State News
State and Congressional District Resource for Well-Being
This map compiled by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index organization shows how States and individual State Congressional districts rank in order of well-being. Forty questions are used to determine people's physical and mental well-being. (See the key at the top of the map; green is happiest, while tan is the least happy.) [Read article]
Med School Students Staying in State, Pursuing Primary Care
With a record-high rate of graduating medical students matching into their desired residency today, UW School of Medicine and Public Health leaders are cheering another highlight: more students are choosing to stay in the state for their residency training and about 40 percent plan to pursue a residency in primary care. [Read article]
Rural Areas Hope Stimulus Package Includes Funds For Broadband
Thousands of rural Wisconsin residents are frustrated over a lack of fast, reliable access to the Web for business and personal use. With a little luck, that could change because of the $7.2 billion in grants, loans and loan guarantees to extend broadband Internet to underserved rural areas. [Read article]
Wisconsin Office of Recovery and Reinvestment
This website will help communities, local governments, the private sector and other stakeholders to quickly put recovery money to work in our state. The site offers a search page to connect directly to funded state programs where you will learn about the programs, their eligibility requirements, and who to contact or apply to for funding. [Website]
Road To Economic Recovery: How Stimulus Funds Make Way To Our Communities
At a time when the unemployment rate in our communities reaches double digits, you might be wondering: When will I see the money at work in my town? [Read article]
UW Health Launches Wisconsin's First 'Telestroke' Program
Patients at UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center will now have instant access to stroke specialists at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, thanks to the signing of Wisconsin’s first “Telestroke” agreement. With a Internet connection neurologists are able to examine and talk with patients via webcam. [Read article]
Rural Cancer Disparities Research
This UW Population Health Sciences Seminar Series presents Dr. Eugene Lengerich as he speaks on the application to mammography and breast cancer: 1. Health disparities (by socioeconomic status), 2. Appalachia (cancer health disparities – definition of rural areas), and 3. Community-based cancer research. [Read article]
Recruitment of Underserved Women to Mammography through a Dispersed Rural Research Network
This UW Population Health Sciences Seminar presents Dr. Eugene Lengerich as he speaks on an approach to rural cancer control involving: 1. Public health (evidence-based) approaches, 2. Engaged scholarship (participatory), and 3. Study design. [Read article]
