Kansas Resources
Kansas Ag Stress: Focusing on Farmer's Mental Health
Discusses the impact of the agricultural industry on the Kansas economy and the potential stressors and dangers related to the farming industry. Offers resources and strategies for reducing farmer mental health stigma and suicide.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Date: 07/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office of Primary Care & Rural Health
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Discusses the impact of the agricultural industry on the Kansas economy and the potential stressors and dangers related to the farming industry. Offers resources and strategies for reducing farmer mental health stigma and suicide.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Date: 07/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office of Primary Care & Rural Health
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HIV Prevention and Treatment Challenges in Rural America
A webinar recording that covers issues related to HIV healthcare in rural communities and presents HIV data in the United States. Discusses populations who should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), current options in HIV treatment, and rural health issues such as stigma, medical and mental health shortage areas, and LGBT discrimination. Provides healthcare options available in Kansas.
Date: 07/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organizations: AIDS Education and Training Centers National Coordinating Resource Center, University of Kansas Medical Center
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A webinar recording that covers issues related to HIV healthcare in rural communities and presents HIV data in the United States. Discusses populations who should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), current options in HIV treatment, and rural health issues such as stigma, medical and mental health shortage areas, and LGBT discrimination. Provides healthcare options available in Kansas.
Date: 07/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organizations: AIDS Education and Training Centers National Coordinating Resource Center, University of Kansas Medical Center
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Rural–Urban Disparities in Health Access Factors Over Time: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Health Equity in the Midwest
Examines environmental and socioeconomic factors in rural and urban counties to understand differences in cancer burden and healthcare access. Analyzes 123 counties in Kansas and Missouri from 2009 to 2017 for health equity factors such as primary care provider availability, lack of insurance, unemployment, and childhood poverty. Includes rural versus urban cancer mortality rates in Kansas from 2008-2017.
Author(s): Jordan Baker, Hope Krebill, Hanluen Kuo, et al.
Citation: Health Equity, 6(1), 382-389.
Date: 05/2022
Type: Document
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Examines environmental and socioeconomic factors in rural and urban counties to understand differences in cancer burden and healthcare access. Analyzes 123 counties in Kansas and Missouri from 2009 to 2017 for health equity factors such as primary care provider availability, lack of insurance, unemployment, and childhood poverty. Includes rural versus urban cancer mortality rates in Kansas from 2008-2017.
Author(s): Jordan Baker, Hope Krebill, Hanluen Kuo, et al.
Citation: Health Equity, 6(1), 382-389.
Date: 05/2022
Type: Document
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Rural Community Perspectives on Transportation and Health
Summarizes Part 2 of the Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health project that examines the relationship between health and transportation. Includes focus group and interview responses from Kansas citizens about transportation barriers, availability of services, government collaboration, impacts on different population groups, promising strategies to address transportation issues, and potential funding programs.
Date: 05/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Health Works, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Hospital Association
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Summarizes Part 2 of the Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health project that examines the relationship between health and transportation. Includes focus group and interview responses from Kansas citizens about transportation barriers, availability of services, government collaboration, impacts on different population groups, promising strategies to address transportation issues, and potential funding programs.
Date: 05/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Health Works, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Hospital Association
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Best Practices for a Successful Rural Health Clinic
Webinar recording of a presentation on best practices in Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes information on general rural health resources, funding programs, and events, as well as RHC certification, evaluation, emergency preparedness, and finances information.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 05/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Webinar recording of a presentation on best practices in Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes information on general rural health resources, funding programs, and events, as well as RHC certification, evaluation, emergency preparedness, and finances information.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 05/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Kansas Health Statistics Report
Reports on various health conditions in Kansas including mental illness, weather-related health issues, and county-level Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Provides updated statistics about county population density and a summary of the 2020 vital statistics.
Date: 03/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Reports on various health conditions in Kansas including mental illness, weather-related health issues, and county-level Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Provides updated statistics about county population density and a summary of the 2020 vital statistics.
Date: 03/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Tobacco Retail Licensing and Zoning in Kansas
Examines the tobacco use landscape in Kansas and discusses strategies to reduce tobacco use. Provides county-level maps and statistics of tobacco retailers in Kansas and includes case studies and discussions about rural tobacco use.
Date: 02/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Health Institute
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Examines the tobacco use landscape in Kansas and discusses strategies to reduce tobacco use. Provides county-level maps and statistics of tobacco retailers in Kansas and includes case studies and discussions about rural tobacco use.
Date: 02/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Health Institute
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The Status of Women in Kansas
Updates the 2016 study The Status of Women in Kansas and the Bi-State Region. Examines socioeconomic status and 2015-19 data from the American Community Survey (ACS). Discusses demographics, employment and earnings, childcare and healthcare, poverty and social insurance, civic engagement, the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 recession on women, and more.
Author(s): Donna K. Ginther, Genna Hurd, Xan Wedel, Thomas Becker, Patricia Oslund
Date: 02/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Updates the 2016 study The Status of Women in Kansas and the Bi-State Region. Examines socioeconomic status and 2015-19 data from the American Community Survey (ACS). Discusses demographics, employment and earnings, childcare and healthcare, poverty and social insurance, civic engagement, the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 recession on women, and more.
Author(s): Donna K. Ginther, Genna Hurd, Xan Wedel, Thomas Becker, Patricia Oslund
Date: 02/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Healthy Kansans 2030 State Health Assessment Report
Provides an overview of population health in Kansas, with a focus on social determinants of health (SDOH), data on health conditions, mental health, and the public health system. Includes county-level data on childhood poverty, income, food access, housing issues, environmental health risks, life expectancy, smoking behavior, childhood immunizations, insurance, primary care provider and dentist workforce supply, and maternal health issues. Includes information specific to rural areas.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Provides an overview of population health in Kansas, with a focus on social determinants of health (SDOH), data on health conditions, mental health, and the public health system. Includes county-level data on childhood poverty, income, food access, housing issues, environmental health risks, life expectancy, smoking behavior, childhood immunizations, insurance, primary care provider and dentist workforce supply, and maternal health issues. Includes information specific to rural areas.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Kansas State Board of Nursing Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report
Provides information on Kansas nurse licensing, education programs, continuing education, legal issues, and more. Includes data on licensing by county.
Date: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas State Board of Nursing
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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: 2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas State Board of Nursing
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Last Updated: 2/6/2024