Visit the following websites to find useful information
about promoting sustainable, healthy communities, families,
and youth. Each link below will open a new window.
Collaborating Programs — Faculty
and administrators in many Kansas State University (KSU)
departments and colleges devote a portion of their time and
resources to achieve Community Health Institute (CHI) health
outcomes. See the list
of collaborating entities for links to their websites.
HealthyPlaces (www.healthyplaces.org)
describes the Healthy Places Framework, critical elements
for creating Healthy Places, and offers resources for people
who want to improve the health and quality of people's lives.
RE-AIM (www.re-aim.org)
a systematic way for researchers, practitioners, and policy
decision makers to evaluate health behavior interventions.
Ultimately, it can be used to estimate the potential impact
of interventions on public health.
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Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org)
The Arthritis Foundation is a national not-for-profit organization
that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related
conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research.
Community Toolbox (ctb.ku.edu)
provides practical information to support work in promoting
community health and development. The site is maintained
by the Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development
at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and was
developed with AHEC/Community Partners in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Health and Human Services (www.hhs.gov/specificpopulations/index.shtml)
This Federal agency's website has a wealth of information
and links to the many agencies for which it has oversight.
The link above goes directly to a "Special Populations" page.
This list allows people to access information about target
population(s) with whom they work. The list includes well
over a dozen populations. Examples include Adolescents/Teens/Youth;
Agricultural Workers/Migrant Workers; Ethnic and Racial Minorities;
Newborns, Babies, and Infants; and Rural Health and Social
Services.
Kansas Health Foundation (www.kansashealth.org)
The Kansas Health Foundation is a private philanthropy, based
in Wichita, with the mission to improve the health of all
Kansans. Using strategic grantmaking, the Foundation focuses
on three program areas: Public Health, Children's Health
and Leadership.
Kansas, State of (Official
Web Site of the State of Kansas) (www.accesskansas.org)
a searchable website that provides links to state agencies
and departments serving Kansans.
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitative
Services (SRS) (www.srskansas.org)
Kansas SRS Alcohol and Drug Assessment
Centers (www.srskansas.org/hcp/aaps/radac.html)
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National Attention Deficit Disorder
Association (www.add.org)
ADDA's mission is to help people with AD/HD lead happier, more successful
lives through education, research, and public advocacy. ADDA focuses especially
on the needs of AD/HD adults and young adults with AD/HD. Parents of children
with AD/HD are also welcome.
National Institute for Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (www.rwjf.org)
Established in 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
based in Princeton, N.J. is the largest philanthropy devoted
exclusively to health and health care in the United States.
RWJF concentrates grantmaking in four areas:
- To assure that all Americans have access to quality health
care at reasonable cost.
- To improve the quality of care and support for people
with chronic health conditions.
- To promote healthy communities and lifestyles.
- To reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused
by substance abuse — tobacco, alcohol, and illicit
drugs.
Salvation Army - USA (www.salvationarmyusa.org)
an international, Christian organization meeting human needs
without discrimination.
Steps to a HealthierUS (www.healthierus.gov/steps)
is an initiative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) that advances President George W. Bush’s
HealthierUS goal of helping Americans live longer, better,
and healthier lives.
Sunflower Foundation (www.sunflowerfoundation.org)
The Sunflower Foundation's mission is to serve as a catalyst
for improving the health of Kansans. Serving the health needs
of Kansans includes providing health care and health care
information to indigent, uninsured, underinsured persons;
promoting preventive health care, including, but not limited
to, activities aimed at reducing the number of Kansas adults
and youth who use and are addicted to tobacco products; and
other health related services.
Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition (www.tobaccofreekansas.org)
The mission of Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition is to reduce
the prevalence of tobacco use and addiction and to assist
Kansans in avoiding the negative health and economic impact
of tobacco use.
