Pop Up Clinics
Health is a concern for the state of Kentucky. Nationally, it resides near the bottom of most of the rankings due to the prevalence of smoking and the complications that result from obesity. 25.2 percent of Kentucky adults identify as smokers, compared to the national average of 18.4 percent. Smoking is known to be one of the greatest causes of preventable disease and death. Another major contributor to the low rankings is obesity. Kentucky has the 12th highest obesity rate in the United States with 31.6 percent considered obese. Subsequently, the state has high rates of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity-related cancers. Healthcare access is also at risk. There has been discussion of the dismantling the state’s health insurance
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This can be done by the creation of pop up clinics in the areas of the state that lack an abundance of medical professionals. The majority of clinics should be located in the eastern segment of Kentucky, the region in the most need. Every three months, these clinics could be sprung up, preferable in a public, easily accessible venue such as a high school gym, or a church’s multipurpose room, or other similar venue. The requirements would be the place just must be large enough to accommodate those in need, clean, reputable, and be low to no cost to rent for the day. Doctors and nurses from the more prosperous regions of the state could be contacted and asked to donate their time for the day helping those in need of care. Small incentives could also be used in order to entice the medical professionals into agreeing to aid this venture if need be. This could be monetary, or something similar such as a free pass into a college game. Mostly though, the clinics would rely on finding doctors and nurses with a charitable enough nature to compel them to help. The number of healthcare professionals per clinic would be dependent on how many would agree to provide assistance and on how many clinics total were created. The amount of clinics could start on the smaller scale, starting at one or two, and grow as the project
This can be done by the creation of pop up clinics in the areas of the state that lack an abundance of medical professionals. The majority of clinics should be located in the eastern segment of Kentucky, the region in the most need. Every three months, these clinics could be sprung up, preferable in a public, easily accessible venue such as a high school gym, or a church’s multipurpose room, or other similar venue. The requirements would be the place just must be large enough to accommodate those in need, clean, reputable, and be low to no cost to rent for the day. Doctors and nurses from the more prosperous regions of the state could be contacted and asked to donate their time for the day helping those in need of care. Small incentives could also be used in order to entice the medical professionals into agreeing to aid this venture if need be. This could be monetary, or something similar such as a free pass into a college game. Mostly though, the clinics would rely on finding doctors and nurses with a charitable enough nature to compel them to help. The number of healthcare professionals per clinic would be dependent on how many would agree to provide assistance and on how many clinics total were created. The amount of clinics could start on the smaller scale, starting at one or two, and grow as the project