We’re marshaling all of our resources—statewide broadcast, video and multimedia production, web sites, community outreach, school-based services, and partnerships—in a major initiative to improve Kentuckians’ health attitudes and practices and “move the meter” on Kentucky’s poor showing in national health statistics.
Your Plan for Community Action
Does your civic group want to tackle health-care issues in your community? Making Change Together is a seven-minute “conversation starter” video that you can use to inspire your members. It provides an overview of a statewide effort to engage local communities in dialogue about the health system in Kentucky and spotlights a successful citizen advocacy coalition in Owensboro. For a free DVD copy of the video, contact Sheree Boston at (800) 432-0951 or .
Video: Making Change Together
Are We Dying of Unnatural Causes?
Can conditions at work or in your neighborhood disrupt your biology like a virus? Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, a provocative four-part PBS documentary, explored why economic status and race are even more powerful predictors of health and life expectancy than smoking. Closer to home, KET delved into the issues with a special companion edition of Connections with Renee Shaw and a town hall meeting held in Louisville to discuss the series. Details »
Video: Connections Special | Louisville Town Hall Meeting
Alzheimer’s Update
KET’s companion web site for the PBS documentary The Forgetting includes videos and links with advice and resources for Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers, and family members as well as updates on research into this devastating disease.
Video: Alzheimer’s in Kentucky
Speaking Out About Health
The one-hour KET documentary Every Heartbeat Has a Voice: Kentuckians Speak Out About Health Care puts a Kentucky face on a national story. At health forums in communities throughout the state, a cross-section of Kentuckians share their experiences with the health-care system and talk about how to change it for the better. Details »
Video: Every Heartbeat Has a Voice
Kentucky Health
This wide-ranging African American Health Initiative/University of Louisville co-production is designed to “raise the health IQ” statewide. Each episode focuses on one aspect of health or health care, from advances in neonatal intensive care to the ethical questions raised by end-of-life issues. • Sundays at 2:30/1:30 pm CT on KET1, Mondays at 7:30/6:30 pm CT on KET2, and Wednesdays at 5:30/4:30 am CT on KET1 • Visit the web site »
Spotlighting Community Health Projects
Our 13-part production The CommonHealth of Kentucky profiles health and wellness projects across the state that are succeeding in making their communities healthier. Watch the programs online and learn how Kentuckians are helping one another reduce obesity, stop smoking, beat addiction, manage chronic diseases, teach kids good health practices, and feel better both mentally and physically.
Off to a Healthy Start with PBS Kids
Even Cookie Monster is cutting down on the chocolate chips these days as PBS children’s programs focus on helping kids develop healthy habits for a lifetime. On Arthur, the Hooray for Health! curriculum brings lessons on food and exercise to Elwood City. Boohbah encourages children between 3 and 6 to be physically active. And the Healthy Habits for Life initiative on Sesame Street, created in response to the growing crisis of childhood obesity, incorporates storylines that guide preschoolers and their caregivers through lessons on healthy eating, the importance of active play, hygiene, and more. Visit the series web sites at PBS Kids Online to learn more: Arthur | Boohbah | Sesame Street
