Publication Date

7-1989

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

Wayne Higgins, Jimmie Price, Thomas Nicholson

Degree Program

Department of Public Health

Degree Type

Master of Science

Abstract

In July 1980, the Barren River District Health Department (BRDHD), serving eight counties (combined population approximately 204,000) in Southcentral Kentucky, was selected as a demonstration site under the auspices of the federal Health Education Risk Reduction (HERR) Program. With continued HERR funding for eight years, the BRDHD developed several successful health promotion projects. Major components of these projects include: 1) community health promotion, which serves to identify high -risk groups in the community and provide them with health education-health promotion services, 2) school health education which included the development of a preschool health education curriculum, 3) teacher education workshop, which instructs primary and secondary public school teachers in health education methods, 4) smoking cessation. and 5) a large industrial wellness program. This study reports on an eight year program evaluation of the HERR demonstration. Overall, the program evaluation suggests an increase in health knowledge and some attitude and behavior change for many of the participants ii BRDHD programs.

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion

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