Missouri working toward statewide community health worker standards

By Barbara Brendel on November 6, 2015
Health Program Representative III, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

The Department of Health and Senior Services’ vision is “Healthy Missourians for Life”.  Through use of community health workers connecting individuals with health and social services and community resources, Missourians will have assistance with taking steps to being healthy.   Community health workers are lay individuals who are trusted members of and/or have an unusually […]


Kansas City region recognizes importance of community health workers

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By Dennis Dunmyer on October 28, 2015
Vice President of Behavioral Health and Community Programs, Kansas City CARE Clinic

A community health worker (CHW) is a frontline health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has a unique understanding of the community that they serve. In the evolving sphere of community or population health and the pursuit of the triple aim (Better Health Care, Better Health, and Reduced Cost), community health workers play […]


Decade of Difference: expansion of oral health workforce

By HCF Blog Team on October 14, 2015

Ed. Note: This is a modified excerpt from our Decade of Difference report. Read more about the region’s health care workforce in our full report. Important developments throughout the dental workforce have played an essential role in supporting the expansion of the area’s oral health safety capacity. Increasingly, dental schools are reaching out to engage students […]


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By HCF Blog Team on October 8, 2015

In 2015, HCF is celebrating 10 Years of Grantmaking. But we are nothing without the organizations that work every day on eliminating barriers to quality health in our community. To mark this milestone, we launched a special series — A Healthy 10. Each month we’ll highlight one of 10 areas of health that saw progress in […]


Decade of Difference: Oral health emerges as public health priority

By HCF Blog Team on October 6, 2015

Ed. Note: This is a modified excerpt from our Decade of Difference report. Read more about the region’s oral health evolution in our full report. Increased oral care capacity, improved collaboration among safety net providers and a growing awareness of the relationship between oral and general health all have helped push oral health care nearer […]


Why having a Missouri dental director matters

By Gary Harbison on October 1, 2015
Executive Director, Missouri Coalition for Oral Health

Oral health advocates have worked together over the past several years to achieve momentum to improve the oral health of Missouri. A key goal has been to ensure that Missouri has a state dental director. The Missouri Coalition for Oral Health has garnered support from elected officials, advocates, health care foundations — including the Health […]


Dental clinic serves Cass County underserved youth

By Amy Castle on September 25, 2015
Practice Manager, Cass County Dental Clinic

“You’re not healthy without good oral health,” was an oft-repeated phrase from U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in the early 1980s. This statement stands true today as dental caries (tooth decay) is the single most common chronic disease among children – five times more common than asthma and seven times more likely than hay fever, […]


Smiles all around

Smiles all around

By HCF Blog Team on September 10, 2015

In 2015, HCF is celebrating 10 Years of Grantmaking. But we are nothing without the organizations that work every day on eliminating barriers to quality health in our community. To mark this milestone, we are launching a special series — A Healthy 10. Each month we’ll highlight one of 10 areas of health that saw […]


Our region needs a road diet

By Kristen Jeffers on September 4, 2015
Communications and Membership Manager, BikeWalk KC

Balanced meals and reasonable portions aren’t the only type of diet that leads to the health and wellness of our citizens; many of our region’s streets need road diets. What is a road diet? Shrinking the number of lanes that cars use and then giving that extra space to other things, such as bikes or […]


KC Healthy Kids program teaches students to advocate for change

By Sarah L. Shipley on September 3, 2015
Director of Communication, KC Healthy Kids

Every decision made in schools directly affects students’ lives, but they typically have little say in the process of developing the rules, policies, and curricula, that shape the school environment. We need today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders, but how are we helping them learn the skills they’ll need, especially when it comes to creating […]



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