Rural Health
Resources by State: Kansas

Kansas Center for Rural Research Committee Research Brief Series
Provides a spotlight on research in rural Kansas. Includes an archive of research briefs focused on issues such as population health and healthcare delivery.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Center for Rural Health
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Kansas Rural Health Transformation Program
Provides information on Kansas's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Includes links to Kansas's application, approved program documents, webinar recordings, news, and details on the state RHTP funding opportunities.
Additional links: Application
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Kansas Cancer Data Dashboard
Provides interactive data on cancer incidence, mortality, screening, risk factors, and survivorship care in Kansas. Includes data breakdowns according to type of cancer, demographic variables, social indicators, and geography, including rural versus urban population density and Kansas region.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Kansas Overdose Data Dashboard
An interactive data dashboard that provides information on drug overdose rates in Kansas. Includes county-level data on overdose emergency department (ED) visits and deaths.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Kansas Regional Data Portal
Provides county, regional, and statewide data on issues such as demographics, housing, business and industry, healthcare, quality of life, infrastructure, and natural resources. Includes information on healthcare workforce statistics, Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), number of hospital beds, income and poverty, education levels, broadband, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Fiscal Transparency COVID-19 Federal Funding in Kansas
An interactive data dashboard that shows county-level per capita amounts of federal COVID-19 funding from various funding streams. Provides information on spending by category, such as economic revitalization, health, connectivity, and more, as well as the top 10 organizational recipients of funds.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Information Hub: Health Insurance Coverage in Kansas
An insurance coverage dashboard that provides county-level information on health insurance coverage in Kansas, including sources of health insurance coverage and characteristics of the uninsured population. Includes definitions to explain data descriptors presented in the dashboard.
Author(s): Angela S. Wu, Kaci Cink, Wen-Chieh Lin
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Using Project ECHO and Patient Navigation to Improve Care for Cancer Survivors in Rural Areas
Case study describing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded pilot study to reduce health inequities among rural cancer survivors at National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) sites in Kansas, Montana, Nevada, and South Carolina. Discusses implementation of patient navigation and the Project ECHO telemonitoring platform in order to improve access to care and services.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Kansas Influenza Vaccination Dashboard
A dashboard that provides information about influenza vaccinations in Kansas, such as total number vaccinated each flu season, each month, and each week. Includes an interactive map that shows county-level percentages of the vaccinated population.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Health on the Plains
Podcast exploring health and well-being for rural Kansans. Discusses rural culture, population health, leadership, collaborations, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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