Through this initiative, funded with $35,000 from UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kentucky, 11 students from Hazard Independent and Perry County high schools have completed the training with Kentucky Homeplace and can now apply for CHW certification. Once completed, they will be able to serve as healthcare advocates providing education and guidance to help Eastern Kentuckians connect with healthcare resources.
On year ago, Hazard and several other Eastern Kentucky communities were devastated by days of flooding. Several UK and UK HealthCare employees who live in Eastern Kentucky share their experiences of helping their fellow Kentuckians recover from the disaster over the past year.
The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) will continue its work to study major environmental health impacts on Kentuckians with a renewed award from the