March 15, 2022
The Community Health Corner
Community health uses science-based approaches for the greatest health benefit to the greatest number of people by addressing the social, economic, and structural drivers that impact health. The National Extension Framework for Health Equity and Well-being recommends health equity and community approaches to ensure that every person has the opportunity to "attain his or her full health potential," and no one is "disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances." The following tools and resources can be used to further improve health equity and well-being for communities.
PREPARE NOW: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Kansas Children Service League (KCSL), the Kansas chapter for Prevent Child Abuse America, has resources to use for local recognitions. KCSL coordinates state and local events and awareness activities; provides resources from campaign pinwheels, communication toolkits, and a 30 day message calendar to support the month-long campaign. For more information about Child Abuse Prevention Month and activities across the state please visit www.kcsl.org/cap_month.aspx.
REGISTER NOW: March 24; 1 - 2 p.m. (CDT) is the Dynamic Discussion: What the Climate Change Misinformation Campaign Can Teach Us about All Science Communication through the national Extension Foundation Impact Collaborative series. In the ever growing and ever changing spaces of global media, successful communication of science has become a monumental task. For the last 30 years, climate change communicators and communication scientists have been studying the misinformation campaigns, learning how and why they work, and developing means to successfully communicate climate topics in spite of them. The March 24, 1 - 2 p.m. Dynamic Discussion will focus on tenets of “information disorder” and begin the conversation on what Extension professionals can do to further science communication in their fields. Register here.
SHARE NOW: The 2022 Kansas Association for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (KAIMH) Annual Conference, April 28-29 Meridian Center, Newton, KS. Session topics include “Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental Health,” “Family First Prevention Services: Supporting Families with Young Children” and “Introduction to Infant Mental Health - Be a Voice for Babies”. Register today here. The first 154 registrants will get Dr. Mona Delahooke’s "Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids.”
For more information, contact Elaine Johannes, ejohanne@ksu.edu; and Stephanie Gutierrez, smgutier@k-state.edu.