Kentucky
Vaping Prevention Program to Empower Kentucky Youth Receives Continued Funding
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 13, 2022) — An revolutionary College of Kentucky program that gives tobacco use prevention providers to youth, households and neighborhood members throughout Kentucky has obtained continued funding from the Kentucky Cupboard for Well being and Household Companies.
The research-based program, often known as #iCANendthetrend, was developed by Melinda Ickes, Ph.D., UK School of Schooling school within the Division of Kinesiology and Well being Promotion, and school college students who served as tobacco-free ambassadors.
Whereas cigarette smoking within the U.S. has declined in recent times, the variety of youth utilizing merchandise akin to electronic-cigarettes (e-cigarettes) continues to be trigger for concern, Ickes stated.
In line with the newest Kentucky information, in 2021, 17% of tenth graders and 24% of twelfth graders surveyed reported previous 30-day use of e-cigarettes or “vaping.” Sadly, prevalence in Kentucky continues to be increased than the nationwide common, reinforcing the necessity for youth prevention efforts, Ickes stated.
“Given a continued dedication to prevention and schooling on this space, college students report higher notion of threat related to vaping than they did a number of years in the past. Nevertheless, they don’t at all times understand the influence on their psychological well being, the danger for dependence, or the place they will go for assist to give up if they’re already utilizing. These merchandise are establishing future generations for a lifetime of well being dangers if we don’t intervene now,” Ickes stated.
The #iCANendthetrend program is a “peer-to-peer” mannequin, connecting elementary (beginning in fourth grade), center, and highschool college students with college-age facilitators. The school college students assist construct consciousness of the risks of e-cigarette use by connecting with the youthful college students. They reveal the associated fee related to nicotine dependence and assist them establish methods they’re focused by the tobacco trade. Integrating skill-building and hands-on actions additionally helps college students to realize refusal and quitting methods.
The #iCANendthetrend program has empowered greater than 10,000 Kentucky youth and has been acknowledged nationally. This system has obtained an amazing constructive response, with over 90% of all college students reached reporting they preferred having school facilitators current and 87% indicating this system was useful in empowering them to forestall vaping amongst their associates or of their faculty.
“Whereas elevated consciousness and data is a crucial first step in lowering youth vaping, we all know that youth involvement in tobacco prevention and management has a widespread influence, together with social norms and environmental adjustments,” Ickes stated.
Thus, this system has grown in recent times to incorporate a Youth Advisory Board, consisting of high-school advocates from throughout Kentucky in addition to a partnership program with undergraduate college students often known as PEERS (Prevention, Schooling, Empowerment & Sources for College students). This system additionally presents skilled growth alternatives to supply schooling and assets for others who wish to assist youth tobacco prevention.
A latest skilled growth session provided to the general public, offered by peer-led school facilitators, included content material on the present e-cigarette panorama, how e-cigarettes influence psychological well being, how faculties can assist college students who’re already utilizing e-cigarettes, dialog tricks to talk about e-cigarettes in addition to methods to construct sustainable efforts in faculties and communities to cut back tobacco use.
Along with well being schooling and outreach efforts, the UK school and college students conduct and share analysis on the effectiveness of prevention and empowerment packages by quite a lot of analysis strategies, akin to focus teams and surveys. A number of of the #iCANendthetrend workforce members might be attending and presenting on the Nationwide Convention on Tobacco or Well being in New Orleans this summer time.
To assist youth who wish to give up, Ickes recommends relations and different mentors in college students’ lives:
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let youth know they will at all times come to them for assist;
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ask what makes it tough for them to give up and speak by methods to assist overcome these challenges; and
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set a constructive instance by being tobacco-free.
To study extra about #iCANendthetrend or to debate partnerships to convey this system to different states, contact Ickes at melinda.ickes@uky.edu or icanendthetrend@uky.edu.
Discover each undergraduate and graduate levels in well being promotion to study extra about careers serving to others dwell wholesome lives. The well being promotion program, housed within the UK School of Schooling Division of Kinesiology and Well being Promotion, focuses on human well being and wellness, program planning in well being schooling and empowering others to guide more healthy lives.
Kentucky
Liberty 38-21 Western Kentucky (Nov 23, 2024) Game Recap – ESPN
LYNCHBURG, Va. — — Quinton Cooley rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns, Billy Lucas added 131 yards and a score, and Liberty gained 419 on the ground with four touchdowns in a 38-21 victory over Western Kentucky on Saturday.
Liberty (8-2, 5-2 Conference USA) has won eight-plus games for the sixth consecutive season to keep alive hopes of a second straight trip to the conference championship game. The Flames play Sam Houston (8-3, 5-2) on Friday.
Liberty scored 21 straight points to close the first quarter, the last covering 90 yards in just 45 seconds to take a 21-7 lead.
Amarian Williams made two interceptions, including one with 2:03 remaining to seal it. Caden Veltkamp was intercepted three times before finishing 20 of 34 for 262 yards and two touchdowns for Western Kentucky (7-4, 5-2).
Cooley reached 1,000 yards rushing for the second straight season. The Flames entered ranked No. 5 nationally in rushing yards/game (249.8). Quarterback Kaidon Salter also carried 11 times for 66 yards and a touchdown. Three other players had at least two rushes for Liberty, which ended with 63 carries.
The Flames, in their season finale at Williams Stadium, avoided dropping multiple conference games at home for the first time since 2005.
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Senior Class Shines on Senior Day as No. 12 Kentucky Captures Eighth-Straight SEC Title
Thanks to a balanced effort from the senior class, the No. 12 Kentucky Volleyball team captured at least a share of an eighth-straight Southeastern Conference championship on Sunday afternoon, downing Arkansas in straight sets (26-24, 25-20, 25-13) on Senior Day inside Historic Memorial Coliseum.
The Kentucky seniors have been an integral part of the program since they first stepped on the court, a theme that continued in the match against the Razorbacks as seniors Emma Grome, Megan Wilson, Eleanor Beavin, and Erin Lamb all played key roles in the Cats’ sweep of Arkansas.
Following the match, UK head coach Craig Skinner attributed the team’s success to a staff dedicated to preparation, and a team of athletes who embraced the challenge involved in competing for a championship.
“I’ve gotta give a lot of credit to our staff,” Skinner said. “Our staff was unbelievable this year, Ben (Josephson), and Merideth (Jewell), and Madison (Lilley) did a hell of a job coaching this team and getting them prepared to play against great competition, so that’s the first thing.
“And the second thing, when you recruit athletes to compete for championships they know the expectations and the standards and that’s what they want. We’ve been shooting for the top ever since I’ve gotten here and we don’t wanna go anywhere else.”
Offensively, Grome paced the Kentucky attack to 40 total kills on a .312 hitting clip. Four Wildcats totaled six or more kills, led by sophomore Brooklyn DeLeye who finished with 13. It was Wilson who stole the show Sunday, however, as the senior right side found the floor with 12 kills on a sweltering .500 clip. In her second match back from injury, Lamb added seven kills to the winning cause and Jordyn Dailey totaled six.
Kentucky stifled the Razorbacks at the net as they racked up 8.0 rejections and held Arkansas to .130 hitting. In the third and final set, Arkansas totaled only four kills with three errors as the Cats coasted to the set and match victory. Brooke Bultema led the way with 5.0 blocks, Wilson had 4.0, Dailey finished with 3.0, and Grome and DeLeye each had a pair.
Molly Tuozzo continued to anchor the back line as she totaled 19 digs to lead all players. DeLeye added 11, Grome had 10, and Beavin had seven.
Beavin made her biggest impact from behind the service line, as the senior served up a match-high four aces. Lamb and DeLeye each had two of their own and Grome finished with one.
With the win, Kentucky improves to 19-7 on the season and 13-2 in the SEC. The victory locked up at least a share of the SEC title for the Cats for a program-best eighth-consecutive year.
UK will conclude the regular season on Wednesday as they travel to Columbia, Missouri for a matchup with No. 25 Missouri. If Kentucky leaves Columbia with a victory, they will claim the conference championship outright as Florida and Texas sit a game behind them in the standings. First serve against the Tigers is set for 7:00 pm ET.
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Former Sheriff Shawn ‘Mickey’ Stines indicted for murder of Kentucky judge
Two months after video showed him shooting a Kentucky judge at point-blank range in his chambers, former Sheriff Shawn ‘Mickey’ Stines has been indicted for murder.
The indictment, announced jointly by state and local prosecutors, charges Stines with shooting and killing Letcher County District Court Judge Kevin Mullins. Stines is scheduled to appear for his arraignment on Monday, Nov. 25.
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At a probable cause hearing in October, prosecutors showed a silent video that appeared to show Stines walking into the judge’s chambers with a weapon and firing multiple times at the victim, who frantically tried to escape under his desk.
Stines, who was sheriff at the time of the shooting, resigned on Oct. 1, hours before appearing in court to plead not guilty to murder charges.
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Investigators have not offered any potential motive for the murder. Those who knew Stines and Mullins said the two had worked together for years and were friends.
To date, prosecutors have not announced whether they will seek the death penalty.
This story was originally published by Lauren Silver at Court TV.
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