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Wexford County health staff report school-based medical and behavioral visits, 799 Narcan doses dispensed from vending machine
Summary
Health department staff told the Wexford County Board the department’s regional adolescent health centers and school nursing services logged several hundred medical and behavioral visits this fall and winter and that 799 boxes of naloxone have been accessed from a public vending machine.
WEXFORD COUNTY — Wexford County health department staff reported that school-based and adolescent health services provided hundreds of medical and behavioral-health visits between Oct. 1 and March, and that a vending machine in the community dispensed 799 boxes of naloxone (Narcan).
The update, presented by health department staff, summarized service counts across a 10-county health district and outlined how the department compiles a public data page for county comparison.
Health department staff said the Cadillac adolescent health site recorded 207 medical visits by a nurse practitioner and 82 behavioral-health visits with a counselor between Oct. 1 and March. The presenter also reported at least six schools received nursing services; other sites recorded 368 medical visits and 79 behavioral-health visits, though some sites are limited in the populations they may serve. The department noted that those totals reflect nursing services only at certain elementary, junior high and high school sites and that some adolescent health centers serve narrower age ranges.
The presenter said the regional vending machine that dispenses naloxone has been used 799 times; the presenter characterized that figure as “just the one I helped” and said there are other dispensing locations across the community.
Board members asked follow-up questions and the presenter turned the update over to a colleague, Chelsea, for additional detail. Chelsea and other staff described the countywide public data page and how community and provider surveys feed priority-area graphs on the department’s second page.
The presentation did not include a vote or formal board direction. Staff noted the health department covers 10 counties, which the presenters said complicates bringing outside contractors up to speed on operations across all jurisdictions. No implementation timeline or budget change was reported during the update.
