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Empowering Active Lives: Dee Dlugonski on Women’s Health & Wellness

Empowering Active Lives: Dee Dlugonski on Women’s Health & Wellness

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 In this inspiring episode of Transcending Sport, we sit down with Dee Dlugonski, the Executive Director of the Active Women’s Health Initiative (AWHI) at the University of Kentucky. With a mission to optimize health and promote physical activity and wellness for girls and women across the lifespan, Dee brings powerful insight into the barriers, opportunities, and evolving landscape of women’s health and physical activity. Dee shares how AWHI is transforming research into real-world impact—advocating for girls’ and women’s access to sport, movement, and holistic wellness. From early childhood activity to adult health behaviors, she breaks down why supporting active lives for women matters not only for individuals, but for families and communities. Listeners will learn about:
  • The importance of women’s physical activity and lifelong wellness
  • How community-based programs help girls build confidence and healthy habits
  • The role of research in improving access and equity in sport
  • Why movement is essential for women’s mental and physical health
  • How AWHI collaborates with partners to create sustainable, empowering initiatives
Whether you’re an athlete, coach, parent, health professional, or advocate for women’s wellness, this conversation offers practical insights, uplifting stories, and a renewed understanding of what it means to live an active and healthy life. Tune in to discover how Dee Dlugonski and the Active Women’s Health Initiative are reshaping the future of women’s health, sport, and physical activity—one girl and one woman at a time.

Keywords: women’s health, physical activity for women, Active Women’s Health Initiative, University of Kentucky, girls in sport, women’s wellness, sport equity, movement for life, women in athletics, health promotion, public health, Transcending Sport podcast.

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