by Sam Smith | Apr 19, 2022 | Beat the Virus Stories, Community Action Plans, KS Beats the Virus, Newsroom, Press Releases, Research Articles
April 20, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research finds KLC’s Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improvedpublic health outcomes and civic capacity across Kansas communities Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) unveiled today new research that...
by Sam Smith | Feb 15, 2022 | Beat the Virus Stories, Community Action Plans, KS Beats the Virus, Newsroom, Press Releases
February 16, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1,162 Kansans led ‘Kansas Beats the Virus’ effort to conclusion,launched 1,010 action projects to combat COVID-19 across state Wichita, Kan. – “Kansas Beats the Virus” (KBTV) – a public health partnership between the...
by Sam Smith | Dec 21, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Relationships with trusted groups, incentives helped reach the Latinx community To help reach the state’s largest group of non-White residents in the KBTV initiative, some project leaders used incentives, innovative ideas and established relationships with the Latinx...
by Sam Smith | Dec 15, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Finding common ground in rural Kansas results in successful project By finding common ground, a health and wellness coalition and its volunteers in a rural southeastern county created a Kansas Beats the Virus (KBTV) initiative that helped change residents’ behaviors...
by Sam Smith | Dec 9, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
“Look, regardless of whether you believe in the virus or not, it’s creating effects on your organization. What are those effects and how can we go about mitigating them?” –Phil Black, Salina musician and concerned community member When an email announcing...
by Sam Smith | Nov 24, 2021 | Beat the Virus Stories, KS Beats the Virus
Groups addressing disparities found valuable resource through virus initiative With disproportionately high COVID-19 infection and death rates among non-White populations the pandemic put a spotlight on racial disparities in health care. In Wyandotte County, community...