March 9, 2021
Community Health Corner
According to the CDC, community health uses science-based approaches for the greatest health benefit to the greatest number of people by addressing the conditions and determinants that impact health. Changes in policies, systems and environments, settings are among the most effective ways to tackle big health issues. Being healthy is not just about individual choices, it’s also about the conditions that influence everyone’s health.
The following are community health tools that you can use for Grand Challenge for Health work:
READ NOW – COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Kansas Adults. Two-page, illustrated report by Kansas Health Institute
REGISTER NOW - March 15-16; NASEM US Health Care Expenditures: Costs, Lessons and Opportunities (webinar)
REGISTER NOW – March 30-April 1; 2021 Kansas Governor’s Public Health Conference (virtual)
REGISTER FOR – May 3-7; National Health Outreach Conference - The Grand Challenge Building a Healthy Future for All (virtual)
For more information, contact Elaine Johannes, ejohanne@ksu.edu.