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Healthy Numbers for Kentucky Children

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Brian Boisseau, CHFS, DPH, DPQI activity educator, added calorie, added fiber, age-appropriate guidance, beverage, calorie, CHFS, child 's diet, DPQI, eat low amount, eat low amount of fresh fruit, excess calorie, feel of satisfaction, Frankfort, fresh fruit, fruit, fruit cup, fun hobby, good health, good live pattern, guidelines/activestart.aspx, healthful eat pattern, healthy number, image001 Brian Boisseau, impromptu game of tag, Kyshape.org, lifetime of good health, nutritious option, obesity, physical activity, physical activity educator, recreational screen time, rest rate, risk of dental decay, screen time, set child, shapeamer-ica.org/standards, side of vegetable, smartphones, society of health, structured play, sugar-sweetened, sugar-sweetened beverage, syrup, time watch electronic screen, vegetable, vegetable child

FRANKFORT Today’s children are faced with many challenges that contribute to overweight and obesity. These include eating low amounts of

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Infectious Disease Prevention Is So Much More than COVID-19

April 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Bethany Hodge, MD, MPH -related infectious disease, 12 % increase, AIDS institute, Amanda Wilburn, C estimate, C., chronic infection impact quality, citizen of the commonwealth, common STDs, control program, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, disease branch, disease transmission model show, disease trend, division of epidemiology, dog tick, drug-user, drug-user network, emerge disease trend, epidemiologist, epidemiology, foodborne, Frankfort, goal of the Kentucky STD prevention, group of public health worker, guidance, harm reduction service, HCV, HCV rate, health leader, hepatitis, hepatitis program manager, high burden of new HCV infection, HIV cluster, incoming morbidity, infection impact quality, infectious disease branch, infectious disease prevention, infectious rate, infectious syphilis case, insect vector illness, instance of HIV cluster, item, Kentucky, Kentucky 's public health infrastructure, Kentucky department, Kentucky public health leader, Kentucky STD, Kentucky STD prevention, KY STD prevention, meat, national trend of increase rate of STDs, new HCV infection, ongoing health threat, pandemic, pathogen, prevalence of HCV, prevention, public health, public health staff, rate of substance use disorder, real-time intervention, reported syphilis, safety of the commonwealth, salmonella, STD prevention, STDs, stress of the pandemic, SUD, surveillance, syphilis, syphilis case, syphilis surveillance effort, TB, tick, tick species, tick-borne, tick-borne disease, transmitted disease, tuberculosis, unprecedented new challenge, utensil, vector, viral hepatitis, viral hepatitis program manager, warm weather, winnable battle

FRANKFORT The Infectious Disease Branch in the Division of Epidemiology and Vital Statistics at the Kentucky Department for Public Health

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The CARE Collaborative and Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Program

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Natalie Littlefield $2, additional support, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure education awareness program, blood pressure monitor, blood pressure zone, BS, burden, cardiovascular assessment, cardiovascular disease risk, Care, Care collaborative education, Care SMBP, Care SMBP coach, Care SMBP combine, Care SMBP program, classes.4, coach, dementia.1, dementia.1 heart disease, diastolic blood pressure, disease control, DrPH, educational classes.4, engagement, FQHCs, Frankfort, FRANKFORT hypertension, free blood pressure education awareness program, free blood pressure monitor, healthcare provider, heart disease, high blood pressure, high burden of hypertension, home blood pressure monitor, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension education, Kentucky, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky man, Kentucky patient, KY department, KY heart disease, Ky., lifestyle, lifestyle modification, lifestyle modification goal, maintenance decision, measurement, meta-analysis, modification, monitor, MS, one-on-one counsel, out-of-office, out-of-office blood pressure measurement, participant, participant 's blood, participant 's engagement, participant tool, prevention, provider, public health, qualified health center, regular measurement, regular measurement of blood pressure, regular one-on-one counsel, regular out-of-office blood pressure measurement, reliable measurement, respectively, risk-reduction, self-measured, self-measured blood pressure monitor, Self-Measured blood pressure monitor program, simple hypertension education, SMBP, SMBP clinical service use, SMBP program, stroke, stroke prevention program, systolic blood pressure, telephonic support tool, university of Kentucky, usual care

FRANKFORT Hypertension or high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, and dementia.1

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Special Section

The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals: Occupational Hazard, Unique Opportunity

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Miriam Silman, MSW $2, A., affective disorder, anxiety, burnout, C., check-in, compassion, compassion fatigue, confidential mental health coverage, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, crisis response, critical driver, current pandemic leave healthcare provider, D., E., EAP resource, elevated self-reports, elevated self-reports of depression, emotional exhaustion, evidence-informed, evidence-informed way, exception, exposure, fabric of healthcare system, fatigue, Frankfort, G., health concern increase vulnerability, health impact, healthcare, healthcare professional, healthcare provider, healthcare system, healthcare work, healthcare worker, huddle, I, image002 Miriam Silman, international journal, J., journal, journal of affective disorder, K., L., leadership, leave healthcare provider, level of healthcare, level of transformative change, M., mental health, mental health concern increase vulnerability, mental health impact, mental health impact of COVID-19, mental health of healthcare professional, mental health of healthcare worker, meta-analysis, moral distress, MSW, multi-tiered system, multi-tiered system of support, N., negative psychosocial response, occupational hazard, P., pains.1, pains.1 emerge data, pandemic, past pandemic, physician, plethora of negative psychosocial response, positivity, pre-pandemic, provider, psychosocial impact, public awareness, R., resilience-building, resilience-building practice, resilient workforce, robust body of literature, S., screener, secondary trauma, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, somatic ache, staff meet, staff well-being, stress, supervision, sustainable healthcare system, symptom of traumatic stress, system responsibility, toll, toll of healthcare work, transformative change, trauma, traumatic stress, unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare provider, well-being

FRANKFORT The ferocity, duration, and unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare providers particularly vulnerable to negative psychosocial impacts: COVID-19

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“45 Is the New 50”

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Shana Moore, PhD, MPA $2, 2 state, affordable screen option, age 45, age 45 give, average-risk, cancer, cancer institute, colorectal, colorectal cancer, CRC, CRC mortality, direct messaging, discussion of the screen option, end result data, epidemiology, family history, figure 1, figure 2, figure 3, figure 4, figure 5, Frankfort, https://seer.cancer.gov/data/, https://www.kcr.uky.edu/, impactful, impactful step, incidence, incidence of CRC, initiation.3, Kentucky, messaging, mortality, mortality data, national cancer institute, new messaging, new motto, new screen age, on-time screen, patients, pertinent family history, provider, recommended age, recommended age of initiation.3, referral, registry-, review of pertinent family history, review of surveillance, review of the importance of on-time screen, risk-appropriate, screen, screen message, screen option, screen rate, severity of CRC, statement1, stool-based, stool-based test, surveillance, undetected cancer, USPSTF, value-concordant, value-concordant preference, young population

FRANKFORT The recent change in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines to start colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at

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Obesity Prevention and Weight Loss a Community Effort

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Brian Boisseau, CHFS, DPH, DPQI activity opportunity, bariatric, barrier, behavior therapy portion of weight loss, CHFS, determinant, diabetes, DPQI, evidence-based, evidence-based program, first-line strategy, Frankfort, FRANKFORT excess weight, harsh picture, harsh picture of the consequence of obesity, image001 Brian Boisseau, impact of obesity, individual medical cost burden, initial weight loss, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, lifestyle, lifestyle change program, line evidence-based weight loss strategy, long-term weight loss success, national diabetes prevention program, NHLBI, NHLBI obesity education initiative, nutrition, nutrition program, nutritious food, obesity, obesity prevention, overall population health, person 's risk of develop type 2 diabetes, person of normal weight, physical activity, physical activity opportunity, population health, public health, public health initiative, quality-of-life outcome, SDOH, social determinant, social determinant of health, strategy, success of initial weight loss, surgery, therapy, type 2, type 2 diabetes, weight loss success, weight loss surgery, weight-loss, wide range of health

FRANKFORT Excess weight and obesity are serious threats to the health and wellbeing of many people. In Kentucky, over 36%

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Md-Update News News News & Events

Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation Unveils New Equipment to Help Hospital’s Most Fragile Patients

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff $, $36, 000, 000 grant, 25, 333, 333 gift, al Botts, Alan Oster, American board, board-certified, busy birth center, CFRE, CNOR, crusade, Dawn Lee, designation, fragile condition of infant, fragile patient, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, GE, GE giraffe, giraffe, Greg Rennirt, guild, image001 Dennis Fouch II, infant, Joseph, Joseph mount, Leslie, Leslie smart, Lexington Shriners, Lexington Shriners medical center, MD-UPDATE, medical doctorate, neonatal abstinence syndrome, neonatal infant, new GE giraffe, new orthopedic practice, News item, nurse, nurse staff, OmniBed Carestations, OmniBeds, orthopedic surgery, Oster, parent turn, patient outcome, perioperative, perioperative nurse, photo, Rennirt, Rockcastle county area, Sherry Taul, Sterling, Sterling birth center, Sterling foundation, Sterling mayor, Sterling saint, Sterling volunteer guild, surgery, volunteer, volunteer guild, WHAS, WHAS crusade

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com MOUNT STERLING Saint Joseph Mount Sterling’s most fragile patients, infants born with

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News News & Events

News – Mar 2020

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 MD-Update Staff 173-bed, accredited chest pain center, additional experienced orthopedic surgeon, advanced orthopedics, AHL hockey, Alan Oster, Alankar, American board, American board of orthopedic surgery, aspect of sport medicine, board-certified, C., cardiology, cardiovascular service, care approach, catheterization, CEO, CEO of Frankfort regional medical center, chest pain center, chi, chi saint, diplomate, diplomate of the American board of orthopedic surgery, director of orthopedic trauma, Dr. Oster, Dr. Rennirt, executive director of orthopedic surgery, fellowship, field of orthopedic surgery, Frankfort, FRANKFORT Frankfort, FRANKFORT Frankfort regional medical center, Frankfort regional medical center, FRMC, general surgery internship, general surgery residency, Greg Rennirt, HCA Healthcare, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital of London, Joseph medical group, Kiev, kuntcher, level of orthopedic care, Lipscomb clinic, Louisville, Louisville school, medical doctorate, medical staff, medicine, member of the American academy of orthopedic surgeon, Michael davenport, new orthopedic practice, News, Norton Healthcare, orthopedic care, orthopedic surgery, orthopedic surgery residency, orthopedic trauma, orthopedic trauma fellowship, orthopedics, Oster, partnership, photo, primary PCI, primary stroke center, Reed Hammond, Rennirt, residency, sport medicine fellowship, SUNY health science university, surgeon, surgery, surgery internship, surgery residency, thoracic surgery, total joint, trauma, trauma fellowship, UK HealthCare, UKHC, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL hospital, vascular institute, vascular surgery

Frankfort Regional Medical Center Announces Opening of New Orthopedic Practice in Frankfort FRANKFORT Frankfort Regional Medical Center announced that Greg

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Complementary Care

Vaping and E-Cigarettes Add to Lung Disease

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Elizabeth A. Hoagland, CHFS, DPH, DPQI adult, CDC, cough, curious cluster, curious cluster of case, diarrhea, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette use, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, EVALI, Frankfort, healthcare, healthcare provider, injury, Kentucky, Kentucky department, local investigation, long-term health impact, lung, lung injury, marijuana, marijuana extract, marijuana use, national investigation, nausea, nicotine, probable case of lung injury, product use-associated lung injury, provider, public health, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, THC, tobacco, tobacco product, use e-cigarettes, use-associated, vapes, vaping

FRANKFORT You’ve seen them in stores and on billboards on the side of the road, and heard about them on

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The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH 100% tobacco, 3% strength, 5% JUUL pod, aerosol, aerosol cloud, aerosol exposure, alternative nicotine product, American journal, Ask young, benefit of e-cigarettes, cannabis, CDC website, cigarette, cigarette use, cigarette user, cigarettes.3, contain nicotine salt, conventional cigarette user, discrete aerosol cloud, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette product, e-cigarette user, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette use, electronic hookah, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, fact healthcare provider, flavored product.2, Frankfort, free help, grade e-cigarette use, health promotion section, https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/., https://smokefree.gov/or, https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html, image001 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, image002 photo credit line, JUUL, JUUL pod, Kentucky, Kentucky incentive, Kentucky tobacco prevention, liquid contain nicotine, new generation of tobacco product, new pod-based product, nicotine, nicotine equivalent, nicotine product, nicotine salt, non-e-cigarette, old generation of e-cigarettes, package of cigarettes.3, photo credit line, pod, pod-based, pod-based device, pod-based product, pod-based system, prevention, prevention survey, product.2, risk of secondhand smoke, risk of tobacco use, secondhand aerosol exposure, Smok®, Suorin, surgeon general 's e-cigarette, teen, tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco use, US surgeon general, use e-cigarettes, users.4, users.5, users.5 e-cigarette aerosol, vape, vape pen, vapor product, worried parent, youth, youth tobacco use

FRANKFORT The US Surgeon General has declared electronic cigarette use an epidemic among youth because of an unprecedented rise in

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