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Genesis HealthCare System and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University surveyed Genesis staff involved in with patients to determine the depth and scope of needs for staff, patients, and patient’s families.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University has been working with the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Project over the past few years to improve the health of the people of this region.
The second annual symposium with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University College of Health Sciences and Professions and the Appalachian Children Coalition was held Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.
The OHIO Alliance for Population Health partner organizations are rising to the occasion to support Ukraine as war rages.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Congressmen Troy Balderson and Bill Johnson visited Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University's Athens campus today to tour facilities and learn more about OHIO's myriad contributions to Appalachian Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the state.
On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, the city of Athens signed a proclamation making June 6 Community Health Worker Day.
Four organizations have announced a collaborative effort to develop a report that identifies areas of racial and ethnic inequity in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s community behavioral health system.
The Jackson County Health Department is working in partnership with OHIO to train and deploy 13 community health workers to address public health concerns and impacts of COVID-19 across 11 counties.
A new report released by the OHIO Alliance for Population Health shows a troubling shift in drug use trends amongst Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵans.
A new study conducted at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University shows that residents of Appalachian areas, younger Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵans and Black and Hispanic residents are less likely to agree to a COVID-19 vaccine.
A new data analysis by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alliance for Innovation in Population Health shows that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has a lower ratio of deaths related to police intervention than the national average.
Diseases of despair accounted for the sixth-most deaths and resulted in the fourth-most years of life lost in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ over a 10-year period, a new study at OHIO showed.
Following the Suicide Prevention Plan for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ released by Gov. DeWine and state partners, a new collaboration has created an analytical deep dive of data into suicide deaths between 2009-2018.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alliance for Innovation in Population Health studied hepatitis C rates within the state and discovered consistently high rates in the southern Appalachia region over a five-year period.
Community health workers are known by a lot of names: outreach worker, patient advocate, public health aide. Some think "cheerleader" could be added to the list. They are trusted community members who connect those in need of health services to healthcare resources and advocate on their behalf.
