Adult Health Programs

The Kentucky River District Health Department is dedicated to the continued good health of all citizens through all seasons of the year.

Special focus is given during the winter months when colds, influenza, pneumonia and viruses are on the increase.

For an Immunization Schedule please visit:  https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/index.html

Pregnant women, new mothers and their family members often have questions about breastfeeding. They need information and help to get started and to continue breastfeeding. Our agency offers counseling through registered nurses, nutritionists, and mother-to-mother peer counselors.

Websites for more information about breastfeeding:
Kentucky Dept. of Public Health Breastfeeding Webpage
(https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/dmch/nsb/Pages/breastfeeding.aspx)

Le Leche League of the USA
(https://www.llli.org/)

WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program

The Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program is a new WIC service to our community. Breastfeeding Peer Counselors are WIC moms who have successfully breastfed their children and can offer new moms advice and encouragement! The program offers moms someone to talk to about their new baby and how to provide him/her with the best nutrition available. Every new WIC mother will want to be part of this program!

Breastfeeding Information and contact information
April Sandlin, LPN
Certified Lactation Specialist
(606) 785-3144

Peer Counselor
Acacia Craft
(606) 634-9491
Covering Knott, Letcher, Perry, and Leslie Counties

The Kentucky River District Health Department strives to control the spread of communicable diseases in the community.

If it is determined that you have a communicable disease, we can provide education, reporting to the appropriate agency and follow-up care.

Contact the Health Department if your or your family member has been diagnosed with a communicable disease.

It is the goal of the Kentucky River District Health Department to provide safe, appropriate family planning to those who need our assistance. This program is available  to all women of child bearing years.

We can provide:

• Physical exam by physician or nurse practitioner to include PAP and breast exam;
• Birth control supplies with counseling on methods; and
• Sliding scale fee if not Medicaid eligible

We ask that you call your county health department to make an appointment if you would like assistance determining which family planning method will work best for you.

The Kentucky River District Health Department provides counseling for all women of childbearing age, whether contemplating pregnancy or not, with a goal of decreasing birth defects to the brain and spine.

The Kentucky River District Health Department provides individualized nutrition planning for those:

• With diabetes, hypertension & heart disease;
• Needing weight management;
• Other diet counseling offered with a physician’s referral;

STD and HIV testing is available at each of our sites by trained staff. This program offers diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care and referrals if needed. Rapid HIV testing is also available.

Testing includes (but not limited to):

• Syphilis
• Gonorrhea
• Chlamydia
• HIV

These services are strictly confidential.  HIV TESTING IS ANONYMOUS (if desired).

Please call your local health department to make an appointment for testing.

• ANONYMOUS • CONFIDENTIAL • FREE • LEGAL •

KRDHD provides Harm Reduction Syringe Exchange Program in accordance with Senate Bill 192. The programs are modeled after successful programs in Kentucky and guidance is provided by KY Department of Public Health and CDC.

WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM OFFER?

• Safe disposal of used needles
• Exchange used needles for clean needles
• Testing for HIV, Hepatitis C and STDs (optional)
• Adult vaccinations
• On-site substance abuse treatment referrals (optional)
• Education

CURRENT SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM LOCATIONS

Knott County Health Department
Monday – Friday: 8am – 4pm

Lee County Health Department
Monday – Friday: 8am – 4pm

Leslie County Health Department
Tuesday & Thursday: 9am – 4pm

Letcher County Health Department
Wednesday: 8am – 11am
Friday: 1pm – 3:30pm

Owsley County Health Department
Monday – Friday: 8am – 4pm

Perry County Health Department
Monday – Wednesday: 9am – 2pm
Friday: 9am – 2pm

Wolfe County Health Department
Monday – Friday: 8am – 4pm

https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/dehp/hab/Pages/kyseps.aspx

This service provided by The Kentucky River District Health Department is available to the general public.

Services include:

• Screening skin tests;
• Monthly clinic as needed where diagnosis, counseling and treatment are provided.

To ensure continued good health in the citizens of the Kentucky River District, the Health Department provides well adult care, available to adults over 21 years of age.
Included in these services are:

• Complete physical exam;
• Counseling on nutrition and disease/injury prevention; and
• Health Risk Assessment.

We suggest you make an appointment if you would like to take advantage of this service.

• Women who are pregnant, who are breastfeeding their babies, or who have given birth in the last six months.
• Infants to 12 months of age; and
• Children age 1 to 5 years of age.

HOW DO I APPLY FOR WIC?

Contact your county health department for an appointment. Our staff will:

• Request that you show proof of your identity and residence, (several methods can be used).
• Determine if you meet income guidelines of the program. To qualify you must show proof that:
  • You receive KTAP, Food Stamps or Medicaid, or
  • A pregnant woman or infant in your household receives Medicaid, or
  • A member of your household receives KTAP, or
  • Your household income is at or below 185% of poverty

Household size includes unborn baby.

Persons who receive medicaid or Food Stamp benefits automatically meet income requirements. CLICK HERE for income guidelines for 2020-2021

WHAT WILL I RECEIVE?

HEALTHY FOODS – WIC checks will be given to you monthly for the purchase of specific foods. Foods you can receive are:

• Milk and Cheese
• Vitamin C-Rich Juices
• Iron-Rich Cereals
• Eggs
• Dried Beans or Peanut Butter
• Tuna Fish/Carrots (Breastfeeding Mother Package)
• Iron Fortified Infant Formula

NUTRITION EDUCATION – you will receive nutrition information to help you choose nutritious foods to improve your and your family’s health. WIC helps mothers make infant feeding choices such as encouragement to breastfeed and proper introduction of solid foods into the infants diet the first year of life. Dietary guidance and promotion of physical activity is offered to all qualifying individuals.

HEALTH CARE – WIC can help you find regular health care and childhood shots if needed.

WHY IS WIC IMPORTANT?

• Healthy foods help children grow and develop normally.
• Good nutrition helps to protect your who family against health problems.
• WIC helps your community by building strong, healthy families.

CONTACT YOUR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY!

WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program

The Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program is a new WIC service to our community. Breastfeeding Peer Counselors are WIC moms who have successfully breastfed their children and can offer new moms advice and encouragement! The program offers moms someone to talk to about their new baby and how to provide him/her with the best nutrition available. Every new WIC mother will want to be part of this program!

NUTRITION COUNSELING

The Kentucky River District Health Department provides individualized nutrition planning for those:

• With diabetes, hypertension & heart disease;
• Needing weight management;
• Other diet counseling offered with a physician’s referral;

Alison Lovins Hurt
WIC Coordinator
(606) 436-2196
allisonn.hurt@ky.gov

https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/dmch/nsb/Pages/wic.aspx

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

(1) mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-744; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las normas y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta entidad está prohibida de discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género y orientación sexual), discapacidad, edad, o represalia o retorsión por actividades previas de derechos civiles.

La información sobre el programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas que no sean el inglés. Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios alternos de comunicación para obtener la información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje de señas americano (ASL), etc.) deben comunicarse con la agencia local o estatal responsable de administrar el programa o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o comuníquese con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Retransmisión al (800) 877-8339.

Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe llenar un formulario AD-3027, formulario de queja por discriminación en el programa del USDA, el cual puede obtenerse en línea en: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA- OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, de cualquier oficina de USDA, llamando al (866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida a USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre del demandante, la dirección, el número de teléfono y una descripción escrita de la acción discriminatoria alegada con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR) sobre la naturaleza y fecha de una presunta violación de derechos civiles. El formulario AD-3027 completado o la carta debe presentarse a USDA por:

(1) correo:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-744; or

(3) correo electrónico:: program.intake@usda.gov.

Esta entidad es un proveedor que brinda igualdad de oportunidades.