Category Archives: Kansas Department of Health

Environmentally minded college students can be “Green Ambassadors” for the state.

Sept. 24, 20083:07 p.m.

College students do you like talking about all things green and want to earn a little cash doing it?

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is accepting applications from Kansas college students to be “Green Ambassadors.”

The ambassadors will promote environmental stewardship and education by giving public presentations. Program participants will also discuss proper waste management techniques, natural resource conservation and stewardship.

The new program is run through the department’s Bureau of Waste Management division.

Here is the department’s description of the program: Read More »

By Jeannine Koranda | Tags: , , Filed under Kansas Department of Health | Comments (0)

Kansas health: truth in numbers

April 5, 20079:18 a.m.

Want to know how long people are staying married in Kansas, what people in Kansas are dying from or what age group is having more babies out-of-wedlock?

Don’t look to the gossip columns. Look to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which released its 2005 Summary of Kansas Vital Statistics Tuesday. It’s the most up-to-date information on Kansas birth, deaths and marriages available from the state agency.

Among other interesting facts:

  • Kansans are continuing to delay marriage.
  • Slightly over half of the Kansans seeking abortions were 15 to 24.
  • The black infant death rate continues to be over two times higher than the rate for whites.

For the inside scoop, see the PDF report here.

By Christina Woods | Filed under Kansas Department of Health | Comments (2)