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In collaboration with the Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors, Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department invites you to visit of our new interactive website, Network of Care for Public Health Assessment and Wellness.

Citizens looking to dispose of excess and expired prescription and over-the-counter medications can now visit the safe and secure permanent drop off location at the West Point Police Department.

The Elkhorn Logan Valley Health Department recently concluded efforts to gather the public’s input in a community health survey. Each household in the counties of Burt, Cuming, Madison, and Stanton received a postcard directing them to take the online survey. Those who took the survey were eligible to enter for a chance to win one of four $200 grocery gift certificates. One winner was drawn at random from each county in the ELVPHD service area.

Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI), a drug abuse prevention group that serves the counties of Burt, Cuming, Madison and Stanton in Nebraska, recently held a medication drug take back event at the PATCH Health Fair in Norfolk. A total of thirty pounds of expired or unused prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications were turned over to a Norfolk police officer at the HCI booth in a two hour period. Properly disposing of excess or unused drugs is everyone’s responsibility as a matter of public safety.

Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI), a drug abuse prevention group that serves the counties of Burt, Cuming, Madison and Stanton in Nebraska, was recently awarded a Region 4 Behavioral Health System grant.

Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department has completed its 2013 radon kit distribution and analysis for returned kits for Burt, Cuming, Madison and Stanton Counties. Over 300 home owners picked up free home radon test kits during January and February of 2013. Of those that completed the test kit and sent it in for analysis, results showed that the average picocurie per liter (pCi/L) was 6.7 in Burt County, 6.2 in Cuming County, 8.6 for Madison County and 7.7 for Stanton County. The recommended upper limit for testing is 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L). The range for the kits sent in from the four counties this year was .7 – 31.5 (pCi/L).

Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department’s Operation Heart to Heart program has been providing heart health education and case management services throughout Madison, Stanton, Burt and Cuming counties for nearly one year. One goal of the program is to reduce the rate of heart disease, increase health screenings and provide case management services for agricultural workers. The program also targets educating the general public on heart disease and provides free presentations and blood pressure screenings to organizations, businesses and events. Operation Heart to Heart has participated in over 80 screening and educational events throughout the year. There were 547 ag workers screened and 626 people provided with education on heart disease and blood pressure screenings.

Lyons, NE - October 1 marked an historic day for health care access in the United States, the day the health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act opened for business.

Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI), a drug abuse prevention group that serves the counties of Burt, Cuming, Madison and Stanton in Nebraska, recently held a Leading Change workshop for its board members in addition to management staff of Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department in Oakland on October 1, 2013. UNMC Office of Public Health Practice facilitated the workshop.

Madison County’s first 2013 positive mosquito for West Nile Virus has been reported to the Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department. Typically West Nile cases in humans are reported as summer draws to an end during August and September. West Nile Virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito that was feeding on an infected bird. At this time no West Nile Virus activity has been reported among birds in the area. However, it is time to prevent mosquito bites and decrease the chances of humans being infected.