EDWARDS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

622 West 8th Street, Kinsley, Kansas (620)659-3102

Monday & Friday 8:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 5:00 Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 5:00 Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 - 5:00

PUBLIC HEALTH is the science and art of promoting the health and well-being of the public, and preventing premature death and unnecessary disease and disability.

Edwards County Health Department offers immunizations for children and adults. Please call ahead for an appointment. (620)659-3102

Bring your Immunization Card (pink card) with you and if you have Medicaid or Private Insurance bring that card too.

"NOTICE"

PLEASE BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE:

Do you have insurance?

If the answer is No, Medicaid, Healthwave, FirstGuard or Ks Farmworker then you quality for VFC.

If the answer is Yes answer the next question:

Does your insurance cover immunizations?

if “I don’t know” is your answer – YOU must find out!

NO – then you qualify for VFC.

Yes – then we can provide you with private vaccine for your child or children, however you are responsible for what your insurance does not cover.

Why is immunization important?

	Because it will protect your child against diseases that can hurt, cripple or kill!
	Here is some important information: What Parents Should Know

Before vaccines, parents in the United States could expect that every year:

	Polio would paralyze 10,000 children.
	Rubella (German measles) would cause birth defects and mental retardation in as many as 20,000 newborns.
	Measles would infect about 4 million children, killing 3,000.
	Diphtheria would be one of the most common causes of death in school-aged children.
	A bacterium called Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) would cause meningitis in 15,000 children, leaving many with permanent brain damage.
	Pertussis (whooping cough) would kill 8,000 children, most of whom were under the age of one.

You can view the "Recommended Immunization Schedule " here.

For more information send us an or call (620)659-3102

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EDWARDS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

622 West 8th Street, Kinsley, Kansas (620)659-3102

"NOTICE"

Wednesday April 18, 2012