Diversion programs connect individuals to treatment instead of criminal sanctions and are
used more frequently to address substance use. This systematic scoping review included 31 …

Health status and academic achievement have been found to be linked: When students
have poor health status, they are at increased risk for poor academic outcomes. The school-…

Background: A single self-rated health (SRH) question is associated with health outcomes,
but agreement between SRH and physician-rated patient health (PRPH) has been poorly …

Little is known about how participation in home-delivered meal programs (known as Meals
on Wheels), financed in part through the Older Americans Act, relates to the use of health …

The misuse of prescription medications is a growing problem in Kentucky (Bunn and Slavova
2012). However, the burden of prescription drug abuse is not borne equally throughout the …

Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) and its consequences have strained the resources
of health, social, and criminal justice services in the Cincinnati region. However, …

Obesity has increased dramatically in the United States since 1980.1 It is now the second
leading cause of preventable death, contributing to more than 100,000 deaths annually. 2 The …

Since 2008 Interact for Health, a foundation, has worked to address the opioid epidemic in
Cincinnati, Ohio, which has been particularly affected. This article shares the evolution of the …

The Appalachian region has been identified as an area with health challenges, including
higher mortality, reduced health care access, and poor health outcomes. However, the …

As the field of philanthropy has matured over the past couple of decades, increasing attention
has been paid to evaluating the impact of philanthropic investments. Twenty years ago, in …