Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities in Lawrence County

Based on the county’s socio-economic status and high rate of smoking, Lawrence County was selected to participate in a smoking cessation research project conducted by the University of KY College of Nursing and Health Education through Extension Leadership. With help from County FCS and Health Department agents, this project explored ways to reach rural smokers and motivate them to quit. Nine themes emerged from group discussions with the rural smokers and the themes were illustrated in a quilt that reflects the smokers’ personal struggles. Made by the local quilt guild, the quilt is used as an awareness and intervention tool for tobacco cessation education and has traveled to various places to share its messages about the struggles of quitting.

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