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The
Kentucky Medical Association Alliance "serving Kentuckians for over
75 years". Past and current projects include:
- Securing grant money for public health programs
- Easter Egg Roll - providing books to children in need
- Distribute children's activity books which teach young readers about nutrition, safety, self-esteem and conflict resolution. The books help kids to focus on making healthy, positive choices.
- Collect cell phones for domestic violence shelters.
- Promote healthy
lifestyles.
- Obesity awareness.
- Health Literacy.
- Educate parents
of children, children, and teens about sun
safety.
- Promote literacy
and reading to young children.
- Promote the S.M.A.R.T.
(Students Made Aware Reject Tobacco) program in schools.
- Promote the SAVE
(Stop America's Violence Everywhere) program. Reached almost all school
children K-3.
- Provide health-related
articles to our newspapers.
- Educate the public
about organ donation, osteoporosis, and breast cancer. Upon learning
that teachers and staff have a 60% higher mortality rate from breast
cancer, 88,000 were reached with breast cancer awareness materials in
their pay checks. Reached almost all alliance members with seed packets
saying "Mammograms can detect breast cancers when it is only the
size of a tiny seed."
- Promote donations
to medical schools and health literacy programs through the AMA Foundation.
- Have a voter registration
drive.
KMA
Alliance
4965 US Hwy 42, Suite 2000
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Phone (502)426-6200 FAX (502) 426-6877
proctor@kyma.org
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