Augusta, GA
Healthy Georgia report gives snapshot of state compared to rest of US
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For the primary time, Georgia has a snapshot of what well being within the Peach State seems like within the inaugural Wholesome Georgia report.
The undertaking was the brainchild of Dr. Biplab Datta, assistant professor within the Institute of Public and Preventive Well being and the Medical Faculty of Georgia’s Division of Inhabitants Well being Sciences, who collaborated with different IPPH school and workers to carry the report back to fruition.
“We wished to offer the policymakers and stakeholders with a tangible product that may assist them implement insurance policies and set future methods,” stated Datta. “That was the general thought to offer a snapshot of what’s happening in Georgia. The place are the scopes of enchancment? Are we doing higher in some areas, and are there methods to increase that success to others the place we may have to enhance?”
Utilizing 2020 information from the Behavioral Threat Issue Surveillance System, a self-reported survey performed yearly by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, the report in contrast the prevalence of a number of power situations in addition to behavioral and preventative well being points amongst Georgians in comparison with the southeast and the remainder of the nation.
“We are attempting to promote this report as a optimistic vibe by this report, exhibiting that whereas we could lag in some areas, we’re doing properly in others,” added Datta.
The examine included excessive ldl cholesterol, hypertension, weight problems, arthritis, bronchial asthma, most cancers, cardiovascular illnesses, heavy ingesting, HIV threat conduct, breast most cancers screening, smoking and extra. It additionally broke down every class by age, intercourse, race, revenue degree and different socioeconomic indicators to get a real illustration of the info.
Dr. Aaron Johnson, director of IPPH, stated one shock within the examine was discovering that the weight problems degree continues to be on the rise — not solely in Georgia, but additionally all through the U.S.
“As a lot time, effort and expense that we put into addressing the weight problems epidemic over the past 20-plus years, it’s nonetheless steadily going up,” Johnson stated.
Within the report, it’s robust to conclude a normal theme from the info since so many variables are in play.
“In the event you take a look at the racial and ethnic disparities, and evaluate that with different southeastern states or on the nationwide degree, you’ll be able to see variations. You can’t generalize the findings for all matters, however have to take a look at issues subject by subject,” stated Datta.
Johnson even talked about Atlanta probably influences the general information since no different state within the southeast has a metropolis its dimension.
“In the event you take a look at these counties in North Atlanta, which might be extra prosperous counties, their well being measures are going to be a lot better than the remainder of the state of Georgia. So if you happen to pull these out, we’re in all probability fairly much like different southeast states,” stated Johnson.
For this primary report, the scope of the examine was restricted to information from the Behavioral Threat Issue Surveillance System. Datta indicated they needed to choose matters the place information was out there for not solely Georgia, but additionally the remainder of the nation. As extra information factors turn out to be out there, they’ll be included in future research.
“One factor we weren’t capable of embody on this — as a result of the BRFSS information simply doesn’t have it — is the opioid epidemic. I might like to put details about that within the subsequent report,” stated Johnson.
He added that whereas gun violence isn’t all the time acknowledged as a public well being difficulty, that may very well be included, too.
“Partly pushed by the pandemic, gun-related deaths have skyrocketed, gun violence has skyrocketed and that has impacted sure populations extra closely than others. So I feel highlighting that within the subsequent report can be good,” added Johnson.
“The one factor I feel we missed on this report is the broader psychological well being points. It’s an rising public well being concern and Georgia simply handed the psychological well being invoice; so I feel within the subsequent few years we’ll undoubtedly attempt to cowl rather more of a broader spectrum,” Datta stated.
The general objective can be to fulfill with state lawmakers to elucidate the report in additional depth. Johnson indicated that Margie Miller, affiliate vp for presidency relations at Augusta College, might assist give them the possibility.
Johnson and Datta are hoping to have the following report accomplished by January 2023, and say that having the appropriate folks take a look at it might play a giant position in coverage creation.
“Getting the report within the palms of influential lawmaker that might be a champion for making choices based mostly on information and proof is basically essential. That might assist the report have some vital affect,” stated Johnson.
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Augusta, GA
Deadly accident shuts down lanes on Deans Bridge Road
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One person has died after a car crash on Deans Bridge Road on Saturday night, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
Richmond County dispatchers said the call came in at 9:01 p.m. of a single-car accident with five passengers.
The driver was transported to a local hospital and later died due to their injuries, according to authorities.
The condition of the other passengers remains unknown.
The southbound lanes were shut down as of 10:15 p.m.
Drivers are encouraged to find an alternate route.
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Augusta, GA
The Dawg Days of summer hit the Junior Players with two (maybe) future UGA players leading
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Mason Howell birdies his last two holes, Hamilton Coleman posts the tournament’s low score on their way to the final group for Sunday’s final round at Players Stadium Course.
TPC Sawgrass, AJGA host the Junior Players Championship for the 18th year
The 18th Junior Players Championship is at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. It has become a Labor Day Weekend tradition on the First Coast.
One of the players in the final threesome of the 18th Junior Players Championship on Sunday has already decided to play golf at the University of Georgia — despite having two more years until his high school class graduates.
The other, with the same amount of time left in junior golf, still has an open mind. But he’d be bucking family tradition if he didn’t become a Bulldog.
Either way, they have more immediate issues at hand: battling it out in the final threesome in the final round of the Junior Players Championship, at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
Mason Howell of Thomasville, Ga., birdied the hardest par-3 and the hardest par-5 holes on the course to polish off a 70 on Saturday, and at 5-under-par 139 has a one-shot lead over Hamilton Coleman of Augusta, Ga., (68, the tournament’s low round for the first two days), who birdied No. 17 and then made a gutsy par at the last to finish at 4-under.
Logan Reilly of Lovettsville, Va. (72), who held a share of the 18-hole lead, is in third at 3-under, Luke Colton of Frisco, Texas (72) is fourth at 2-under and Kailer Stone of Alameda, Calif. (71) is fifth at 1-under.
They are the only players who have broken par for the first 36 holes.
Reilly earned his spot in the final three some when he rallied from a stretch of three bogeys in four holes to birdie Nos. 8 and 9.
First Coast players lagging behind
After Miles Russell became the first resident of the First Coast to win the Junior Players last year — with Phillip Dunham of Ponte Vedra Beach finishing second and Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island in a tie for sixth — it will take an extraordinary final round for any of them to reach the top 10, much less contend.
Junior Players leaderboard
Junior Players final-round groups, tee times
Dunham (75) and Jackson Byrd of St. Simons Island, Ga., (73) are tied for 18th at 3-over. Dunham made only one birdie but it was at his final hole, the par-5 ninth.
Lucas Gimenez of Jacksonville had a wild ride over the Stadium Course, signing for a card that contained four pars, seven birdies, five bogeys and two double bogeys. It added up to a 74 and he’s tied for 31st at 5-over.
Russell got his score to even par through 13 holes and was only four off the lead at the time. But he bogeyed four of his last five holes and shot 76. He’s tied for 34th at 6-under with Mawhinney (77).
Ambrose Kinnare of St. Augustine (83) is tied for 68th at 15-over.
Junior Players leaders putt, scramble well
Both of the leaders said the course takes a mental toll on players, especially off the tee.
“The greens are in really good shape but you have to play really smart to get there,” said Howell, who hasn’t made a college decision yet but is from a Bulldog family — both his parents graduated from UGA. “If you have one lapse you’re in trouble. You can’t just walk up to a tee and whack at it.”
Coleman agreed with the sight lines off the Stadium Course tees.
“They are just so demanding,” he said. “There is not a breather hole off the tee. Every tee shot, you’re kind of stressing. Once you’re in the fairway and in the right position, you can kind of attack.”
Howell, Coleman get hot at different times
Howell is 14th on the AJGA Rolex Rankings and has five top-10 finishes this year in AGJA or national junior events, including a tie for fifth in the Western Junior.
He was 1-over for his first 10 holes after starting his round at the par-4 10th, then dropped birdie putts of 15 feet at No. 2 and 20 feet at No. 5. Howell capped his day when he drilled a 4-iron from 211 yards out to set up a 35-foot birdie putt at the par-3 eighth, then pitched onto the green of the par-5 ninth hole in three, and made a 3-footer.
Coleman, who verbally committed to Georgia last week, is 91st on the Rolex Rankings. He bounced back from a bogey at No. 2 with short birdie putts at Nos. 3, 4, 7 and 9, a stretch highlighted by a 6-iron against the wind from 176 yards out to within inches of the hole at the seventh.
Coleman birdied the 13th hole on a 15-foot putt at No. 13 and then chipped in from the right-front of the 14th green for birdie, negotiating a difficult angle to the front-left pin.
He almost holed out another short-game shot at the last. Coleman pushed his drive right and had to punch out from the trees. The ball rolled onto and over the green, settling into the left bunker. His sand shot tickled the edge of the hole before rolling 8 feet away, but he made the comebacker for par.
“I scrambled well, definitely,” Coleman said. “My irons have been really solid all week. I just need to tighten up the driver a little bit tomorrow.”
Howell, Coleman have played often
As South Georgia residents, Howell and Coleman know each other well and have played numerous times with and against each other and paired up for a practice round earlier in the week.
“He’s always fun to play with,” Coleman said. “Every time we play together we have fun.”
They also have a good track record on the First Coast. Howell is in his first Junior Players but he won the Billy Horschel Junior Championship on Oct. 5, 2023. Coleman tied for 18th in last year’s Junior Players and tied for third in the Horschel Junior Championship (which is played under a Stableford format), one point out of a playoff between Howell and Clark Van Gaalen.
Augusta, GA
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