The Putnam County Health Department is continuing to work with community partners to complete a comprehensive Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan. Results will be published later this year.
Paper surveys are being offered at numerous locations throughout the county. A web-based survey is available online at Putnam County 2018 Community Health Assessment Survey
Archives for July 2018
BACK TO SCHOOL WALK-IN IMMUNIZATIONS CLINIC
The PUTNAM COUNTY Back to School Walk-In Clinic at the Putnam County Health Department will be Monday, August 13 through (and including) Monday, August 20, 8:30am – 3:30pm
Suggestions offered for dealing with mosquito-borne illnesses
As summer takes hold, residents are becoming more concerned about the annual mosquito-borne illness problem. According to Christina Hinkle, RN, Kanawha-Charleston Health Department’s director of clinic services, “West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne illness that causes no symptoms in approximately 80 percent of the people who are infected.”
As many as 20 percent of those infected with West Nile virus will have symptoms including body aches, fever, headaches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or skin rashes on the stomach or back. About 1 in 150 people develop more severe illnesses that may cause neurological impairment.
HEALTH ADVISORY #148 Voluntary NonOpioid Advanced Directive
The purpose of this Health Advisory is to provide guidance regarding the Voluntary NonOpioid Advanced Directive (VNOAD) form as established in Senate Bill 273, the Opioid Reduction Act of 2017 (“Act”), specifically W.Va. Code §16-54-2.