Welcome To The
Kansas Public Health Collaborative
Our purpose is to expand collaboration,
communication and capacity development
for state and local health departments and their workforce.
NEW from Public Health Communications Collaborative
Materials and resources are added weekly!
de Beaumont - Talking Health: A New Way to Communicate About Public Health
Talking Health provides practical tools to improve communication through framing, messaging, and storytelling. These tools were developed from original research conducted by the FrameWorks Institute and Hattaway Communications as part of the Public Health Reaching Across Sectors (PHRASES) initiative, led by the de Beaumont Foundation and the Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine & Society Program.
Championing Public Health Amid Legal & Legislative Threats: Framing & Language Recommendations
Public health practitioners must be able "to hold lawmakers accountable, to illustrate for community members what’s at stake, and to demonstrate the importance of public health." Check out this article to learn about the 5 key messaging recommendations for championing public health!
Building a Healthy Workforce from the Inside Out with the Joy in Work Toolkit
The Joy in Work Toolkit is an adapted version of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) Framework for Improving Joy in Work, modified to meet the needs of local governmental public health workforce. In 2017, the IHI developed the IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work as a tool for healthcare organizations to better understand barriers to joy in work that led to high rates of staff turnover and burnout and co-create strategies to address them.
2021 Public Health Workforce Interests & Needs (PH WINS) Survey Results
The survey provides data on workforce demographics, job characteristics, training needs, intent to stay or leave, professional engagement and satisfaction, and other areas. Previously conducted in 2014 and 2017, PH WINS is the only nationally representative survey of state and local government public health employees in the United States.
CDC's Monkeypox Resource Page
CDC is sharing resources to stay current on Monkeypox information.
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Explore data on health departments all across Kansas and
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Public Health in Action
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