Wagoner County Health Department

Health Education

Health Educator

Kaitlan Weston

Contact Information:

28596 E. 141st Street South
Coweta, OK 74429

Work Cell: (918) 550-9018
Phone: 918-486-2845
Email: kaitlan.thatcher@health.ok.gov

A variety of community health education and prevention programs are offered, many in conjunction with other community partners and coalitions. Several of these programs are a result of special funding grants. Other programs are available to the community through a variety of organizations with whom we partner. Contact our health department for more information on the variety of health education information and programs we have available.

Goals:

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.
• Risk reduction/prevention
• School Health
• Community health/wellness

Information and presentations available for:

• Diabetes Education
• Physical Activity/Fitness
• Nutrition Education
• Tobacco Education
• Stress Management
• Mental Health
• Child Health
• STD/HIV prevention education for youth and adults
• Communicable disease education
• Health Fairs
• Understanding Health Department services

*If what you are looking for is not on this list, please contact, jamiew@health.ok.gov

• 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