Adult Services Offered At Your Local Health Department

We would much rather prevent disease than see our community suffer from poor health. That’s why we encourage everyone to work on becoming a healthier version of themselves. Here are a few of the more specific education/counseling services we offer: 

Diabetes: We have a registered diabetes educator who you can schedule a private consultation with, just ask your doctor for a referral. If there’s enough interest, we will also hold classes that are free to the community. 

We give you the time needed to get any questions you have answered as you learn a new normal. With classes or a private meeting, you can learn how to manage your blood sugar and overall health. Sometimes your physician doesn’t have the time needed to go through everything you need to know. We hear too many misconceptions about diabetes and want to make sure you know the facts. We’ll help you build a plan that makes sense for your body and lifestyle. 

Tobacco Education: Now is always a great time to quit. Quit Now Kentucky is a free, convenient, safe and secure program to help you quit smoking when you’re ready. Call 1-800-QUIT-Now or, you can also sign up through this site. We also provide local services when there is enough interest, so if you’re interested in a local class and support system, contact us. 

Dietary Counseling: If you want to schedule a consultation with our dietitian you’ll need to be referred from your doctor first. Choosing the right diet can help you prevent disease or manage a disease you live with daily. Who can benefit from meeting with a dietitian? Those with: 

• Diabetes
• Too High or Too Low Weight Levels
• High Cholesterol 
• A Breastfeeding Baby

Biometric Screenings for the StayWell Program

The StayWell program is offered as a part of Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan (KEHP). All of these plans include the Living Well Promise, but to fulfill that, the planholder must take a health assessment or complete a biometric screening. Why? Because this plan also provides incentives for those who do, the biggest being annual premium discounts. 

If you are a state employee and are eligible for this program, you can have your biometric screening done at any of our 5 health centers. This screening is only covered by the plan for employees and not their dependents or spouses. Also, if for some reason you waive the insurance program, you are still eligible to receive the free biometric screening. 

Keep in mind that these are just screenings and should not take the place of seeing your primary care physician.

If you are a part of KHEP and have questions about the StayWell program, please call 866-746-1316 or email KEHPlivingwell@staywell.com. Your health department is not an expert on this program and only serves as a screening location to help you receive your full benefits.

Harm Reduction Program: 

• Do you know someone who is struggling with addiction? Are you not sure where to go or what options you have available? This is why we’ve added the Harm Reduction Program to our services. We’re on a mission to improve the public health of the Pennyrile region by reducing overdoses, overdose deaths, and the transmission of diseases such as HIV and HCV. 

• Risk reduction counseling is available for those at high-risk for contracting or transmitting HIV and their partners 

• Free risk reduction supplies and education materials (sharps containers for needles and condoms) 

• Receive guidance on HIV care and treatment services if you’re HIV infected.    

• Pick up your free box of Narcan so you’re prepared to save a life. 

• If you have questions, please call Meg Tolley, our Harm Reduction Specialist at 270.388.440 or email at margaret.tolley@uky.edu