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The Division of Public Health works to promote and protect health and prevent disease and injury, collaborating with local health departments and other organizations to help assure the health of all Kansans through public health services, policy development, and regulatory programs. Public Health includes six bureaus:
Health Services from A to Z
340B Program
- Disease Control and Prevention page
- A federal program providing instrumental support for the elimination of infectious diseases, addressing health equity, and reducing health disparities.
Abuse Reporting of Health Facilities
- Phone: 800-842-0078
- Health Facilities Program page
- Call this toll-free number to report allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation to residents, clients, or patients
Access to Care
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Community Health page
Aid-to-local Grant Program
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Kansas Grant Management System website
- Information on available state and federal funds for local public health programs
AIDS
- Phone: 785-296-6036
- STI / HIV page
- Contact the HIV-STD Section for information on an AIDS education, counseling, and testing program near you
- Program services are provided by community-based organizations, county health departments, corrections facilities, family planning clinics, universities, and others
- The state office provides AIDS training and technical assistance to local agencies
Air Quality Program
- Phone: 785-296-1593
- Bureau of Air page
- Bureau staff provide information on the following topics. Information also is available from the District Office nearest you
- Acid Rain Asbestos Certification Emissions Inventory Incineration Open Burning Radiation Control Radon Right-to-Know Stack Testing Hazardous Air Emissions Mobile Source Emissions Clean Air Act Amendments Construction and Operating Permits
Asbestos
- Phone: 785-296-1550
- Asbestos page
- Information on proper disposal of asbestos and list of certified contractors
Bicycle Helmet Distribution
- Phone: 785-296-1223
- Safe Kids Kansas website
- Communities or organizations can obtain helmets at low cost for distribution in their community
Body Piercing
- Phone: 785-296-3155
- Board of Cosmetology
Breast & Cervical Cancer Initiative
- Phone: 785-296-1207
- Early Detection Works page
- (Free to Know) provides funding for quality screening services for early detection of breast and cervical cancer to women 50 years and older, as well as public and professional education at the state and local levels
Cancer Registry
- Phone: 785-296-1207
- Cancer Prevention & Control Programs page
- Provides cancer-related information
Charitable Health Care Provider
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Charitable Health Care Provider Program page
- The Charitable Health Care Provider program allows health care providers who give care to the medically indigent and persons covered by Medicaid, MediKan, and HealthWave to be included for liability purposes under the Kansas Tort Claims Act special liability expense fund
Child Care Facilities
- Phone: 785-296-1270
- Child Care Licensing page
- Information on licensing or certification status of child care facilities, compliance and inspection information, and regulatory requirements
- This program licenses/certifies child daycare, adoption and foster care child placement agencies, family foster care, residential treatment, emergency shelter care, maternity care, juvenile detention, birthing centers, and preschools
Children's Safety Seats
- Phone: 785-296-1223
- Safe Kids Kansas page
- Provides safety seats to community organizations as funds allow
Chronic Disease
- Phone: 785-296-1207
- Health Promotion page
- Programs and activities to reduce or prevent chronic diseases and injuries in Kansas
Community-Based Primary Care Clinics
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Community-Based Primary Care Clinic Program page
- Information on Kansas primary care clinics for the underserved, including low-income and uninsured working families, as well as vulnerable and high-risk populations
Diabetes Prevention & Control Program
- Phone: 785-291-3739
- Diabetes page
- Information to increase the awareness and early detection of diabetes mellitus
- Coordinates resources on the treatment of complications through self-care and community-based programs and partnerships with organizations to define and reduce the burden of diabetes
Drinking Water
- Phone: 785-296-5503
- Bureau of Water page
- Call with questions about public water supplies
Ear Piercing
- Phone: 785-296-3155
- Board of Cosmetology
Early Detection Works (EDW)
- Phone: 877-277-1368
- Early Detection Works page
- The Early Detection Works Program (EDW) offers: diagnosis; health education; referral; and screening for Kansas women who are eligible.
Educational Materials
- Phone: 785-296-1317
- Call KDHE's Public Information Office for a catalog of brochures, fact sheets, and videos on public health issues available on loan.
Environmental Remediation Programs
- Phone: 785-296-1660
- Environmental Remediation page
- Environmental Remediation staff provide information and assist callers in dealing with spills and contaminated sites:
- Landfill Remediation
- Storage Tank Section
- Technical Services
- Surface Mining
Environmental Epidemiology
- Phone: 785-296-0201
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Response page
- Information regarding possible clusters of environmental-related diseases.
Family Safety Checks
- Phone: 785-296-1223
- Safe Kids Kansas website
- Provides safety check list for homes
Federal Rural Health Programs
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Federal Rural Health Programs page
- Resource for technical assistance and information regarding federal rural health programs, specifically through the federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Fire & Burn Injury Prevention
- Phone: 785-368-7290
- Injury and Violence Prevention Programs page
- Information on fire/burn safety including smoke detector information
Grants - Vaccine Equity
- Phone: 785-207-5789
- Vaccine Equity Grant website
- A supplemental, federally funded program providing funding to help more Kansans get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Hantavirus
- Phone: 785-296-2951
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Response page
- Report of cases of hantavirus
- Protective and preventative measures. Epidemiology in hantavirus in Kansas
Health Assessment
- Phone: 785-296-8627
- Health Statistics page
- Collects and disseminates information on health, health workforce, health care, vital statistics, and occupational health statistics
Health Data & Statistics
- Phone: 785-296-8627
- Health Statistics page
- For information on health and environmental data, including vital records, informational reports, and publications
Health Facilities
- Phone: 785-296-1240
- Health Facilities page
- For inspection or survey questions or concerns
- Conducts inspections for compliance to state and federal regulations and conducts investigations of allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, in free-standing and hospital-based long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospices, hospitals, end-stage renal disease facilities, rural health clinics, and ambulatory surgical centers
Health Professional Shortage Areas
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Shortage / Underserved Areas Designations page
- The federal Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation identifies medically underserved areas eligible for several federal programs
- These include scholarship and loan repayment programs through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
- Rural Health Clinic reimbursement, Medicare incentive payments for physicians, higher "customary charges" for new physicians, special consideration and funding priority for Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), and funding preference for Public Health Service programs administered by the Bureau of Health Professions
Health Promotion
- Phone: 785-296-1207
- Health Promotion page
- Programs and activities to reduce or prevent chronic diseases and injuries in Kansas
Healthy Kansans 2030
- Phone: 785-291-3742
- State Health Assessment and Improvement Plan page
- Information on the public health goals selected by a coalition of Kansas business, health, education, medical, and governmental leaders for the year 2030 in order to reduce preventable disease and injury
Hepatitis
- Phone: 785-296-2951
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Response page
- Report cases of acute viral hepatitis
- Control and protective measures. Provision of IG to protect close contacts. Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Kansas
Hospital & Medical Programs
- Phone: 785-296-1240
- Health Facilities page
- Call for information on licensure and certification of hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, home health agencies, and other medical care providers
Immunization Program
- Phone: 877-296-0464
- Immunization Page
- Will provide immunization clinics with information on the importance of vaccinating your child and yourself
- Immunization clinics are located at every local health department and many private physicians
- Contact your health care provider for information concerning clinic hours, record review or vaccine preventable disease information
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Phone: 785-296-2951
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Response page
- Report of cases of infectious diseases. Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases
Influenza
- Phone: 785-296-6215
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Response page
- Recommendations for use of influenza vaccine
Injury & Disability Prevention
- Phone: 785-296-8163
- Injury and Violence Prevention Program page
- Information and resources on reducing injuries and preventing primary and secondary disabling conditions, and promoting independence and productivity of people with disabilities
J-1 Physicians
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- J-1 Visa Waiver Program page
- This program concerns physicians holding a J-1 immigration visas who are seeking positions that would support a waiver of the two-year foreign residence requirement who agree to provide primary care services on a full time basis in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or Medically Underserved Area (MUA) that the United States Department of Agriculture deems to be not yet fully served
- This program is administered by USDA rather than KDHE
Kansas Statewide Farmworker Health Program
- Phone: 785-296-8983
- Alternate Phone: 785-296-8113
- Fax: 785-559-4247
- Kansas Statewide Farmworker Health Program page
- Limited primary care services for low-income, uninsured migrant and seasonal farm working families through a voucher/case management model
- Services available through participating local health departments, primary care clinics, and Western Kansas United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries
- A list of participating agencies across the state can be provided upon request
- Bilingual services available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole
Laboratory, General Information
- Phone: 785-296-1620
- Laboratories page
Lead Issues
- Phone: 785-296-5606
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs page
- Lead removal, EPA ruling, abatement contractors, effects on children, testing paint and children, and mini-blinds
Local Health Departments
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Local Public Health Program page
- Information, resources, and referrals for local public health systems and services
Media Relations
- Phone: 785-296-1317
- News media inquiries
Medically Underserved Areas
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Shortage / Underserved Areas Designations page
- The medically underserved areas/populations (MUA/Ps) designation is a prerequisite to requesting grant awards to plan, develop, and operate a community health center under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act
Mental Health Facilities
- Phone: 785-296-0125
- Health Facilities Program page
- Provides information on inspections, licensure, and certification of facilities for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled
Pesticide Information
- Phone: 785-296-2263
- Kansas Department of Agriculture website
Physical Activity
- Phone: 785-291-3742
- Health Promotion page
- Information on physical inactivity as a risk factor for a broad range of diseases; and activities to increase physical activity among Kansans of all ages
Public Health Nurse Field Services
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Community Health page
- Regional resource for technical assistance, information, and training related to public health nursing, community health assessment and planning, and systems development
- Available in KDHE district offices
Rabies
- Phone: 785-296-2951
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Response
- Reports of possible animal and human rabies
- Recommendations for post exposure prophylaxis, prevention and control of rabies
Radon
- Phone: 800-693-5343
- Radiation & Right-To-Know page
- Call this toll-free number for more information
Resources for People with Brain Injury
- Phone: 785-296-8126
- Injury & Violence Prevention Programs page
- Health care information for those who have sustained a brain injury
Rural Health Clinics
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Medicare-Designated Rural Health Clinics page
- Information regarding certification of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and location of RHCs in the state
Rural Health Outreach Grants
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Primary Care and Rural Health Programs page
- Resource for technical assistance and information regarding federal Rural Health Outreach Grants
- These grants are available to applicants who propose to use funds for the delivery of health care and related services to defined population groups in rural areas
- A primary purpose of the program to is foster new collaborative network, so grants projects must be undertaken by three or more separately owned organizations working together
Rural Network Development Grants
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Primary Care and Rural Health Programs page
- Resource for technical assistance and information regarding federal Rural Health Network Development Grants
- This program is designed for organizations that wish to further ongoing collaborative relationships among health care organizations to integrate system of care administratively clinically, financially, and technologically
- Networks must consist of at least three separately owned health care providers
- The emphasis is not on service delivery, but on the integration of functions
Safe Communities Program
- Phone: 785-296-1223
- Safe Kids Kansas website
- Technical assistance to communities on identifying needs and implementing an injury prevention program
SAFE KIDS Program
- Phone: 785-296-1223
- Safe Kids Kansas website
- Information on SAFE KIDS activities to prevent unintentional injury, including the Please Be Seated citizen reporting program, bicycle helmet and smoke detector distribution program, home safety checklist program, and child passenger safety program
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
- Phone: 785-296-5596
- Alternate Phone: 785-296-6543
- STI / HIV page
- The HIV-STD Section provides testing, treatment and reporting information to public and private health care providers
- Additionally, a central registry is maintained so providers can check on previous STD history of their patients
- Individualized STD morbidity statistics are available upon request
- Provides confidential partner notification and referral services to individuals who test positive for an STD (including HIV), their sex partners, and other individuals who are at-risk
- The program also conducts educational and training sessions for the public, community-based organizations, laboratories, and public and private providers
Smoke Detectors
- Phone: 785-296-1223
- Safe Kids Kansas website
- Provides low-cost smoke detectors to community groups as funds are available
Smoking Regulation Complaints
- Complaints should be made to the health department nearest you
- View the Local Public Health page
Storage Tanks
- Phone: 785-296-1678
- Storage Tanks page
- Storage tank information and permit requirements
Swimming Pools & Spas
- Contact local health departments for information on local ordinances
- View the Local Public Health page
Tanning Salons
- Phone: 785-296-3155
- Board of Cosmetology
Tattooing
- Phone: 785-296-3155
- Board of Cosmetology
Tobacco Use Prevention Program
- Phone: 785-296-8916
- Tobacco Use Prevention Program page
- Provides resources and technical assistance to local and statewide tobacco use prevention programs, through mini-grant programs and coalition networks
Trauma Program
- Phone: 785-296-1200
- Trauma page
- Information regarding a statewide inclusive trauma program
Tuberculosis Program
- Phone: 785-296-5589
- Tuberculosis Control Program page
- Assists the medical community in screening, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis infection and disease by providing information, consultation, and anti-tuberculosis medications
- This office also monitors the incidence of tuberculosis infection and disease statewide
Vital Statistics
- Phone: 785-296-1400
- Office of Vital Statistics page
- For questions on birth, death, fetal death, marriage, delayed birth, divorce records and amendments
- Also provides certified copies of vital records to the public
Waste Management Program
- Phone: 785-296-1600
- Waste Management page
- Bureau staff will answer questions about permits and provide information on: hazardous wastes, household hazardous waste, landfills, solid waste, permits, recycling, waste oil, waste minimization, waste tires
Water Program
- Phone: 785-296-5500
- Water page
- Bureau of Water staff provide information regarding the following topics: industrial programs, municipal programs, non-point source pollution, and public water supplies
Women's Health
- Phone: 785-291-3742
- Information on the Healthy Kansans Women's Health Initiative.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Phone: 202-789-5600
Association of State & Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO)
- Phone: 202-371-9090
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Public Inquiries
- Phone: 404-639-3534
FDA District Office (in Lenexa)
- Phone: 913-752-2100
Kansas Association of Local Health Departments (KALHD)
- Phone: 316-684-0624
Kansas Public Health Association (KPHA)
- Phone: 785-233-3103
KDHE Emergency Spill Hotline
- Daytime Phone: 785-296-1676
- Nights and Weekends Phone: 785-296-0614
KDHE Emergency Number
- Phone: 785-296-0614 (after hours and on week-ends)
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Region VII Office - Kansas City
- Phone: 816-426-3291
The Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- Phone: 888-Rx-Abuse
National AIDS Clearinghouse
- Phone: 800-458-5231
Work Environment Conditions
- Call Kansas Department of Labor, Industrial Safety and Health Division at 785-296-4386 with questions concerning conditions in the work environment.
Work Support for Special Health Needs
- RetainWorks is a free, grant-funded program focused on helping people whose lives have recently been disrupted because of an injury, illness, or worsening health problem.
- Working Healthy employment supports offer people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to keep Medicaid coverage while on the job.