Public Health & Prevention

Project Access: Improving Care for Children with Epilepsy in Rural Communities (2 User Ratings) Project Access was created to increase access to comprehensive and coordinated health care services for children and youth with epilepsy residing in medically underserved and rural areas. Nine states are working... Faculty Yris Lance, MA, CNPM, CSSI, CMSI Tashi Chodon, BSN, MPH

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE, CNE Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Kentucky Health Literacy Summit: Marginal Health Literacy-What it is and Why it Matters (1 User Rating) Only 12% of adults in the United States  have proficient health literacy skills. The impact of marginal health literacy is well documented  with outcomes that include higher rates of emergency... Faculty Janet Ohene-Frempong, MS

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE, CEU Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Kentucky Health Literacy Summit: What's Next for Kentucky? (0 User Ratings) The  problems that contribute to limited health literacy are found in both urban and rural environments. Although many of the issues are shared by both urban and rural settings, there is a distinction in... Faculty Baretta R. Casey, MD Adewale Troutman, MD

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CEU Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Kentucky Health Literacy Summit: What Can We Learn from Other States? (0 User Ratings) More than 89 million people in the United States have difficulty understanding and acting upon health information.  An organized effort to address the myriad issues surrounding limited health literacy can... Faculty Jennifer Dillaha, MD Gwen Ratermann, BA Michelle Erickson, BA

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CEU Credit Amount: 1.25 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Urethritis and Cervicitis (2 User Ratings) STDs are common, costly, and preventable. Worldwide, an estimated 333 million cases of curable STDs occur annually. In 1995, STDs were the most common reportable diseases in the United States. They accounted for... Faculty William M. Geisler, MD, MPH

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CNE Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Audio Webcast Expires: Mar 10, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Developing Collaborations in the Rural Latino Communities and building Relationships Between Rural African American Women with HIV Disease Living in the Southeastern United States (1 User Rating) Depression is one of the most common psychological outcomes of HIV disease, particularly among rural African-American women. Although overt forms of HIV-related stigma have reduced considerably over time,... Faculty Sara J. Corwin, MPH, PhD Alexia Eslan, MBA

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE, CNE Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 17, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Effects of Secondhand Smoke Exposure on Children’s Health (3 User Ratings) Kentucky leads the nation in diseases related to tobacco.  Secondhand smoke exposure is a major problem in our state with the high prevalence of adult smokers.  This presentation will address the issues... Faculty Don Hayes Jr, MD, FAAP, FACP, FCCP

Activity Details Credit Types: CME Credit Amount: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Removing Access & Utilization Barriers to Oral Health Services for African-Americans Living with HIV/AIDS (0 User Ratings) South Carolina currently ranks 8th in the nation in cervical cancer mortality.  The rates of incidence and mortality form cervical cancer and HIV infection are disproportionately higher in Orangeburg and... Faculty Minnijuan W. Flournoy, MPH, PhD Amy B. Martin, DrPH

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE, CNE Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Health Reform: Are we there Yet? (0 User Ratings) The session will look at key 2009 policy changes and also provide an overview of regulatory and legislative issues impacting rural health care. Hear the latest news on the policy front and learn how to best serve... Faculty Maggie Elehwany, JD

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Rural Infrastructure, Rural Economic Development, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (0 User Ratings) Hear how USDA Rural Development increases economic opportunity and helps improve the quality of life for rural Americans. Faculty Victor Vasquez, BS, MPA

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Gender-Specific Approaches to Best Practices in HIV Service Delivery (0 User Ratings) Women represent a growing number of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. Recent studies indicate that HIV is increasingly affecting women, adolescents, and minorities in rural and Southern... Faculty Mary L. Bowers, MSW

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE, CNE Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

United States - Mexico Border Health Commision (3 User Ratings) Hear about critical areas of rural economic development, social determinants of health and non-traditional entities such as transportation, commerce, labor and housing, and critical components of healthy rural... Faculty Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS

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VHA Office of Rural Health (0 User Ratings) About 3 million Veterans enrolled in the VA Health Care System live in rural areas. These rural Veterans sometimes cannot find a way to travel to see a doctor or other health care workers. Rural Veterans might... Faculty Anselm A. Beach, MS

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE, CNE Credit Amount: 1.25 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 1, 2013 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Past, Present, Future Vaccines and Preventable Diseases (4 User Ratings) Pharmacists in most every US state are now authorized to administer immunizations/vaccinations.  Immunization science and vaccine schedules are a constantly evolving area.  It is critical that... Faculty Frank Romanelli, PharmD, MPH, BCPS

Activity Details Credit Types: CME, CPE Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Audio Webcast Expires: Dec 8, 2012 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Prevention and Treatment of Secondary Complications after SCI (0 User Ratings) Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical... Faculty Sara Salles, DO

Activity Details Credit Types: CME Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 1, 2012 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Lead in Children: Prevention is Better Than Treatment (1 User Rating) There is a demonstrated lack of lead screening in the childhood population of Kentucky when evaluated according to the published standards of the National Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Childhood Lead... Faculty Ray Garman, MD

Activity Details Credit Types: CME Credit Amount: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 1, 2012 Cost: Free E-mail Begin