{"id":358,"date":"2019-01-14T11:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:05:52","slug":"epidemiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/programs\/epidemiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Epidemiology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|800||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#123f98&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Epidemiology<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:HannahN.Hartley@ky.gov\">HannahN.Hartley@ky.gov\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Vital Statistics \/ Surveillance&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#213c98&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|800||on|||||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||10px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#213f98&#8243; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;6px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;13px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A valuable service provided by The Kentucky River District Health Department, included are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Recording of all births and deaths in our seven county coverage area;<\/li>\n<li>Providing verification of births and deaths;<\/li>\n<li>Tracing statistical data regarding communicable diseases, causes of death, ages of mothers, etc.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/chfs.ky.gov\/agencies\/dph\/dehp\/vsb\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/chfs.ky.gov\/agencies\/dph\/dehp\/vsb\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Communicable Diseases&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#213c98&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|800||on|||||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||10px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#213f98&#8243; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;6px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;13px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Reportable Disease Notifications<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Physicians, hospitals, and laboratories report communicable diseases as required by 902 KAR 2:020 to the Epidemiology unit of the health department. Qualified health department staff persons provide investigation of the cases and report the communicable diseases to the state office which reports to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Medical Providers, hospitals, or laboratories who are reporting a communicable disease can download and fill out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/epid_200-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Kentucky Reportable Disease (EPID 200) Form\">Kentucky Reportable Disease (EPID 200) Form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Regional\u00a0Epidemiologist can be contacted at 606-668-3185<\/p>\n<p>Staff can be reached for reporting or for consultation using the information below:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>During Operating Hours: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phone: 606-668-3185<br \/> Fax: 606-668-6076<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>After Hours:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Department for Public Health , Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning<br \/> Phone: 1-888-973-7678<br \/> or 1-502-564-3418<br \/> Fax: 1-502-696-3803<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 35px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/reportable_disease_list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Reportable Disease List\"><strong>CLICK HERE for the Reportable Disease List<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epidemiology HannahN.Hartley@ky.gov\u00a0 A valuable service provided by The Kentucky River District Health Department, included are: Recording of all births and deaths in our seven county coverage area; Providing verification of births and deaths; Tracing statistical data regarding communicable diseases, causes of death, ages of mothers, etc. https:\/\/chfs.ky.gov\/agencies\/dph\/dehp\/vsb\/Pages\/default.aspx Reportable Disease Notifications Physicians, hospitals, and laboratories report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":312,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-358","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions\/1538"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}