Kansas Resources

Facing Disproportionate Danger, Rural Communities Take a Grassroots Approach to Road Safety
Discusses rural traffic risks. Features programs in rural communities focused on seat belt use, car seat safety, and addressing impaired and distracted driving.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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KanCare Unwinding Data by Age and County as of Feb. 29, 2024
An interactive data table that depicts Medicaid unwinding in Kansas related to the end of the COVID-19 federal Public Health Emergency in March 2023. Allows user to select for rurality, age group, and county, showing corresponding approved, discontinued, or reinstatement window insurance coverage counts and rates.
Author(s): Alex Ferguson, Wen-Chieh Lin
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Kansas Governor Designated Medically Underserved Areas
Listing of Governor Designated Medically Underserved Areas in the state of Kansas for the purpose of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) certification.
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Expanding the Care Team: Leveraging a Broad Workforce to Improve Health Care in Kansas
Discusses challenges facing the healthcare landscape in Kansas, such as hospital closures and healthcare workforce shortages, and how expanding healthcare teams to include professions like community paramedics and community health workers can help alleviate these challenges. Includes data on demographics of the Kansas population and related hospital closures that impact rural areas in particular.
Author(s): Valentina Blanchard, Wyatt J. Beckman, Linda J. Sheppard
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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An Overview of the Kansas Health Care Workforce
Provides an overview of the Kansas healthcare workforce, with data projected through 2030. Focuses on ambulatory healthcare services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. Includes metro versus nonmetro wage comparisons for nursing and personal aide occupations.
Author(s): Nathan Kessler
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Labor
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2022 Health Professional Underserved Areas Report: Kansas Primary Care and Rural Health
Features information on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Kansas. Discusses healthcare workforce recruitment and retention as well as rural hospital programs during 2022. Provides county-level data and maps on Primary Care, Mental, and Dental HPSAs. Includes a table classifying counties as urban, semi-urban, densely-settled rural, rural, or frontier.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Assessing Social Needs and Engaging Community Health Workers in Underserved Kansas Counties: Insights From Primary Care Providers and Clinic Managers
Details a study exploring how rural and urban communities in Kansas are screening for social determinants of health and using community health workers to address challenges. Bases findings on surveys of providers and clinic managers.
Author(s): Kristina M. Bridges, Joseph W. LeMaster, Daniel J. Parente, et al
Citation: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 14
Date: 12/2023
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Kansas Marketplace Enrollment, 2023
An infographic that depicts enrollment in the health insurance marketplace at the county level as well as cost of monthly marketplace premiums.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Recruitment and Reach in a School-Based Pediatric Obesity Intervention Trial in Rural Areas
Compares participation and reach of opt-in and screen-first recruitment methods for a pediatric obesity treatment trial in rural Kansas schools. Includes an overview of the program's school recruitment, personnel onboarding, and participant recruitment processes. Discusses strategies for implementing similar school-based research and interventions.
Author(s): Bethany Forseth, Brittany Lancaster, Megan Olalde, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1181757
Date: 06/2023
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Kansas Infant Mortality & Stillbirth Report, 2021
Reports on infant mortality rates and the number of deaths across Kansas. Includes data and statistics, with information broken down by county and rural/urban classification.
Date: 05/2023
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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