Abstract
Many Appalachian counties in Kentucky are known for poor health and limited resources, however, by harnessing the power of relationships in the eight counties of the Kentucky River Area Development District, a team developed a public health improvement consortium to maximize power of the local collective.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1114-1122 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Meharry Medical College.
Funding
Accomplishments. Funding. In 2019, 10 organizations from the KRHC worked together to apply for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Planning Grant (RCORP) funded by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). The application was funded, and that funding provided an opportunity to further organize the consortium, survey the community regarding health priorities, and gauge perceptions regarding strategies for addressing the opioid crisis. As receipt of this grant and knowledge of the consortium’s work grew, organizations, researchers, and individuals from outside the consortium began to seek the group’s expertise and support of additional health improvement endeavors across the region.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| KRHC | |
| Rural Communities Opioid Response Planning | |
| Health Resources and Services Administration |
Keywords
- Consortium
- partnerships
- public health
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
