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a. Director's Report
The reaccreditation documentation was submitted to the National Public Health Accreditation Board in December. The site visit has not been scheduled, but we expect to hear more in the next few months.
The Community Health Assessment is completed and will be published soon. Staff will be meeting with our community partners to identify which priority issues will have an improvement plan developed.
We are seeing an increasing number of syphilis and new HIV cases. There has been a notable increase in influenza reports since December 10th. Influenza A is most common and the highest rates are among 0-14 year-olds. Reported cases of COVID-19 have been on the increase since December 2, 2023.
The Health Promotion staff, along with our community partners, continue to hold monthly Save a Life naloxone training. During the calendar year 2023, staff provided 1,705 boxes of Narcan to the community.
In October, Health Promotion staff began implementing the "School of Hard Talks" program. This is a four-part, evidence-based program to improve communication skills for families, including parents of teens and adults who live with mental health and/or substance use conditions.
The program uses adaptations of Motivational Interviewing, a communication style that health professionals use to encourage lifestyle changes. Effective skill building will include approaching a topic with curiosity, asking good questions, listening carefully, repeating back what you heard, and offering suggestions effectively.
The two-hour sessions are held in the evenings via Zoom. The current series kicked off on January 9th.
PHHS and University of Missouri Extension are partnering to host Youth Mental Health First Aid training on January 27, 2024, from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the PHHS building.
Human Services hired a Social Services Specialist last year and has successfully implemented the Divert program which provides social services support for the Municipal Court Com...
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