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Logan County Department of Public Health SAFE PASSAGES NEEDS YOUR HELP!! The Lincoln Police Department has been operating the Safe Passages Program since October 2017. In that time, 18 local individuals have accessed treatment to address a variety of addictions. Do you have the heart and time to help? SAFE PASSAGE GUIDE RESPONSIBILITIES: • Guide will respond to the police department in a timely manner. • Provides emotional support and guidance to program participant. Provides support with the intake process, to include necessary paperwork for the Safe Passages Initiative. • Remains with the program participant until he/she has been formally admitted to Detox or In-Patient treatment or until participant has been picked up by a driver for transportation to a treatment facility. This includes staying with the participant at the police department, at the hospital, or at the intake location for the treatment facility, if possible. • Provides instruction on communications to program participants who are not admitted to a hospital, detox or treatment facility. • When reasonably safe to do so and if available, a minimum of two people will provide transportation to the program participant to the designated treatment facility. The volunteer guide or driver will be eligible for mileage and meal reimbursement. • The Guide will notify the police department of any issues or concerns that arise. Guides can sign up for specific dates to be “on call” for the Lincoln Police Department. Please contact Officer Christy Fruge if you would like to learn more – cfruge@lincolnil.gov 6 days 15 hours ago.

Logan County Department of Public Health Now open at the Logan County Department of Public Health! Call with any questions 217-735-2317

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Logan County Department of Public Health New Free Narcan Training Date!! Come join us this Thursday, April 11th from 5 pm to 6 pm! You will get the opportunity to learn about Opioids and how to administer Narcan as well as free Narcan at the end of the training! 1 week 6 days ago.

Logan County Department of Public Health WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

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Logan County Department of Public Health Due to LCDPH closing today, the Community Narcan Training tonight will be canceled and rescheduled. At this time there is not a definite date set. As soon as a date is set we will let you know! Sorry for the inconvenience. 2 weeks 4 days ago.

Logan County Department of Public Health The number of overdose deaths from prescription and illicit opioids are on the rise. In 2018 there was a 69.7% increase in the Midwest. To help decrease the amount of fatal deaths due to over dose, Logan County Department of Public Health (LCDPH) is offering a free naloxone (Narcan) training opportunity to the public on Wednesday, April 3rd from 5 pm to 6 pm! You must register for this training by calling Salena Matson at 217-735-2317!

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Logan County Department of Public Health HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO OFFER FREE COLON CANCER SCREENING KITS For many Americans, colorectal cancer is an all-too-common reality. This disease is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women combined in the United States. It has been determined that preventive testing has significantly reduced colorectal cancer as survival rates for colorectal cancer closely mirrors those who get tested. The five-year survival rate for colorectal cancer found at the local stage is 90 percent which is good cause for early detection and prevention! In celebration of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Logan County Department of Public Health (LCDPH) will be giving away FREE fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) while supplies last during the month of March. As the next best option for individuals who resist having a colonoscopy, a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) screens for early signs of colon cancer. This test is a quick and easy take home stool sample kit which is very sensitive to detecting any blood found in the stool. Hidden blood in the stool can be associated with gastrointestinal disease including colon cancer. Any type of rectal bleeding is abnormal and should be evaluated by your physician. Although a colonoscopy is the best option available to detect colon cancer at an early stage, a FIT test remains a sensible alternative. For more information, please contact Kara Davis with the Logan County Department of Public Health at 217-735-2317. The department hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:30pm. For more information regarding LCDPH services, you can log onto their website at WWW.LCDPH.ORG. Welcome | Logan County Department of Public Health 1 month 1 week ago.

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Logan County Department of Public Health National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day “Together for Love: Stop HIV Stigma” National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is celebrated February 7 every year to help end the stigma and mobilize communities to get educated, tested, treated, and involved with their local HIV/AIDS community efforts. This year’s theme, “Together for Love: Stop HIV Stigma,” raises awareness that we all have a role to play in stopping HIV stigma. Nationally, the black community is the racial/ethnic group most burdened by HIV across all stages of the disease¾from new infections to death. Education, outreach, testing, and treatment have all helped reduce the number of new HIV infections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HIV diagnoses have fallen in recent years among black women (25 percent decline from 2010 to 2016) and heterosexual men (26 percent decline). Diagnoses among young black gay and bisexual men (aged 13 to 24) decreased five percent. Although progress is being made, the work must continue. In 2017, nearly 17,000 black people in the U.S. received a new HIV diagnosis according to the CDC. The black community accounted for 43 percent of all HIV diagnoses in the U.S. despite making up 13 percent of the U.S. population. In Illinois, the black community makes up 14.7 percent of the state’s population, but accounts for half of the roughly 39,000 individuals living with HIV. Last week, Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order to take action to end the HIV epidemic and reduce health disparities by ensuring the state is investing in agencies, programs, and services that work to end the HIV epidemic. This includes funding for increased HIV testing and prevention, PrEP, the African American HIV/AIDS Response Act, and other public health initiatives. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a prevention pill and program that is up to 99 percent effective at preventing HIV infection when utilized consistently and correctly, is helping reduce the spread of HIV. Individuals can learn about HIV and PrEP, find and enroll in PrEP clinics, and in the absence of insurance¾get PrEP free of charge, by going to www.PrEP4Illinois.com. IDPH has also joined the Chicago Department of Public Health, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, community based-organizations, health care providers, government agencies, people living with HIV, and others on ‘Getting to Zero,’ a plan to end HIV in Illinois. By 2030, the goal is fewer than 100 new HIV cases per year or ‘functional zero’ —a point where the HIV epidemic can no longer sustain itself. You can find more information about ‘Getting to Zero’ on the IDPH website. Additionally, the IDPH Center for Minority Health Services’ Text2Survive program is a free texting tool that individuals can use to set up and receive personalized medication reminders, to find a site that offers testing and care services, as well as find some PrEP locations around the state by texting 36363. More information about HIV/AIDS, including the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, can be found on the IDPH website or call 800-243-2437 to find the nearest HIV testing location. It is with great pleasure that the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announces the official launch of the IDPH PrEP Assistance Program. IDPH now joins the growing ranks of Health Departments offering tailored client navigation for PrEP services which include; Education, Medication Access,.... Illinois Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Assistance Program 2 months 1 week ago.

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