Rural Health
Resources by State: Kansas
Information Hub: Digital Divide in Kansas
Presents information on the digital divide in Kansas as well as programs meant to improve digital access in rural and underserved communities. Includes a county-level map that shows households without a computer or broadband and corresponding demographic breakdowns available by county.
Author(s): Kaci Cink, Wen-Chieh Lin
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Presents information on the digital divide in Kansas as well as programs meant to improve digital access in rural and underserved communities. Includes a county-level map that shows households without a computer or broadband and corresponding demographic breakdowns available by county.
Author(s): Kaci Cink, Wen-Chieh Lin
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Kansas Infant Mortality and Stillbirth Report, 2024
Reports on infant mortality rates in Kansas, with information broken down by demographics, county, and frontier, rural, densely settled rural, semi-urban, or urban location.
Author(s): Inkyung Cha
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Reports on infant mortality rates in Kansas, with information broken down by demographics, county, and frontier, rural, densely settled rural, semi-urban, or urban location.
Author(s): Inkyung Cha
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Adolescent and Teenage Pregnancy Report Kansas, 2024
Summarizes research examining teen pregnancy in Kansas from 2020-2024. Includes frontier, rural, densely-settled rural, semi-urban, and urban comparisons as well as county-level information on pregnancy and birth rates, with data broken down by age and year.
Author(s): Cathryn Savage
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Summarizes research examining teen pregnancy in Kansas from 2020-2024. Includes frontier, rural, densely-settled rural, semi-urban, and urban comparisons as well as county-level information on pregnancy and birth rates, with data broken down by age and year.
Author(s): Cathryn Savage
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Rural Health Transformation Program State Initiatives Summaries: Rural Healthy Aging Program Initiatives
Highlights activities supporting rural aging in state Rural Health Transformation Programs applications.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Highlights activities supporting rural aging in state Rural Health Transformation Programs applications.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Kansas State Board of Nursing Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report
Provides information on Kansas nurse licensing, education programs, continuing education, legal issues, and more. Includes data on licensing by county.
Date: 01/2026
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Provides information on Kansas nurse licensing, education programs, continuing education, legal issues, and more. Includes data on licensing by county.
Date: 01/2026
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Rural Emergency Hospital Educational Webinar and Fireside Chat
Recording of a January 8, 2026, webinar for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and other small rural hospitals exploring the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Describes the REH designation, policy and regulatory requirements, and REH Technical Assistance Center (TAC) services and resources. Features a discussion with two hospital executives that led their facilities through the conversion to REH status. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Recording of a January 8, 2026, webinar for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and other small rural hospitals exploring the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Describes the REH designation, policy and regulatory requirements, and REH Technical Assistance Center (TAC) services and resources. Features a discussion with two hospital executives that led their facilities through the conversion to REH status. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Kansas Economy
Describes how the healthcare sector contributes to the Kansas economy in terms of available jobs, income, and quality of life. Provides data on contributions and growth projected through 2032 and includes discussions focused on rural areas.
Author(s): Donna K. Ginther, Pat Oslund, Thomas Becker
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organizations: Kansas Hospital Association, University of Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Describes how the healthcare sector contributes to the Kansas economy in terms of available jobs, income, and quality of life. Provides data on contributions and growth projected through 2032 and includes discussions focused on rural areas.
Author(s): Donna K. Ginther, Pat Oslund, Thomas Becker
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organizations: Kansas Hospital Association, University of Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Towards Consistency for Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals - Part 1: Where We Stand — A National Landscape of BHP Formalization
Examines how states regulate, educate, and reimburse behavioral health and substance use paraprofessionals. Identifies variations in credentials, training requirements, scope of practice, and financing. Includes a set of state profiles examining how selected states have approached development and regulation of behavioral health paraprofessionals. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Hannah L. Maxey, Mykayla Moore
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organizations: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Indiana University School of Medicine
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Examines how states regulate, educate, and reimburse behavioral health and substance use paraprofessionals. Identifies variations in credentials, training requirements, scope of practice, and financing. Includes a set of state profiles examining how selected states have approached development and regulation of behavioral health paraprofessionals. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Hannah L. Maxey, Mykayla Moore
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organizations: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Indiana University School of Medicine
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Kansas Annual Summary of Vital Statistics, 2024
Provides comprehensive data on vital events, population demographics, fertility and live births, mortality, and marriages in Kansas in 2024. Includes data breakdowns according to county and frontier, rural, densely-settled rural, semi-urban, or urban location.
Author(s): David Oakley, Christina Smith, Cathryn Savage, Inkyung Cha
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Provides comprehensive data on vital events, population demographics, fertility and live births, mortality, and marriages in Kansas in 2024. Includes data breakdowns according to county and frontier, rural, densely-settled rural, semi-urban, or urban location.
Author(s): David Oakley, Christina Smith, Cathryn Savage, Inkyung Cha
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Who is Performing Routine Screening Endoscopy in Kansas Rural Communities
Examines the types of healthcare practitioners who perform endoscopic screening procedures in rural communities in Kansas. Utilizes survey data from 542 practicing physicians and provides information on their demographics, medical specialty, confidence in performing endoscopic procedures, and more.
Author(s): Todd T. Savolt, Jared Reyes, Siman Antar, Kyle Vincent
Citation: American Journal of Surgery, 250, 116511
Date: 12/2025
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Examines the types of healthcare practitioners who perform endoscopic screening procedures in rural communities in Kansas. Utilizes survey data from 542 practicing physicians and provides information on their demographics, medical specialty, confidence in performing endoscopic procedures, and more.
Author(s): Todd T. Savolt, Jared Reyes, Siman Antar, Kyle Vincent
Citation: American Journal of Surgery, 250, 116511
Date: 12/2025
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