Resources

Access to Care

Community Health Workers (CHWs)
CHWs serve as a bridge between community members and the medical and social services they need, but their role is not well known. The Health Fund has supported research, stories and more.

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Telehealth Research
The Health Fund supported research to better understand how Kansas providers and patients experienced telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Community Paramedicine
One emerging model of health care —
community paramedicine — looks to
provide a wide range of health care
services in an individual’s home to
increase access to care and improve
health outcomes.

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Thriving Children


Engaged Congregations and Communities


General Publications

Annual Reports
2023 Year in Review
2022 Year in Review
2021 Year in Review
2020 Year in Review
2019 Year in Review

Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice
The commission studied issues of racial equity and justice across systems in Kansas. The Health Fund co-hosted a series of webinars on the commission’s recommendations and Health Fund President David Jordan is co-authoring monthly commentaries on the recommendations throughout 2022.

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Podcasts

Pioneers in Health

In the Pioneers in Health podcast, we share inspiring stories of pioneering leaders working to improve health. We’ll bring you guests from our state, from our nation and from your backyard to tell their stories of how they broke new ground and changed the landscape of health care. 

View Pioneers in Health episodes here or listen to an overview below. Listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform below.

My Fellow Kansans

2019 Season of “My Fellow Kansans” Podcast
1) People In The Emptying Parts Of Rural Kansas Insist ‘We’re Not Going To Let Them Die’
2) ‘Get Big Or Get Out’ Farming Has Left Kansas Towns Struggling For Survival
3) What Rural Kansas Child Care And Cafes Say About Shrinking Smart, Rather Than Withering
4) Rural Kansas Loves Its Hospitals, But Keeping Them Open Only Gets Harder
5) Leveled By A Tornado, A Small Kansas Town Dreamed Big And Got Even Smaller
6) Kansas Cattle Town Dodge City Bucks A Rural Trend With Growth Driven By Immigrants

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