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Kansas City
From food safety to immunizations, violence prevention to economic mobility, the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department (KCHD) addresses core public health needs and the root causes of diseases to increase the health, wellbeing, and longevity of everyone in the region.
Nationally recognized and accredited, KCHD works to promote, preserve, and protect the health of Kansas City residents, visitors, and workers through a variety of leading programs and services.
Snapshot
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POPULATION
481,400
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SQUARE MILES
319
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TRANSIT SCORE
29
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PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$31,144
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Urban Health Agenda
Our vision for the future of urban health looks beyond health care. Government and community organizations work together to make our wider environments safer, healthier, and more equitable.
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Health Equity Tool
Together with Human Impact Partners, we created an Equity Lens Tool for health officials and their staffs to use in the context of COVID-related decision making.
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Frontline Blog
By having the business community and foundations lead the charge, it shifted the conversation from focusing solely on the individual health aspects, to emphasizing the collective cost of employing smokers and why it makes sense from a business standpoint to ensure a healthier workforce.
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