Commentary: Improve access, strengthen ties to health care with school-based health centers
By O’dell Moreno Owens, Tony Cox and Sally Jordan Health and education go hand in hand. If children are bothered…
Kentucky Health Issues Poll
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KHIP: Kentucky adults support schools as more active resource for helping families get health care
Kentucky adults continue to support schools as a resource for helping families get health care services for their children, according…
KHIP: New poll shows most Kentucky adults favor legalizing marijuana for medical purposes
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Nine in 10 Kentucky adults favor legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, according to the latest…
Commentary: Three reasons why health advocates just won’t leave ‘vape’ retailers, makers alone
By Ben Chandler, Terry Brooks, Ed.D., Ashli Watts and Brent Wright, M.D. Manufacturers and retailers who sell Juul and…
KHIP: Report shows uptick in prescription pain medicine misuse — and we all know someone
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky A new Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) report shows an uptick in prescription pain medicine…
Kentucky Health Issues Poll finds majority of adults in Commonwealth favor tax on e-cigarettes
Tobacco remains the single most preventable cause of disease and death among Kentuckians. However, the nature of tobacco use is…
KHIP: Report shows that fewer Kentuckians are delaying or skipping dental care because of cost
Fewer Kentuckians are delaying or skipping dental care because of the cost, but only about six in 10 Kentucky adults…
KHIP: Region is mobilizing against the complex issues around epidemic of substance abuse
Nearly a third of Kentucky adults (31%) reported that they have a friend or family member who has experienced problems…
KHIP: Nearly 90 percent of Kentuckians report having health coverage, but some still worry about losing it
Health care is an issue that’s at the front of mind for many policymakers, businesses and families in Kentucky. As…
Support for Health Care Law remains steady in Kentucky; attitudes vary by political affiliation
More Kentucky adults have positive opinions about the Affordable Care Act than negative, according to the 2018 Kentucky Health Issues…
New KHIP poll shows majority of Kentuckians have gotten a flu shot; still time to get yours
If you haven’t gotten a flu shot in the last 12 months, you’re in the minority in Kentucky. What’s more,…
Health Policy Forum: Medical marijuana has some health benefits, but there are adverse risks
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Research shows conclusively that medical marijuana has some health benefits, but also comes with…
Foundation for Healthy KY, Interact for Health seeking input on next Kentucky Health Issues Poll by Aug. 1
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking input about the topics and questions to be included in the next…
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…
Health Issues Poll: Majority of Kentucky adults say childhood obesity is a serious problem in the state
A majority (56%) of Kentucky adults say childhood obesity is a serious problem in the state, according to the most…
Only 54 percent of Ky. high schools have full-time nurse; poll shows support for one in every school
Barely half of Kentucky’s high schools have a full-time registered nurse, according to the School Health Profiles compiled by the…
KY Health Issues Poll: Favorable opinion of ACA, cigarette tax favored, insurance access for all
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) found that more Kentucky adults have a favorable opinion of the Patient…
Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows 24% of adult Kyians are concerned about losing health insurance
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) found one in four (24%) of insured Kentucky adults ages 18 to…
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…
Health Issues Poll: Results help determine issues NKY adults face and how to focus support
Since 2008, the Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP), sponsored by Interact for Health and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,…
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