Dr. O’dell Owens: Build community immunity; get flu vaccine, take precautions to protect all around you
Your newborn baby. A co-worker. Your elderly aunt. You could harm any of them if you gave them the flu….
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People in News: Karl Lietzenmayer gets history award, teacher Haney honored, Becker joins Interact
Leitzenmayer, Behringer-Crawford receive history awards The Kentucky Historical Society presented Karl Lietzenmayer, of Covington, with its Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky…
Commentary: Child care in Greater Cincinnati is a critical resource for the region’s workforce
By Dr. O’dell Moreno Owens and Vanessa Freytag If businesses in the Greater Cincinnati region want to thrive, they need…
Dr. O’dell Owens: Nicotine is always unsafe for youth; we must be diligent in protecting them from tobacco
Smoking in the United States continues to decline, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting that 15.5% of…
Child Well-Being Survey: There is growing need for mental and emotional health services in region
More than 28,000 youth in Greater Cincinnati have poor or fair mental and emotional health, according to analysis of survey…
Interact for Health seeking proposals for funding to reduce tobacco use, secondhand smoke
Exposure to secondhand smoke can have a negative impact on a child’s health. Thus, the 2017 Child Well-Being Survey asked…
People in the News: New staff at Interact for Health, Boone student Impelliteri on Board of Education,
Interact for Health recently added two staff members, Sonya Carrico as senior program officer and Colleen Desmond as Kate Keller…
Survey finds majority of children in the region are able to get the health care they need
Families, health care providers, community partners and others are working together to ensure that children in the Greater Cincinnati…
Chronic medical conditions prevalent among Greater Cincinnati children, rates of asthma lower in NKY
Asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety are the most commonly diagnosed chronic conditions among children in the Greater…
InterAct for Change, Deaconess Foundation award scholarships, including several to NKY students
InterAct for Change and the Deaconess Foundation have awarded scholarships totaling $59,000 to local students to support their pursuit of…
Pedestrian bridge installed on Licking Greenway, creates link to Covington recreation train project
With a crane operator’s deft touch and the helping hands of construction workers waiting to guide it into place, a…
KHIP: Most Kentucky adults favor mandatory treatment programs for drug possession offenders
Nearly 8 in 10 Kentucky adults (82%) favor court-mandated treatment programs for first- and second-time drug offenders according to the…
KHIP: Historic shift in perceptions and most Kentucky adults now believe addiction is a disease
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) found that 7 in 10 Kentucky adults believe that addiction is a…
Kentucky Health Issues Poll: Heroin use continues to cause problems for friends and families in region
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) and Ohio Health Issues Poll (OHIP) asked adults if they knew a…
KHIP: State’s adults favor tobacco-free schools; only 39% of school districts have tobacco-free policies
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) found that nearly 9 in 10 adults (87%) favor schools adopting tobacco-free…
Most recent KHIP poll for high rate of use in Kentucky of e-cigarettes, highest among young adults
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) found that nearly 3 in 10 Kentucky adults reported ever using e-cigarettes…
CHSS: Walking is region’s most popular physical activity; too many of us just sit for hours a day
For the 2017 Community Health Status Survey (CHSS), sponsored by Interact for Health, area adults were asked to name their…
Greater Cincinnati Sustainability Project Gets a boost with national funding from Partners for Places
Eleven cities across the United States will receive nearly a million dollars for sustainability efforts that benefit low-income neighborhoods. Greater…
Generally, adults in the region rate their houses, neighborhoods positively, according to survey
For the 2017 Community Health Status Survey (CHSS), sponsored by Interact for Health, area adults were asked about the condition…
Food insecurity in the region: Health survey shows sobering 2 in 10 are hungry or close to hunger
More than 2 in 10 adults in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky (24 percent) have experienced food insecurity in the…
Two health foundations sponsoring free forum on ways to use data to improve region’s health
Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio forum will be held on October 23, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m….
Community Health Status Survey: We consume too many unhealthy sugar-sweetened drinks each week
For the 2017 Community Health Status Survey (CHSS), sponsored by Interact for Health, area adults were asked how many sugar-sweetened…