Health and Wellness Resources
K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION RESOURCES
- Handwashing (webpage)
- Prepare Kansas (blog)
News Releases
- Americans’ awareness of hand washing slowly creeps up (October 21, 2020)
- Health education continues even during pandemic (July 16, 2020)
- Survey indicates 7 in 10 teens struggle with mental health (July 13, 2020)
- K-State experts say gardening can be mood booster (June 8, 2020)
- Delivering food to friends or family? K-State specialist reminds about food safety (May 26, 2020)
- Healthy living: Specialist shares possible pandemic positives (May 26, 2020)
- Walk Kansas adapts, more than 7,000 participate in spring program (May 19, 2020)
- Pandemic guidelines especially important as businesses re-open (May 4, 2020)
- Food expert shares tips for shopping safely at farmers' markets (April 30, 2020)
- Follow label directions closely when disinfecting surfaces (April 29, 2020)
- Kansas 4-Hers, volunteers debut online series aimed at stress relief (April 21, 2020)
- Stressed out? Five steps toward everyday mindfulness may help (April 20, 2020)
- Move More, Sit Less: Tips for staying active while at home (March 27, 2020)
- Strategies to cope with a crisis (March 25, 2020)
Audio
- Effects of toxic stress on children (August 17, 2020)
- Youth, Families, and COVID-19 (August 14, 2020)
- Teen support system (July 20, 2020)
- State of teen mental health (July 13, 2020)
- Childhood adversity and toxic stress (July 9, 2020)
- Safety practices and food safety updates (June 23, 2020)
- Coronavirus and Wildlife (June 12, 2020)
- Continuing Healthy Habits (May 26, 2020)
- An unusual Walk Kansas (May 18, 2020)
- Elaine Johannes and Ellyn Mulcahy — Public Health in Kansas, (May 12)
- Answering your health insurance questions (April 27, 2020)
- Mindful Monday Mornings preview (April 22, 2020)
- Community Health Workers Network (April 10, 2020)
- Staying healthy and active while at home (April 6, 2020)
- Children's hygiene and food safety during the spring of social distancing (March 31, 2020)
- Handwashing, hand sanitizers, and food safety (March 30, 2020)
Informational Guides and Fact Sheets
- K-State Research and Extension Meetings and Event Guidance – COVID 19
- Move into Health: The Ups and Downs of Emotional Eating
- Move More, Sit Less
- Let’s Live a Little: Physical Activity for Fun and Fitness
- Understanding Stress and Depression
- Strategies to help you cope
- Stress Management
- Living Life Richer
- Everyday Mindfulness
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- COVID-19 contact tracing text message scams (Federal Trade Commission)
- Kansas COVID-19 Response and Recovery (State of Kansas web page)
- Posters to help families talk about COVID-19 (PDFs from U. Maryland)
- World Health Organization
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment (including Family Action Plan)
- Do it yourself cloth face-covering instructions from CDC
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
