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.
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Materials and resources are added weekly!
CDC's Monkeypox Resource Page
CDC is sharing resources to stay current on Monkeypox information.
JPHMP Devotes Supplemental Issue to Transformation and Innovation in Public Health
The Public Health National Center for Innovations at the Public Health Accreditation Board is pleased to present Transformation and Innovation in Public Health, a new Journal of Public Health Management and Practice supplemental issue. The supplemental issue contains 15 articles from a variety of perspectives and areas of practice; it is filled with stories, examples, and leadership in public health practice.
VIRA Chatbot for Health Departments
The Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) has a new tool available for free to help health departments spread reliable, updated COVID information and empathetically address misinformation. VIRA, an artificial intelligence based chatbot, answers hundreds of questions about the COVID-19 vaccines, side effects, and more. VIRA is available in both Spanish and English.
Updated Competency Assessment Tools Available
Following the release of the 2021 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), the competency assessment tools provided by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice have been updated to reflect this newest version of the Core Competencies.
2022 County Health Rankings - Kansas
New rankings show healthiest and least healthy counites in Kansas. The Kansas Health Institute has produced individual county profiles that include a five-year comparison of the measures with the greatest impact on the rankings in each county.
Communicating Through COVID-19 and Beyond: Impact and Insights from the Field of Public Health
Crowdsourced from over 600 public health communicators across 51 states and territories, this resource highlights the immense impact of public health communicators in 2020 and offers a powerful wealth of insights for protecting public health through COVID-19 and beyond.
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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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