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The Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) is a nonprofit organization based in Wichita, Kansas (USA), but is statewide in its focus and grantmaking abilities. Its mission is to improve public health and wellness throughout Kansas. Through grantmaking, the foundation works to "improve the health of all Kansans by promoting health and wellness in schools, neighborhoods and workplaces; to grow leaders in communities; inspire decision makers; and act as a voice for healthy public policy in Kansas for generations."〔("About Us" section ), Kansas Health Foundation official website, retrieved 2015-08-01〕 The KHF (originally the Wesley Medical Endowment Foundation) has shifted from its original focus on medical cures, instead switching predominantly towards preventive solutions for public health. It uses a wide range of approaches. For instance, it has funded warm clothing for schoolchildren, currently funds public health research and data, and attempts to develop future civic and healthcare leaders.〔〔("History" ), "About Us" section, Kansas Health Foundation official website, retrieved 2015-08-01〕 With over $500 million in net assets (), the KHF is one of the nation's wealthiest such foundations.〔 ==History== In 1985, the Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, one of Kansas' largest hospitals, was sold to the for-profit Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) by the hospital's founder/owner: the Kansas West Conference of the United Methodist Church. The sale’s profits ($265 million) were used to fund two organizations focused on improving health in Kansas:〔〔("Trustees approve Wesley sale" ), ''Salina Journal,'' February 6, 1985, p.7〕 * United Methodist Health Ministry Fund 〔("History" ), official website of the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund〕 and * Wesley Medical Endowment Foundation — which became the Kansas Health Foundation (KHF).〔 Over the years, the foundation has helped start the:〔 * Kansas Health Institute (()), in Topeka, Kansas, which provides health data to policymakers, * Tobacco-Free Kansas Coalition (()), in Topeka, Kansas, which campaigns against tobacco consumption in Kansas, * Kansas Leadership Center (()), in Wichita, which provides leadership training for Kansas civic activists. The KHF has partnered with over 40 other Kansas community foundations, organizations and programs, largely to help fund and promote health and wellness improvement efforts throughout the state.〔〔 In 1997, the KHF focused more specifically on children's health. Partnering with the state's largest advertising agency, Sullivan, Higdon, Sink, the KHF developed the ''"Take It Outside"'' campaign to urge adults to avoid smoking in homes and buildings where children are present.〔(Wichita foundation spends millions to focus Kansans on healthy children ), 1997-09-21, ''Wichita Business Journal''〕 The KHF later became heavily involved with Kansas state government, and universities, and local governments in Kansas — particularly through the joint Kansas Public Health Workforce Development Coordinating Council — to fund, develop and coordinate public health workforce training through various educational methodologies, delivery methods and opportunities. Examples have included:〔Thompson, Lori, Workforce Development Specialist, Kansas Assn. of Local Health Departments and the Local Health Program, Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment (KDHE), State of Kansas, ("Public Health Council Focuses on Workforce Development" ), ''PUBLIC HEALTH CONNECTIONS'' newsletter, November - 2014 Volume 14, Issue 11, Bureau of Community Health Systems, KDHE〕 *Kansas Public Health Grand Rounds (continuing education programs and webinars for Kansas physicians), operated with funding from the KHF〔(Kansas Public Health Grand Rounds" ), Fall 2014 Series, Revised: 8/12/14, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC)〕〔(Kansas Public Health Grand Rounds" ), Spring 2015 Series, Revised: 8/12/14, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC)〕 * The Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) degree program at the University of Kansas and other Kansas universities, developed with the assistance of the KHF (including $1.8 million in 2008).〔〔 * The Nurse Practitioner degree and certification program at Kansas universities, developed with KHF assistance.〔 * The "One Health Kansas" program, to help manage the health risks and effects of the health interrelationships between people, animals and the environment (including diseases transmitted from plants and animals to people, emerging zoonotic diseases, effects of human migration and global trade) — developed in 2008 by Kansas State University with over $2 million in funding from the KHF.〔(One Health Kansas ), Kansas State University at Olathe, retrieved Aug. 2, 2015.〕〔(K-State MPH Faculty Advisory Council Minutes ), November 9, 2012, Masters in Public Health program, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine〕 In 2014, the KHF — operating through its KHF Fellows program — began looking into the links between mental illness and tobacco-related death, asserting that 26% of Kansas smokers suffered from some sort of mental illness.〔Gnadinger, Tracy, ("A Foundation Examines Tobacco Use Among Those With Serious Mental Illness," ) July 2, 2014, GrantWatch, ''Health Affairs Blog,''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kansas Health Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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