Child Fatality Review Teams:
Three Rivers District Health Department is active in the Kentucky mandated Child Fatality Review Teams, which is composed of community representatives from each county. The purpose of the Child Fatality Review team is to reduce the number of child deaths in Kentucky. The review teams investigate the cause of death, gathers data, and makes recommendations to develop policies or preventive measures that need to be taken to ensure safe communities for its children.
Worksite Wellness:
Three Rivers District Health Department offers TRALE, a health risk appraisal assessment tool.
The screening includes evaluation of blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, and body fat percentage.
It also involves a comprehensive questionnaire to assess individual health risk factors in various
aspects of life.
Health screening offers many benefits, including prevention of disease. Some people may not
know they have risk factors for certain chronic, but preventable illnesses until they are screened.
Many times seeing results encourage people to take action to prevent or reverse chronic
illness or risk factors. Offering such screenings also demonstrates to employees that their employers care about their health.
Three Rivers also offers convenience by brining this service to the people we serve. There is no need for them to schedule appointment and wait at a doctor’s office. Additionally, the results may provide information about what kinds of preventative activities the Health Department needs to be focusing on in the counties we serve.
Gallatin County Champions:
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