Kansas Health Institute | Work by Tatiana Y. Lin, M.A.

Community Water Fluoridation: The Outlook in Kansas

A look at community water fluoridation ― the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water ― and its relationship to dental health.

Children’s Health in All Policies: A Workbook

Using the nationally recognized Health in All Policies approach, this workbook examines six key children’s health issues in Kansas and identifies promising policy solutions for addressing these issues.

The Road Toward Accreditation Through Regional Cooperation

This presentation describes Kansas' work using the concept of regional cooperation to meet potential national accreditation standards for public health departments.

Promoting Changes to Improve Birth Outcomes: Kansas MLC-3 Experience

This presentation describes Kansas' work in the Multi-state Learning Collaborative III. The MLC-3 project marks the second year Kansas has been involved with other states exploring potential impacts of efforts to construct national accreditation standards for public health departments.

Evaluation of the Maximizing Office Based Immunizations in Kansas Program

Maximizing Office Based Immunizations in Kansas (MOBI-KS) is an educational program designed to improve immunization rates at physician offices. KHI evaluated the program to assess its effectiveness and to identify processes that can be improved.

Evaluation of the MOBI-KS Program

KHI evaluated the Maximizing Office Based Immunizations in Kansas program, or MOBI-KS, to assess its effectiveness and to identify processes that can be improved.

Understanding the Health of Kansas Children

There are many serious risks to a child’s health. Health risks are influenced by individual, family, neighborhood, school and community factors, as well as the physical environment. Effective economic, educational and health policies are also important to reduce children’s risk for illness and injury.

Feasibility of a School-Based Influenza Vaccination Program in Kansas

This report, published by the Immunize Kansas Kids (IKK) project, found that school-based influenza immunization campaigns are a viable way to vaccinate large numbers of children in short periods of time.

Multi-State Learning Collaborative II in Kansas

This project explores how public health departments, when working together as regions, can use Quality Improvement tools to address public health challenges.