By Muhammad Lukman Tuesday, May 16, 2017 child obesity childhood obesity children children's health Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grants philanthropy physical activity physical inactivity youth 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...
By Muhammad Lukman Tuesday, May 9, 2017 foundations meth methamphetamine narcotics philanthropy polls prescription drug abuse prescription drugs Poll provides more evidence that heroin use is increasing in Ky.; Chandler calls state's opioid epidemic 'truly shocking' People in health care and law enforcement know that heroin use in Kentucky has increased, and that the state still has a big problem with pr...
By Muhammad Lukman Thursday, May 4, 2017 Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grants philanthropy research 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...
By Muhammad Lukman Wednesday, April 5, 2017 cigarettes elections foundations General Assembly health policy legislature lobbying local government philanthropy politics smoking smoking ban smoking bans state government taxes tobacco Foundation plans to be more active against tobacco, since it is the cause of many of Kentucky's health problems As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won't even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Heal...