Foundation's $3 million program is helping seven counties become healthier in several ways, independent evaluation says

A initiative focused on children's health is helping the  Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky   change community policies and environments...

Evaluation of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky's 6-year public-policy initiative offers lessons for other health philanthropies

An independent evaluation of a six-year Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky initiative offered some useful lessons that can be applied to ot...

Free webinar on impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Kentucky scheduled for Thursday, April 27

(Image from NeighborWorks.org ) The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will offer a free webinar, "Impacts of Implementation of the Aff...

Poll: Almost half of Ky. adults know someone who is depressed, and 30 percent say they don't know where to call for treatment

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly half of Kentucky adults know someone who has a serious problem with depression, and most say ...

About half of Kentucky adults support syringe exchanges, meant to decrease the risk of outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More Kentucky adults favor syringe exchanges than oppose them, and the more they know about them, th...

Better-off Kentuckians exercise more; foundation CEO says policymakers can help increase access to exercise venues

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health status and income matter when it comes to being physically active. Kentucky adults who report...

Though more have insurance and can see a doctor, Ky. shows little gain on health outcomes; Chandler says that takes time

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The percentage of Kentuckians without health insurance has dropped by more than half since the imple...

Bill passes to decrease smoking; one doesn't; lawmakers set to pass resolution for feds to ditch plan to limit tobacco carcinogen

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Smoke-free advocates would say that this legislative session's record is 1-2. T...

Kentuckians on public insurance such as Medicaid used ERs more often after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Use of emergency rooms was expected to decrease after the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but it rose amon...

Poll finds that most Kentucky adults have access to healthy foods, but most also don't eat enough fruits and vegetables daily

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky adults don't eat enough fruits or vegetables every day, even though most of them s...

Poll finds that 22 percent of Kentucky adults say they delay or forgo health care due to cost

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two in 10 Kentucky adults continue to report that someone in their household has delayed or skipped ...

Ky. uninsured rate has dropped significantly under Obamacare, but many struggle with maintaining stable coverage

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many more Kentuckians have health insurance because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ac...