Kansas Resources

NN/LM Libraries with Consumer Health Collections in Kansas

Health Resources and Agencies

• JoCoHealth.net
  JoCoHealth.net is your community web site for health information, services and resources

• Access Kansas
  Health resources and services from the Information Network of Kansas

• Community Toolbox
  Promoting Community Health and Development

• Kansas Health Institute
  An independent, non-profit health policy and research organization communicating information on medical care, public health, and social, behavioral and community factors.

Kansas Health Agencies

• Healthy People 2010 Public Health Infrastructure For Kansas
• Kansas Department of Aging Health and Wellness Resources
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Consumer Health
  The Bureau of Consumer Health administers state programs for child care licensing, childhood lead poisoning prevention, restaurant inspection, and consumer product safety in partnership with local health departments in Kansas.
• HealthQuest: State of Kansas Health Promotion Program
  Partners with employees to improve their health and well-being and to reduce health care costs.
• Kansas Mental Health Information Exchange
  Helps consumers of mental health services evaluate the quality and effectiveness of different treatments and providers.

Minorities and Medically Underserved

• Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved
• Kansas Minority Health Advocacy Network
  To establish advocates across the state of Kansas to eliminate health disparities in Racial and Ethnic Minorities.

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Support Groups

Resource Libraries

Technology Project

The objective is to continue the development of the technological resources and infrastructure of the MidContinental Region. Information will be provided to all members of the network that will assure that they have basic connectivity to the Internet and can take advantage of NLM and NN/LM resources and services. The RML website will provide links to Internet service providers in the region, with an emphasis on the increasing number of free Internet service providers. Innovative technologies and resource will be identified and communicated to the region. A particular focus will be promoting new models of scholarly communication like PubMed Central and SPARC publishing initiatives.

Kansas Outreach

The main objective of the Kansas Liaison is to promote the use of the products and services of the National Library of Medicine and the National Network of Libraries. This is through exhibiting at library and health conferences in the State and by offering classes. The liaison, health professionals and librarians in Kansas work collaboratively to contribute to the work of the MidContinental Region's special projects liaisons.