By High Plains Journal, Lacey Newlin “Fear of the unknown with medicine is expected, but with a decision like whether or not to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine, education is everything. Lisa Morici, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, cleared …
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By Kansas Reflector, C.J. Janovy While Wyandotte County is the lowest in state health rankings, the residents of Wyandotte used their strengths to rally against COVID-19. The county’s health department prepared and adapted for the challenges the pandemic brought through trusting science, community outreach, and investment into the county’s public health system. READ MORE ABOUT …
By Olivia Borland and Edith Gaines Many issues come to mind when asking Edith Gaines, Shawnee County Health Department Finance Officer and PHAB Accreditation Coordinator, why her health department decided to do a Racial Equity Impact Analysis. When conversations began, individuals took a step back and decided it was time to move from diagnosis to …
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By Jim McLean, KCUR The pandemic and the politics of COVID-19 have put tremendous strain on Kansas public health workers. The pressure of navigating a pandemic and harassment is leading to frustration, fear, and fatigue for health workers throughout Kansas and across the United States. KCUR provided a platform for Kansas public health workers to …
Originally written by Amy Gaier, Public Health Specialist, KDHE Local Public Health for the October Edition of Public Health Connections Being pregnant during the pandemic can be scary – being told you have COVID-19 is even scarier. From a provider’s standpoint, a COVID-19 diagnosis carries special risks for a pregnant woman and her fetus. To …
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Originally written by Amy Gaier, Public Health Specialist, KDHE Local Public Health for the October Edition of Public Health Connections Healthy People (HP) sets health promotion and disease prevention goals for the United States. Since 1980, HP has been updated for each decade and has been used by jurisdictions and agencies at the federal, state …
Originally published on Kansas Reflector. Written by C.J. Janovy. Looking ahead to a long weekend celebrating workers, let’s pay respects to one category of laborer most of us probably never thought about until the last few months: the epidemiologists of Kansas. Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t even know there was an official state …
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Originally written by Lisa Horn, Public Health Nurse Specialist, KDHE Local Public Health for the August Edition of Public Health Connections. Correctional facility conditions have the potential for a “perfect storm” for COVID-19 – close living arrangements, staff and offenders moving in and out of the facility and limited resources. The COVID-19 outbreak at the …
Lessons Learned from Lansing Assist With Corrections Response Statewide Read More »
The purpose of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) is to ready our state and counties for a host of public health emergencies. The good news is a lot of preliminary work the counties have been doing via the PHEP program has paid dividends when it comes to the COVID-19 response.
KDHE was notified by the Kansas Department of Administration in June 2020 that there are significant cuts to programs/initiatives funded with state general funds due to the state budget crisis.