 Louisville is home to a number of annual cultural events. Perhaps most well-known is the Kentucky Derby, held annually during the first Saturday of May. The Derby is preceded by a two-week long Kentucky Derby Festival, which starts with the annual Thunder Over Louisville, the largest annual fireworks display in the nation. The Kentucky Derby Festival also features notable events such as the Pegasus Parade, Great Balloon Race, a marathon, and about seventy events in total. (Information provided by Wikipedia .)
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Public Health and Wellness Observes National Minority Health Awareness Month |
Thursday April 2, 2009
April is National Minority Health Awareness Month. The goal of National Minority Health Awareness Month is to bring about awareness of disparities between the health of minorities and the general population and to highlight initiatives that are bringing about solutions to those disparities.
Nationally, minority groups have higher rates of infant mortality, low birth weight babies, and HIV/AIDS. African Americans, in particular, suffer disproportionately from such chronic conditions as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Data collected since 1985 also point to similar disparities between other minorities such as the Hispanic/Latino population, which is the fastest growing immigrant group in Louisville. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for example, reports that Latinos are twice as likely to die from diabetes.
The Department of Public Health and Wellness’s most recent summary of the Health of Louisville citizens, Health Status Assessment Report 2008, reports the following:
· Between 2004 and 2005, the infant mortality rate among African Americans increased from 10 to 14.3 per 1,000 live births. This rate was about three times the rate among Whites (4.7) in 2005 and remains higher than national and state rates.
· In 2005, the percent of low birth weight births was highest in African American mothers (14%), almost twice the percent of White women (8%).
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Bicycling Safely in Louisville |
Bicycling Safely in Louisville: It’s Possible Here!
Friday March 13, 2009
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David Morse
(502) 644-6497
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Both drivers and bicyclists have a responsibility to share the road, and Louisville Metro’s Bike Louisville program and the non-profit group Bicycling for Louisville are offering free classes to teach basic traffic skills. One program will teach adults how to navigate roads safely by bicycle; the other will help drivers operate safely around the bicyclists.
Classes will be held across the city this spring. Registration is not required, but classes will have a size limit:
Bicycling Safely
This 2-hour class will cover basic bicycle safety, showing riders how to make sure their bicycles are safe, adjust helmets, follow traffic laws, avoid crashes, and choose the right place to ride on different types of streets and intersections.
Wednesday, March 25 - 4 p.m.
Highlands/Shelby Park Branch Library
1250 Bardstown Road
574-1672
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