Admin/RN: Shelly Pavlu, BSN, RN
Clerk: Sheridan Schaben, CNA
County Health Officer: William J McDonald, APRN
Medical Director: Harley Calvin, D.O.
Women's Clinic Staff: Shelia Hein, APRN
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Poison Control Center: 800-248-0074 or 800-332-6638
Child Abuse Hotline: 800-322-5330
Domestic Violence Hotline: 888-363-2287
Kansas To***co Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
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SERVICES
Clients
The department primarily services the County and surrounding area, but is open to anyone.
No one is refused required services because on inability to pay.
Our Services
The Health Department offers a wide range of services.
Children’s Health Services: Immunizations, fluoride varnish, blood lead screenings and counseling and health education, school physicals for kids 3-8.
General Health Services: Blood Pressure, blood sugar screening, lipid panel, Hemoglobin A1C, health promotion, disease prevention, and adult immunization.
WIC (Women, Infants & Children):A program that provides nutrition and health education, healthy food and other services to Kansas families who qualify.
Vision and Hearing Testing:
Monthly Lab Days
Lab One Site: Drop off and pick up
Environmental Health Services: Information and referral services in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment District Office, and the Central Kansas Local Environment Protection Group, Supply water testing kits available as desired.
Tuberculosis:TB skin test and medication supply. Referral to medical providers.
Connection to Benefit Programs:Applications available or Kancare/Medicaid and benefits (SNAP, daycare, and cash assistance)
CPR: We offer classes by appointment, for a minimum of 3 people and a maximum of 6.
Health Preparedness: Working with our fellow LEPC partners and citizens to be prepared in the event of a natural or manmade disaster.
Woman’s Clinic provides bi monthly pap smears and well woman exams
Family Planning Services program provides services, information and counseling on health care for women, men, and teens. Services are free or low-cost and are always confidential. Services are also billable to most insurance.
The following is a partial list of the services included in this Family Planning Services program:
• Office visits to your family planning health care provider for evaluation, follow up and referral to other health care providers as necessary
• Counseling from your health care provider regarding pregnancy: to prepare for pregnancy, to prevent unintended pregnancies and to enable individuals to control the timing and spacing of pregnancies
• Initiation and management of contraception
• Birth control supplies and medications
• Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) with vaccine and condoms
• Laboratory services for the screening of STDs, HIV (the virus that causes AIDS and pregnancy