July 26, 2022
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 everyone’s health. The National Extension Framework for Health Equity and Well-being recommends using community development practices 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 improve health equity and well-being working with communities to achieve the nation’s Healthy People 2030 objectives.
REGISTER NOW: KU Medical Center is hosting a series of ECHO online education sessions on Tickborne Diseases 2022 to increase interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge about the risk, prevalence and best practices regarding diagnosis and treatment of tickborne diseases in Kansas. The series will include four sessions on Thursdays via zoom: 12 - 1 p.m., August 4-25. Register here. Download the flyer (PDF) for this series.
USE NOW: EveryoneOn helps unlock social and economic opportunity by connecting people in underserved communities to affordable internet service and computers, and providing digital skills trainings. The Affordable Connectivity Program is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that provides a temporary $30 subsidy on monthly broadband (internet service) bills for qualifying low-income households. Find Low-Cost Internet Service and Computers in your area here.
SHARE NOW: NASEM is organizing a virtual public workshop to discuss the state of science and knowledge about children's environmental health. Workshop topics include vulnerabilities of different life stages (prenatal, infancy, early childhood, adolescence) to environmental exposures, and implications of science to improve policies and programs that protect children's environmental health. This online workshop is August 1, 10 a.m., through August 4, 1 p.m. (CDT). Register here for the free national workshop.
For more information, contact Elaine Johannes, ejohanne@ksu.edu; and Stephanie Gutierrez, smgutier@k-state.edu.