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 400 evidence-informed policies and programs to make a difference in your community. On June 5, our What Works for Health analysts updated the database and you can now find new studies, […]
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Counties Navigate Next Steps in COVID-19 Response Written by Lisa Horn, Public Health Nurse Specialist, Local Public Health for Public Health ConnectionsPhoto courtesy of Johnson County Department of Health and Environment. As Kansas re-emerges from statewide COVID-19 orders, a veto last week by Governor Laura Kelly has returned authority to counties to set health, business
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A Call for “Kindness” Written by Vanessa Lohf for ACES Connection. As I’m writing this, Kansas has confirmed its 15th case of the novel coronavirus and our teams have switched to telecommuting for the foreseeable future. At the same time, our public health and healthcare partners are working tirelessly to protect our families, friends, and neighbors
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Kansas Uses Syndromic Data to Improve Case Reporting for EVALI The U.S. outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) received major media attention when CDC deployed epidemiologists to investigate a cluster of teenagers and young adults in Wisconsin and Illinois presenting with unexplained, sudden onset lung injuries in August 2019. As a
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Even under the best of circumstances, parenting a newborn child can be a difficult and challenging job. While a baby opens up a world of unmatched joy and happiness for families, caring for a newborn also strains the limits of human endurance. As well as sleepless nights, immeasurable exhaustion, and a gnawing sense of worry and anxiety that there’s more that could be done to provide a child with the best care possible.
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Healthy Workforce, Healthy Community
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For the residents involved with the health equity work spearheaded by the Reno County Health Department, there’s reason to believe Lincoln’s tomorrow could be better than its immediate past.
Many of you may be familiar with the “Pair of ACEs” from the George Washington School of Public Health and the natural question that comes from this model – “What’s in your soil?” (If you aren’t familiar, learn more here.)
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