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‘This Isn’t a Dying Coal Town,’ It’s a West Virginia Community

In 2012, the Williamson Health and Wellness Center launched a CDC-funded community health worker-based program addressing diabetes thatsignificantly lowered participants’ blood sugar levels. … See more

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Commentary: A Key to Solving Appalachia’s Mental Health Crisis

WEBRather than encouraging someone to outgrow or overcome their culture, having a counselor who understands the nuances of it is important. Culturally …

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From Appalachian Cities to Hollers, Community Health Workers …

WEBThe plan calls for the addition of 150,000 community health workers through direct grant funding and adding CHW services as an optional benefit for states …

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In Southwest Virginia, Reestablishing a Rural Hospital System …

WEBOn July 1, Ballad Health tweeted, “This morning we unveiled the sign on Lee County Community Hospital – America’s newest rural hospital.”. Civic leaders and …

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2019 County Health Rankings Cite Housing as a Foundation for a

WEBThree Years after Lockdown, What COVID-19 Taught Us about Grief Traditions in Appalachia

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Eula Hall’s Mud Creek Clinic: Kentucky’s ‘People that Help People’

WEBSo in 1973, with a $1,400 donation and two local doctors as volunteers, she opened the Mud Creek Clinic here in this Floyd County community of 1,500. Today, it’s part of a …

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Pallottine Sisters Find a New Legacy in Community Healthcare

WEBPallottine Sisters Find a New Legacy in Community Healthcare. When Vincent Pallotti was ordained a priest in 1818, he wrote, “I ask God to make me an …

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Two Months After a Historic Unionization Vote, Nurses in Asheville

WEBThe win was the first union victory at a private hospital in North Carolina labor history. It was also the largest victory at a non-union hospital in the South since …

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100 Days in Appalachia

WEBA global pandemic has increased the financial struggles that already existed for rural hospitals. These Appalachian communities are exploring alternative paths forward. …

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Latest News — 100 Days in Appalachia

WEBFront Porch Politics: An Alabama Democrat’s Roadmap for Defeating Trumpism in Appalachia By Skylar Baker-Jordan / April 2, 2024 You may not have felt it, …

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These Appalachian Lawmakers are Working to Protect Black …

WEBWhen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced its Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System in 1987, the number of pregnancy-related …

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This Annual Free Clinic has Become 'Ground Zero' for Parachute

WEBEach summer a pop-up clinic in Wise County, Virginia providing free medical, dental and vision care attracts thousands…

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For Black Communities Struggling with COVID-19, Decades of …

WEBThis is part two of a two-part series exploring racism as a public health crisis in Appalachia and its compounding due to COVID-19. Read part one here. As COVID …

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By the Numbers: Health, Access in Appalachia Amid COVID-19

WEBThe latest numbers available from the U.S. Census Bureau say that in 2018, 11.8 percent of Americans lived at or below the federal poverty level. Income has a …

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Rural Tennessee is Losing More Hospitals Than Anywhere in the …

WEBThis is the third story in Critical Condition, a three part series. Read more here. “I’m hopin’,” Andrea Haas says with conviction. The Remote Area Medical clinic …

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As COVID Strained Appalachian Campus Mental Health Services, …

WEBAt Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, Martin, a junior who does not wish to be identified by last name, had an initial assessment done with the on …

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Racism in Healthcare is a ‘Fundamental Truth,’ and COVID-19 Has

WEBIn Alabama, one of the two southernmost states in Appalachia, Blacks comprise 27 percent of the population but have suffered 40 percent of COVID-19 …

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Moving Care Upstream: Appalachian Community Health Workers …

WEBRoger Cisco is a fairly new patient in the Williamson Health & Wellness Center’s community health program, which serves some of the clinic’s most high-risk …

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The Poisonous Legacy of Ohio’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

WEBHer thirteen-year-old Maltese, Hercules, jumps onto her lap, wedging comfortably between her legs and the steering wheel, and stays put as she navigates …

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