City-Cowley County Health Department
 

 

 

Serving the Families of Cowley County


Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Immunization Clinic Hours
Monday
1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
 

  320 E. 9th, Suite B
  Winfield, KS  67156
  620-221-1430
  1-800-350-9092
  Health Department email

 
     115 E. Radio Lane
     Arkansas City, KS  67005
     620-442-3260


Programs:

Additional Services:

  • Child Health Assessments

  • Communicable Disease Control

  • Early Detection Works

  • Employee Health

  • HIV Testing and Counseling

  • Senior Citizen Hypertension Screening



Application for Kansas Birth Certificate

Kansas Department of Health
and Environment
 Web site of the state agency
overseeing public health.

Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Web site for the United States
government in Atlanta, Georgia

American Red Cross
Disaster Services

U.S. Department of Homeland
Security "Get Ready" Information


 

HEALTH NEWS

Cover your Cough

Cover Your Cough Espanol

Facts about Seasonal Flu

Q&A about Avian Flu (Bird Flu)

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Mission
 To enhance health promotion, disease prevention and environmental protection for all our citizens.
Vision
 Cowley County residents will participate in healthy lifestyle choices and exercise personal responsibility for both their own health and that of their families.

       
Child Care Licensing
       -  Provides information to parents seeking child care
       -  Processes child care licensure/registration applications
       -  Carries out monitoring visits to licensed child care sites
       -  Investigates child care complaints
       -  Provides monthly in-services for child care providers
Child Passenger Seat Fitting Station
       -  For a child passenger safety seat fitting, call the health department
       -  Two certified child passenger safety technicians are available
E-mail: Jody Smith

For more information: www.kdhe.state.ks.us/bcclr/index.html

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Jody Smith
Child Care Facility Surveyor
 
 
         



Chronic Disease Risk Reduction
     -  Provides tobacco resources to aide in quitting
     -  Corporate programs to reduce the amount of tobacco users in the company
     -  Tobacco user/quitter support group mediation and implementation
     -  Presentations to groups/companies. Topics include:
        *  cardiovascular disease and prevention
        *  tobacco cessation (quitting)
        *  implementing physical activity into your lifestyle
        *  sound nutrition for a better life
Contact Jennifer Love at the Health Department to schedule a presentation.
 

For more information:
     www.cancer.org (American Cancer Society)
     www.no-smoke.org (Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights)
     www.kstask.org (Kansas Task - a youth organization for tobacco prevention)

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Jennifer Love
 Health Educator
 
       
                 
       
Environmental Health
     -  Inspections of private water wells and on-site wastewater systems
     -  Real Estate transfers
     -  Environmental concerns
     -  Environmental Lead assessment
     -  Public water supply protection
     -  Non-point source pollution
     -  Pollution Prevention
     -  Floodplain Analysis
     -  Building Permits

Jim McGuire, Sanitarian
E-mail: Jim McGuire

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Family Planning
This program is designed to prevent unintended pregnancies by offering affordable methods of birth control accompanied by education and counseling. In addition,
pap smears, breast exams and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases are provided.

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Healthy Start
The Healthy Start Home Visitor Program seeks to reduce the incidence of poor pregnancy outcomes through the provision of home and hospital visits to families expecting or with newborns.

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Immunizations
Federal and State funded vaccine programs are available for children, birth to
18 years. Please contact the health department for eligibility requirements.
Immunizations are available for all ages during listed clinic hours to protect
against a variety of vaccine preventable diseases including:

   -  Diphtheria
   -  Tetanus
   -  Pertussis
   -  Polio
   -  Measles
   -  Mumps
   -  Rubella
   -  Haemophilus B
  -  Hepatitis A & B
  -  Varicella (chickenpox)
  -  Influenza
  -  Pediatric Pneumococcal 

 

 

 

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          Newborn Home Visits
Home nursing visits are made to Medicaid eligible newborn infants to reduce
the incidence of newborn and maternal stress following birth.

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          WIC
The WIC Program is a special supplemental food program for pregnant, breast
feeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to the age of five.
Prenatal Risk Reduction Visits are also available. To qualify, a person must
meet specific income guidelines and be at nutritional risk.

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