Welcome to Kentucky Family Policy
This blog is dedicated to examining issues facing the Commonwealth of Kentucky and providing a nonpartisan, family perspective on public policy making. We hope to provide a forum for Kentuckians to review and discuss current legislative actions and the issues such actions are attempting to address. The opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Kentucky, its affiliates, or its representatives.
What the authors of this blog will contribute:
1) Summarize current state, national, and international research related to topics relevant to current legilative actions.
2) Describe Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service programs and activities currently addressing issues related to legilative actions in the various counties.
3) Provide expert commentaries via podcasts and videocasts on issues relevant to current legilative actions.
Please see "Priority Bills" section on the right for a short list of the most current legislative actions relevant to the family focus of this blog
Leslie County is one of Kentucky’s least healthy and “grayer” counties, with 12% of the population age 65 and older. Local Extension Advisory Councils identified senior programming as a high priority. To serve this aging base, two Family and Consumer Sciences Agents from adjoining counties collaborated with Mary Breckinridge Hospital to offer a one-day health fair. The 118 participants listened to 17 eight-minute topics, among them, adaptive clothing, diabetes, elder abuse, fall prevention, balance, medications, osteoporosis, stroke signs, and the top six cancers and when to screen. Two University of Kentucky Extension specialists, a pharmacist from UK Healthcare, UK Extension agents, UK EFNEP assistants, UK interns, and local businesses provided health information.
To view the entire Building Strong Families Leslie county profile, please click the link.
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