Louisiana Department of Health reminding residents of its services

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) – The Rapides Parish Well being Unit spent the morning of Tuesday, January 31, informing residents of the numerous advantages the clinic presents.

In the previous couple of years, the Well being Division has develop into the go-to for COVID testing and all issues COVID associated, nevertheless, they’re nonetheless your hyperlink to well being screenings and different essential well being training data.

A kind of choices is assist with alcohol and chemical dependency. Opioid use is a public well being disaster, and Donna Matthews, opioid prevention coordinator for Area 6, mentioned many residents will not be conscious that Narcan, the drugs used to reverse an opioid overdose, is offered freed from cost on the well being unit.

“Anyone can are available and ask for it,” mentioned Mathews. “Or, in the event that they want it for a member of the family or for themselves, it’s accessible to you freed from cost you may are available and ask for it.”

Additionally, residents can get examined and obtain data on intercourse well being on the well being unit. Kenneth Nash, the illness intervention supervisor for Area 6, mentioned understanding the standing of your sexual well being is simply as essential as retaining observe of your bodily and psychological well being.

“We let folks know that the testing is primarily free,” mentioned Nash. “It’s open to the general public, and we will get you into the well being unit. We will get you and your companions examined simply to be sure that every little thing is comfortable with you and the folks you affiliate with sexually.”

Even stepping outdoors well being companies, the Louisiana Division of Well being is providing a brand new program to assist residents with different wants.

“It’s known as Group Well being Methods,” mentioned Jaylyn McNeal, public relations coordinator for the Louisiana Division of Well being. “It’s a program by way of our neighborhood well being employees. It’s referral based mostly, however you can even stroll into the well being clinic, they usually get referred to companies akin to housing, transportation and meals. So, that may be a program lots of people have been using.”

For extra data on the Rapides Parish Well being Unit or the companies it gives, click on right here.

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