207 South Washington Box 433, Coldwater, Kansas 67029-0433

Phone: (620)582-2431   Fax: (620)582-2491

Services

• Health Counseling 

• Communicable Disease Surveillance 

• Injections

  • Allergy, B-12, Flu, Pneumonia for adults.

  • Children’s immunizations from birth to college.

  • Hepatitis shots for city workers, sheriff’s department, fire and ambulance crews, Coldwater Laundry and USD 300 employees, etc.

  • TB Testing for daycare workers and those listed above.

    
    
  

   

• School Health

  • Checks of lice, impetigo, rashes, ringworms, etc.

  • Hearing and Vision checks on Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade, and 7th, 9th, and 11th grades, vision for drivers ed students in the 8th grade.

  • Health Assessments for pre-school, kindergarten and new students through age 8.

   

• Educational programs including

  • Basic Aid Training

  • “Bullying Class” for the 4th graders

  • “Good Hygiene” and “Asthma”

  • “Germ Busters” for the kindergarten

  • "Stay Calm" for Stress

   

• Early Intervention Screenings

  • Hemoglobin

  • Urinalysis

  • Blood Pressure

    

  • Blood Sugar

  • Height/Weight checks

  • Lead Poisoning

  • Hearing and Vision checks

    
    

  • Hemoccults

  • Pregnancy Testing

   

• Foot Care Clinics

  • Prairie Plaza – twice a month

  • Protection Senior Center – once a month

   

• Kan-Be-Healthy (Medicaid Children)

  • Physical Assessment

  • Denver II, Lead, Vision and Hearing

  • Developmental screenings with Arrowhead West and Prairie Hills Staff in Coldwater and Protection for ages birth through 5 years, two to three times a year.

   
  A KAN Be Healthy Medical check-up includes:
  
   
  1.  A complete health history.

  
  2.  A physical exam with a growth and diet check.
  3.  Appropriate shots according to age and health history.
  4.  Health tips for both parents and children.

  
  
   
  KAN Be Healthy Medical check-ups are due at:
  Birth,1,2,4,6,9,12,15,18 and 24 months; then every year until age 6; then every 2 years through age 20.

  
  
  
   
  Your medical card will show you when the next  KAN Be Healthy Medical Screen is due.

   

• Family Planning

  • Pill pickup site

  • Pregnancy testing

   

• WIC – Women, Infant, Children (to age 5) Nutrition Program

  • Height/Weight checks

  • Hemoglobin

    

  • Hi-risk and Secondary Nutrition Ed Classes

  • Certifications every 6 months

  • Food vouchers

  • Promoting Breastfeeding

   

• Early Detection Works

  • Free clinical breast exams and mammograms for low-income women

  • Annual pelvic exam and pap test for women ages 40 to 64

    
  

   

• Childcare Licensing and Registration

  • Survey licensed homes and child care centers

  • Handle complaint investigations

  • Give training classes to providers on:   

              Child Abuse

              Child Development

              Infection Control

              Signs and Symptoms of Illness

  

              First Aide/CPR

  

  • Health assessments for providers and children

  

   

• Home Visits

  

  • Footcare

  • Flu/Pneumonia shots

  • Blood Pressure

  • Setup medicine board

  

   

• Car Seat Rentals

• Ear Washes

• County wide food bank

• Commodities

• Christmas Angel program (gift and food boxes for low-income families and elderly)

 

• Educational talks to groups within county (any subject)

  • Diabetes

  • Heart

  • Breast Cancer

    

  • Hepatitis diseases

  • Domestic Violence

  • Safety

  • Bioterrorism Awareness

   

• Healthy Start

  • A home visitor supplies education and support for pre and postpartum women

 

• Vision USA (Salvation Army)

  • Eye exams and glasses for low-income families

    
    
    

 

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."

We feel in one way or another our work touches the lives of almost every one in the county.

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