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
Maternal Health
Our team works hard to support efforts that improve maternal health. Learn more about some of these efforts below.
– Doulas
– Transforming Maternal Health Model
Breastfeeding
– 2022 Blog Series
– Kansas High 5 for Mom & Baby
– Online Education Series
Child Care
– 2021 Provider Survey | 2021 Policy Brief
– 2021 Provider Survey By the Numbers | News Post
Attachment & Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC)
– 2024 Phase II Report and Brief
– January 2022 Testimony
– 2021 Phase I Report | Executive Summary
– 2021 Phase I Research Brief | Spanish Delivery Brief
2019 Early Childhood Series with Kansas Action for Children (KAC)
1) Benefits of Home Visiting Brief
2) Maximizing Medicaid for Kansas Kids
3) Early Childhood Education: Challenges and Opportunities in Kansas
4) Furthering Federal Funding to Bolster Outcomes for Kansas Kids
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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General Information
Brochure
Strategic Framework 2023-2026
Awards
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