Health Education

Goal: Promote and encourage healthy behavior by informing, educating, assisting and empowering people about current important health issues and the assistance available from the health department.

Focus:  Health Promotion/Health education. Community Health and Wellness. Behavior change, risk reduction and prevention for schools and businesses.

Health education services are provided at NO CHARGE.

• Topics - Information and presentations available
  • Physical Activity/Fitness
  • Nutrition Education
  • Tobacco Education
  • Stress Management
  • Child Health
  • STD/HIV prevention education for youth and adults
  • Communicable disease education
  • Health Fairs
  • Understanding Health Department services

• Additional Health Education/Promotion:
  • Assist in developing wellness programs for community, schools, agencies, and businesses
  • Serve on advisory boards, school and community committees
  • Health education resource
  • Media health promotion
  • Certified Healthy Programs - Certified Healthy Business, School, Restaurant, Community, Congregation, Early Childhood Center, and Campus Promotion
  • Community Health Assessments - help create, monitor, and update community health improvement plans
  • Other health related participation

Contact Info:
Osage County Health Department
1115 E. 15th Street
Pawhuska, OK  74056
(918) 287-3740

2nd location
5265 W Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook, OK 74070-5228
(539) 589-0005