LEXINGTON,
Ky. (April 27, 2021) – A recent study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers looked into the association of financial burden with health insurance literacy in colorectal cancer patients.
Recently published in Supportive Care in Cancer, the team utilized the Kentucky Cancer Registry data to collect surveys from colorectal cancer survivors in Kentucky to identify if there was a correlation between individuals suffering from financial toxicity and comprehension of health insurance.
Financial toxicity is the accumulation of the financial costs and financial distress or hardship that can affect the health and wellbeing of cancer survivors. Studies cited in the article highlight how survivors suffering from financial toxicity had a poorer quality of life, decreased survival, increased symptom burden, and a decrease in treatment compliance.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2021) The Wellness, Health & You (WHY) program invites University of Kentucky students to share COVID-19 experiences in a brief, confidential survey. WHY is a long-term research program that uses annual surveys to learn about how different life experiences affect health and well-being.
“The WHY research initiative is committed to serving Kentuckians by gathering data about how COVID-19 has affected their lives in a multitude of facets,” said Hannah Bowman, a UK College of Nursing student who serves as a student ambassador for WHY.
Anyone 18 and up is invited to join WHY and take the first COVID-19 survey of 2021. WHY questionnaires are completely confidential. In addition to the COVID-19 survey, WHY also has surveys that focus on the health of people of color and of queer individuals. Joining WHY is, and always will be, completely free.
University Of Kentucky To Train More Rural Nurses - Lexington, KY - Much of the state faces a shortage of registered nurses, with rural areas having the greatest need.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2021) As a land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky’s role is to improve the lives of people throughout the Commonwealth through service, education and health care. Through a collaboration with local agritourism company Black Soil, a group of students from the UK College of Nursing have taken up the mantle to deliver health education to Lexington’s communities of color.
Black Soil is an organization founded to reconnect black Kentuckians to their legacies and heritage through agriculture. Urban families are brought together with black farmers, growers and producers across the state to help introduce opportunities in agriculture that promote self-sufficiency, encourage healthy living and activate cooperative economics.
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The two colleges have developed a partnership to allow CAFE students in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition to earn a second bachelor s degree in nursing.Â
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The two colleges have developed a partnership to allow CAFE students in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition to earn a second bachelor s degree in nursing. Photo from Getty Images
LEXINGTON â The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is partnering with the UK College of Nursing to help meet the need for more nurses in rural Kentucky.Â
According to the 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs State Rankings for Health Outcomes, Kentucky has some of the highest obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart disease rates in the United States. Many of the stateâs rural counties are among the worst for health outcom