Community Services
Child Care:
Child care licensure & routine evaluations of child care facilities are provided to assure adequate care, supervision, and safety for recipients.
Community Health Clinics:
Clinics are provided in the health department offices and outlying communities for all ages. Clinics include immunizations; influenza, pneumonia, and tetanus vaccine; screening for blood pressure, anemia, lead and other health concerns. Nutrition, health counseling, preventive health education, and information are available.
Community Health Nursing Visits:
Home visits are made to investigate complaints, follow up on communicable disease, evaluate a high risk mother or infant, monitor the status of a person, and/or evaluate a home situation with appropriate referral as needed.
Prescription Discount Card:
Free enrollment for Butler County Residents. This program is offered in a joint effort of Butler County and the National Association of Counties (NACo). Click here to obtain additional information.
School Health Services:
Contracts are made with school districts for a variety of screening and assistance.
South Central Mental Health - The Counseling Center:
South Central Mental Health is a community mental health center. The Center's goal is to provide confidential and cost-effective care that is easily accessible. Click here to learn more.
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Personal Health Services
Immunization Clinics:
Clinics are provided at the following times and locations:
El Dorado Office |
Mondays
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8:30A.M. - 11:00A.M.
1:00P.M. - 4:30P.M.
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Last Friday of Each Month
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3:00P.M. - 4:30P.M.
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Augusta Office |
Wednesdays
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1:00P.M. - 4:30P.M.
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Vaccines protect against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Haemophilus Influenza, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Chicken Pox, Meningitis, Rotavirus and Pneumonia. TB Skin testing and follow-up for Tuberculosis control is available for all ages. Influenza vaccine will be available at the health Department after December 1, 2006. Watch the web site and local papers for clinic times and locations.
Testing Clinics:
Provides testing and treatment for STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) for both men and women. HIV Antibody (AIDS) counseling and testing is available (anonymous/confidential). (By appointment only.)
Women's Clinic:
Clinic services include complete health assessment, examination, education and birth control as indicated and requested. Breast exams, Pap smear screenings, and confidential pregnancy testing and counseling services are also available. (By appointment only.)
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Health Promotion & Disease Control
WIC Program - (Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Food Program):
Food supplement and nutrition education is available for low income pregnant and breast-feeding mothers, infants, and children under 5 years of age who are at nutritional risk. The WIC Program is open to eligible persons regardless of race, color, age, sex, national origin, or handicapping conditions. Call for appointment.
Maternal & Infant Project:
A preventive program designed to improve the pregnancy outcomes of high risk mothers. This is a comprehensive program that includes social work services, nursing assessments, and nutritional education for pregnant women.
Healthy Start:
Provides families with information about proper prenatal and postnatal care, assesses family's needs for support, and provides information about community services.
Physical Assessments:
Kan-Be-Healthy screenings are available for persons up to 21 years of age with a current medical card. Day care physicals and school entry physicals () are available for children. (By appointment only.)
Health Education:
Provides community health education programs in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Chronic Disease Risk Reduction, and various other topics. Information and resource material are available on various topics. The Walnut Valley AIDS Coalition and Tobacco Free Butler County Coalition are facilitated through the Health Department. "Breathe A Little Easier" the Kansas Tobacco Quitline can help you quit your tobacco addiction for good.
Surgeon General Releases Report on Dangers of Secondhand Smoke; KDHE Supports Tobacco-Free Initiatives Statewide
Key Differences Between Annual Flu and Pandemic Flu |
