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Lessons Learned from Lansing Assist With Corrections Response Statewide
Originally written by Lisa Horn, Public Health Nurse Specialist, KDHE Local Public Health for the August…
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and COVID-19
The purpose of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) is to ready our state and counties for…
Update: State Formula Funding Increase for Local Health Departments
KDHE was notified by the Kansas Department of Administration in June 2020 that there are significant…
Local Health Departments in Kansas Struggled to Get the Tools for the Frontline Coronavirus Fight
The coronavirus pandemic shut down non-essential businesses in Kansas for more than a month. Photo courtesy of…
New and Updated Strategies from What Works for Health
Adapted from County-by-County Blog by County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Our What Works for Health database has over…
Counties Navigate Next Steps in COVID-19 Response
Written by Lisa Horn, Public Health Nurse Specialist, Local Public Health for Public Health ConnectionsPhoto courtesy…
The 1919 Anti-Mask League
The global spread of Covid-19 has placed the mask at the center of American life. Volunteers…
A Call for “Kindness”
Written by Vanessa Lohf for ACES Connection. As I’m writing this, Kansas has confirmed its 15th case…
Kansas Uses Syndromic Data to Improve Case Reporting for EVALI
Written by the CDC’s National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Photo Courtesy of C-Span. Kansas Department of…
Strength Through Partnership: The Nurse-Family Partnership in Shawnee County
Even under the best of circumstances, parenting a newborn child can be a difficult and challenging…
Healthy Workforce, Healthy Community
McCarty Family Farms Looks Within to Improve Employee and Community Health REXFORD – The tall steel…
Event Brings Public Health and Behavioral Health Together
by Lisa Horn, Public Health Nurse Specialist, KDHE, Local Public HealthOriginally published in the Public Health…
Turning Small Opportunities into Big Collaboration in Kansas: Systems Thinking as a Strategy to Improving the Behavioral Health Service System
Originally Published on the National Network of Public Health Institutes Cristi Cain, local public health program…
Gathering Their Voices: Reno County Health Department Leverages Grant Funding to Elevate Community’s Concerns
For the residents involved with the health equity work spearheaded by the Reno County Health Department,…
Telling The Story of Public Health
Help us tell the story of public health! Stories are a vital part of building community.…
What’s in Your Soil? Communities Moving to Action
Many of you may be familiar with the “Pair of ACEs” from the George Washington School…
Building a Resilient Health Department and Community (Part 2)
As a follow up to last week’s post from the Barton County Health Department, Shelly Schneider…
Building a Trauma-Informed – and Resilient – Health Department (Part 1)
One of the reasons that our team wanted to create this online community was so that…