District
Susan Burkeen
Murray-Calloway County Hospital
Erica Brown
Murray-Calloway County Hospital
Documents
Big Sandy Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Prevention
Paintsville, KY
Cohort 5 - 2016
NLAPH
Overview
As a part of the Appalachia Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (ALAPH), the team aims to decrease the number of infants born with NAS. They hope to target those suffering from substance abuse disorders and create a step-by-step program: 1) Participant recruitment and referrals; 2) Substance abuse counseling; 3) NAS education and family planning; 4) Pregnancy prevention for those with a substance abuse disorder.
Team members
Danielle Franklin
Highlands Health System
Jennifer Lynn Wilson
Johnson County Health Department
Ron Webb
Johnson County Health Department
Stacy Crum
Passport Health Plan-Medicaid Provider
Julia Knight
Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center
Contagious Health
Cumberland Valley, KY
Cohort 3 - 2014
NLAPH
Overview
The team will use their AHLP to train micro clinic program providers from eight Cumberland Valley counties, assist facilitators in the launch of programs in home institutions, and support participants in the adoption of healthier behaviors through local built environment improvement initiatives.
Team members
Leslie Lang
Microclinic International
Lynnett Renner
Cumberland Valley Health Depts.
Hitomi Kubo
Microclinic International