2013 - Lafayette County Health Department

A community of safe
and healthy people.
2013
CAPITOL DAY
January 2013
Public Health
Programs/Services
 Environmental Health
 Communicable Disease
 Immunizations/Education
 School & community health
education programs
 Emergency Preparedness
 Vital Records—birth/death
certificates
 Screenings
Two Odessa High School students who are members of Students With a Goal
(S.W.A.G.), attended Tobacco Free Missouri’s Capitol Day in Jefferson City in
January 2013. The students were accompanied by Glenda Bertz, RN, LCHD. The
students participated in a rally at the Rotunda of the Capitol that morning. One of
the students spoke at the rally on behalf of the Tobacco Free Missouri Youth
Advisory Board regarding the burden of tobacco on Missouri. The youth then met
with Senator David Pearce, and Representative Glen Kolkmeyer. The students
showed their legislators the posters they created, which were signed by students and
community members from Lafayette County of why they “stand up against
tobacco”. The students gave the legislators information about S.W.A.G., and
tobacco prevention activities taking place in Lafayette County. (In picture L to R:
Alana Dowell, Senator David Pearce, and Alex Higginbotham) (2 nd picture: Over 100
people attended Capitol Day, including youth from across the state. They created
“walking billboards” to educate their legislators and visitors of the Capitol about why
Missourians “stand up against tobacco”)
POD VOLUNTEER TRAINING
February 11, 2013 & March 11, 2013
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Contracts/
Grants
 Child Care Consult
 Live Healthy/Live Well
 Tobacco Prevention &
Control
 Women’s Health Forum
 Car Seat Inspection
Program
 WIC
 Crib Program
 Saving Smiles Oral Health
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KICK BUTTS DAY
Odessa High School promoted Kick Butts Day, a national day sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco
Free Kids for youth to stand up against big tobacco, by making a public service announcement at
KMZU radio which was
aired on their station
during Kick Butts Day
week. The OHS
Students With a Goal
(S.W.A.G.) group also
had a display at school
for students to sign
notecards about why
they stand up against
tobacco.
(Picture: L to R Alana Dowell and Alex Higginbotham make psa at KMZU radio station)
(OHS S.W.A.G. display in cafeteria at OHS)
HEALTH FORUM FOR WOMEN
March 21, 2013
4-H Healthy Food Demo
Blender Bike
Screenings
CAR SEATS
YEAR END TOTALS
17
Distributed
24
Inspected
Installed
1
Fashion Show
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BASIC AID TRAINING (B.A.T.)
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Trinity Lutheran - 9 Students
St. Paul Elementary - 18 Students
Immanuel Lutheran - 11 Students
Wellington - Napoleon - 35 Students
Grandview Elementary - 76 Students
Odessa Upper Elementary - 145 Students
Santa Fe Elementary - 25 Students
Concordia Elementary - 34 Students
WIC
CONCORDIA’S YEARLY TOTALS
60
55 55
52
50
47 49
50
ALL CLINIC’S YEARLY TOTALS
18 0
52
47
16 0
46
44
40
40
43
148 146
157
128 128
14 0
137
137 134 136 140
130
150
12 0
10 0
30
80
20
60
40
10
20
0
Jan
Mar
May
July
Sept
0
Nov
Jan
Mar
May
July
Sept
Nov
SAVING SMILES
The Saving Smiles dental program
started up again this September.
Licensed dental professionals screen
children’s teeth and
trained volunteers apply a thin
protective coating of fluoride
varnish to their teeth as a
preventive measure against tooth
decay.
SCHOOLS
VARNISHED
%
REFERRED
Concordia
126/220
57
28
Grandview Elementary
308/481
64
76
Higginsville Head Start
20/20
100
4
Immanuel Lutheran
20/47
43
0
325/364
89
50
Lexington Early Childhood Center
64/70
91
12
Lexington Head Start
22/22
100
6
139/175
79
27
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
71/96
74
4
Trinity Lutheran School
56/69
81
5
150/194
78
6
1301/1748
74
218
Leslie Bell School
Santa Fe Elementary School
Wellington-Napoleon
Totals
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TAR WARS POSTER WINNERS
CONCORDIA R-2
SANTA FE R-X
LAFAYETTE C-1
TRINITY LUTHERAN
ODESSA R-7
WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON
NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK
APRIL 1-7, 2013
TOPICS PER DAY

Ensuring a Safe, Healthy Home for Your Family

Providing a Safe Environment for Children at School

Creating a Healthy Workplace

Protecting You While You Are on the Move

Empowering a Healthy Community
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SPEAK HARD CONFERENCE
March 27, 2013
Odessa High School student, Alex Higginbotham, who is a member of Students With a Goal (S.W.A.G.)
received a Missouri Youth Adult Alliance Award (MYAA) on March 27, 2013 at the annual Speak Hard
Conference held in Jefferson City, Missouri. MYAA sponsors the Speak Hard Conference for students to
receive training on the issues of underage drinking, substance abuse, and bullying. Alex earned his award due
to his tobacco prevention efforts in his community. LCHD is a co-sponsor of the S.W.A.G. program, and Alex
was accompanied to the conference by Glenda Bertz, RN LCHD.
ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES
FOOD
WATER
SEWAGE
MOLD
ED/EP/BT
OTHER
COMPLAINTS
5
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1
1
~
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INVESTIGATIONS
3
~
~
2
~
~
149
13
42
14
43
11
54
~
6
6
26
9
250
1
6
2
10
20
CALLS
CORRESPONDENCE
SITE VISITS
IMMUNIZATIONS
UNDER 2 YEARS OLD
OFFICE
IMMUNIZATIONS
TOTAL DOSES
94
431
VITAL RECORDS
ALL OTHER IMMUNIZATIONS
OFFICE
IMMUNIZATIONS
474
TOTAL DOSES
917
INFLUENZA
BIRTH
CERTIFICATES
783
DEATH
CERTIFICATES
276
NOTARIZATIONS
1234
SCREENINGS OFFICE PROCEDURES
LEAD
2
TB MEDICATIONS
OTHER
4
INJECTIONS
134
DIABETES
~
FOOT CARE
13
BLOOD PRESSURE
122
VENIPUNCTURE
9
203
2
MEDICINE SET UP
1
CHOLESTEROL
20
LAB/FOLLOW UP
40
HIV
12
CD INVESTIGATION
81
352
PREGNANCY TESTS
79
LICE
TB SKIN TEST
SAVING SMILES
1224
TEMP MEDICAID APPS
2ND VARNISH
1477
OV STD F/U
4
REFERRALS
WOMEN’S HEALTH
23
PHYSICIAN
15
DIVISION OF
AGING
DIV. OF FAMILY
SERVICES
SANITARIAN
ORAL HEALTH
2
10
1
12
106
14
OTHER
336
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PRESENTATIONS AT DAYCARES/PRESCHOOLS
The Lafayette County Health Department staff visits child care facilities in the county to present
educational health programs to the children. The purpose of this program is to increase children’s
awareness of health issues. Programs presented this year covered 13 facilities. There are 445
children in daycares throughout Lafayette County.
CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO FREE KIDS (C.T.K.)
Alex Higginbotham, senior at OHS, and president of the OHS
S.W.A.G. (Students With a Goal) receives the Joining Forces Award
for youth advocacy from Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (C.T.K).
Alex also received a $2000.00 scholarship to be used for tobacco
prevention this next year in Odessa. Alex is pictured with his father, Chris Higginbotham, CDR in U.S. Navy.
COMMUNITY HEALTH FORUM
May 7, 2013
The Community Health Forum was hosted by LCHD and presented by Nola Martz,
Administrator in cooperation with the Missouri Institute for Community Health (MICH).
The purpose of the Community Health Forum was to introduce the County Health Rankings
(C.H.R.) to interested community members. C.H.R. is a collaborative project of Robert
Woods Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in
which they ranked nearly every county in the nation with the intention of showing what
influences people and how long they live. This would demonstrate how the rankings are
used to inform program development to address health issues in the county.
COMMUNITY VISITS
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HEALTH FAIRS AND RUNS
Lexington Schools Health Fair
Pathways 5K “Run for the Children”
LCHD participated in the Lexington
Schools Health Fair held at Lexington
Middle School in April. LCHD had an
informational booth on immunizations.
LCHD had a tobacco education booth at
the Pathways 5K “Run for the
Children” on June 15, 2013.
TOBACCO EDUCATION
Tobacco education
presented by
Donna Oetting,
Health
Program
Representative at
the Concordia
Middle School.
Two classes were
conducted in April
2013.
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OPERATION READINESS
One of the responsibilities Lafayette County Health Department has to the citizens of this
County is to have a plan on how the health department will administer and distribute
medications to everyone during a medical emergency. We have to be ready to administer
those medicines during events such as a pandemic or bioterrorism release of WMD such as
anthrax.
In order for us to be proficient in such as event, we need to practice. We need to have an
exercise. So “OPERATION READINESS” was born.
There are many components and different people involved in not only an exercise, but in an
actual event as well. Some of those positions that need to be filled for such an event
include the following: nurses, electricians, security, traffic control inside the building, traffic
control in the parking area, bus companies and drivers to transport folks from various
locations to the sight of the event, trainers for “spontaneous volunteers”, “patients” for the
exercise, supply person, communications, food, ambulance service, registration, and
vaccine storage/dispersal to name only some of the positions needed.
The above positions were made up of some staff members, but mostly by a pool of
volunteers that have agreed to help the health department during an emergency. Several
months of training and meetings resulted in a group of workers that made the entire
operation run very smoothly.
Besides the workers mentioned above, it takes many partners within the County to make
this happen. Those partners included: Lafayette County Sheriff’s office, Lafayette County
CERT Team, Lafayette County Health Department, Randy Small Transportation, John
Knox Village, Lafayette County Board of Sheltered Services, Lafayette County C-1 School
District, Lafayette County Health Department Volunteers, Higginsville Police Department,
Alumbaugh’s Heating and Cooling, Carroll County Health Department, Saline County
Health Department, and Mid America Regional Council.
This POD (points of distribution) operation lasted about 4 hours from opening to closing.
Besides all of the above mentioned partners and workers, we treated 176 “patients”. The
average registration time took 2 minutes 32 seconds; average dispensing of medication
time was 15 seconds; average wait time was 8 minutes and 51 seconds.
“OPERATION READINESS” was a very successful exercise or drill. We had a few
problems, but that is the reason we have these exercises.
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NEW EMPLOYEE
Georgia Guthrie, LPN
Hello everyone. My name is Georgia Guthrie and I am
the newest member of the Lafayette County Health
Department. I am a late in life LPN graduate (class of
2011) from Lex La-Ray Tech. school in Lexington Mo. I
am married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren
transplanting to Odessa from Linn Creek, Mo. since
1995. I have always had a desire to improve my life and
the lives of others and I am proud to say I have been
chosen to work beside the most experienced and
positive group of co-workers as of July 2nd 2013. I am
looking forward to meeting new mentors and friends.
NEW ADMINISTRATOR
NEW ASST. ADMINISTRATOR
Tom Emerson
Glenda Bertz
WAL-MART FLU CLINICS
The Lafayette County Health Department started administering flu
shots at the Higginsville Wal-Mart in September. There were a total of
111 flu shots administered during September.
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TDAP SCHOOL BASED CLINICS
WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON HEALTH FAIR
The Lafayette County Health Department had a table about poison safety.
HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE
LCHD partnered with Health Care Collaborative of Rural Missouri (HCC), Missouri
Valley Community Action Agency (MVCAA), and Grace Advertising to present public
forums in Lafayette County communities regarding the Health Insurance
Marketplace this fall. The public forums gave community members unbiased
educational information on the Health Insurance Marketplace, how to enroll, and
how to make informed decisions about health plans. LCHD has two staff
members who are Certified Application Counselors and can assist customers with
enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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LIVE HEALTHY, LIVE WELL
2013 Star Partner Award
Glenda Bertz
received the Live
Healthy, Live
Well 2013 Star
Partner Award.
SWAG
Students With A Goal
10/10/13 LCHD
sponsored S.W.A.G.
Training (Students
With a Goal), Joyce
Lara from University
of Missouri Youth
Coordinator also
assisted. 15 students,
and 2 sponsors
attended. Schools
participating were Odessa High School and Concordia High School. SWAG’s mission is
to promote healthy lifestyles by advocating for tobacco-free Missouri, educating youth
about the risks of tobacco use, and empowering future generations to be tobacco-free.
The students learn how to advocate for tobacco free environments in their own
communities.
ODESSA SWAG
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WELLNESS CLINICS
FLU CLINICS
“BOO TO THE FLU”
RED RIBBON WEEK
SCARECROW CONTEST
Lafayette County Health Department in
collaboration with First Call Alcohol/Drug
Prevention and Recovery, gave presentations on
making good choices and saying no to drugs to
grades K-5 at Wellington-Napoleon R-9 in
honor of Red Ribbon Week on November 1,
2013. Red Ribbon Week is in its 28th year as the
nation’s largest and oldest drug prevention
campaign, and the theme this year is “A Healthy
Me is Drug Free”. In picture, second and third
grade students celebrate the theme of the day
“Put a cap on drugs”.