Kentucky State Profile and Resources
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Kentucky was the first region west of the Allegheny Mountains to be settled by American pioneers. Politically, the Kentucky region was originally part of Virginia, but statehood was gained in 1792. Gen. Anthony Wayne's victory in 1794 at Fallen Timbers in Ohio marked the end of Native American resistance in the area and secured the Kentucky frontier. Kentucky prides itself on producing some of the nation's best tobacco, horses, and whiskey. Corn, soybeans, wheat, fruit, hogs, cattle, and dairy products are among the agricultural items produced. |
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State Information
Quick Facts from the Census
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html
Healthy People 2010 Kentucky
http://chs.state.ky.us/publichealth/healthy_ky_2010.htm
Population Profiles
http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/special/profile2k/KY_2K_Profile.pdf
Congressional Map
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/pubs/maps/ky.pdf
National Association of Counties
http://www.naco.org/
State Health Information
Kentucky Department of Public Health
http://chs.ky.gov/publichealth/
State Health Facts Online (from the Kaiser Foundation)
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
(enter Kentucky in the search box)
State Health Resource Lists
State Resources - Kentucky (from the Rural Assistance Center)
http://www.raconline.org/states/kentucky.php
Health Professional Shortage Areas
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA's)
http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/
(enter Kentucky in the search box)
HPSA Designation Criteria
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/hpsacrit.htm
Medically Underserved Areas/Medically Underserved Populations
MUA/MUP - Medically Underserved Areas/Medically Underserved Populations
http://muafind.hrsa.gov/
(enter Kentucky in the search box)
Health Workforce Profiles
Health Resource Shortage Area Workforce Profiles
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/statesummaries/kentucky.htm
Health Resource Shortage Area Workforce Profiles
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforceprofiles/KY.pdf
Health Resource Workforce Profiles Highlights
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforceprofiles/kentucky.pdf
Specific Populations - General Information
Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/
MedlinePlus Population Group Topics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020514b.htm
African American
African American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
African American Health Disparities Information
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/aah/
Additional GMR Resources
Hispanic American
Hispanic American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html
HispanicHealth.org
http://www.hispanichealth.org/
Latino/Hispanic Health (LasCulturas.com)
http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libHealth.php
Additional GMR Resources
Native American
Native American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nativeamericanhealth.html
Indian Health Service i(IHS)
http://www.ihs.gov/
IHS Publications & Reports
http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Index.asp
Native Health Research Database
http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/IHS_Stats/Statistical_Databases.asp
Kentucky Indian Tribes
http://www.500nations.com/Kentucky_Tribes.asp
Additional GMR Resources
Government Information Resources
FedStats -
A gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/
USA.gov -
The official U.S. gateway to all government information
http://www.usa.gov/
Google Search: Uncle Sam
http://www.google.com/unclesam
State & Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
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