Health Education through Extension Leadership (HEEL)

One of the HEEL program’s preeminent responsibilities is to facilitate the development and delivery of new health education programming and teaching materials to all Kentuckians. This means that program staff serve as liaisons, bringing resources and know-how from all university partners – along with that of national, state and local agencies – to County Extension Agents, and, subsequently, the populations these agents serve. A critical factor in this particular aspect of the program’s effectiveness is the ready availability of materials that can be used to teach Kentuckians how to take better care of themselves, and improve their overall health.

• Resources Available for County Checkout - NEW!
  
  
• Team Up Cancer Media Toolkit – Team Up: Cancer Screening Saves Lives is a national pilot program to increase cervical and breast screening among rarely and never screened women through evidence-based approaches. The over-arching theme of Team Up is partnership.
  
  
• DermaScan Materials
• “Here Comes the Sun” Skin Cancer Fact Sheet – (PDF)
• “Playing It Safe in the Sun” Health News – (PDF)
• DermaScan Talking Points for Agents – (PDF) – For Agent Use Only
• Health Education Resource Evaluation – (PDF) – For Completion by Agents
  
  
• Health Bulletins
  
  
• Informational Releases
  
  
• Kentucky Latino Health Resources
  
  
• Master Publication List
  

• Fight Back Kentucky!:  Pandemic Flu Educational Resources
• Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit Plan Resources
• Educate Before You Medicate
• Get Moving Kentucky!
• Social Emotional Well Being - Updated
• Literacy, Eating, and Activity, for Preschoolers for Health (LEAP)
• Substance Abuse - Updated
  

• Diabetes (UPDATED)
• Physical Activity
• Heart Disease
• Skin Cancer
• Weight ~ The Reality Series
• Mold

The development of the HEEL program was made possible by Senator Mitch McConnell with funds earmarked for the University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY and budgeted through the CSREES/USDA Federal Administration.