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FLU SEASON 2023
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MANDAN OFFICE - Flu vaccines by appointment
Monday-Thursday 8am-4pm & Friday 8am-11am
Call 667-3370 or 888-667-3370 to schedule appointment
For your convenience, schedule an appointment online:
EVERY MONDAY IN OCTOBER 12:30-4:00pm
Click Here to schedule appointment
GRANT COUNTY *WALK-IN FLU CLINICS
*To preregister, click on the Clinic Location
October 4th:
Elgin School: 7:00am-9:00am MT
Elgin Community Center: 9:30-11:30am MT
New Leipzig Ambulance Hall: 12:00-1:00pm MT
October 11th:
Western Plains Public Health Office: 8:00am-12:00pm MT
Carson Senior Center: 12:30-1:30pm MT
Carson School: 2:00-3:00 MT
October 18th:
Prairie Recovery Center: 1:30-3:00pm MT
HEBRON & GLEN ULLIN *WALK-IN FLU CLINICS
*To preregister, click on the Clinic Location
October 5th:
Hebron School: 7:30am-9:00am CT
Hebron Senior Center: 9:30-11:30am CT
MERCER COUNTY *WALK-IN FLU CLINICS
*To preregister, click on the Clinic Location
September 27, 7:30am-1:00pm CT:
Hazen City Hall, 146 Main St E, Hazen
September 28, 7:30am-1:00pm CT:
Beulah Office, 1101 3rd Ave NW, Beulah
MANDAN OFFICE WALK-IN FLU CLINICS
EVERY WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER
4:30-6:00pm
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING IN OCTOBER
6:30-9:00am
Translation services available upon request.
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About Us
| Western Plains Public Health is a five county local health district providing health services to the people of Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, and Sioux Counties located in southwest central North Dakota. Public health services provided are environmental health, nursing services, health promotion and the WIC (women, infants, and children) program. Each of these programs provides a wide variety of services in order to accomplish the mission of public health, which is to assure that North Dakota is a healthy place to live and each person has an equal opportunity to good health. To accomplish this mission, WPPH is committed to ensuring a health community through promotion, protection and prevention for a healthier way of life. WPPH serves a rural/frontier population (with the exception of Morton County which is classified as urban) of 49,853 (July 2022 Census estimates) residents across 6,445 square miles. WPPH serves a high percentage of Native Americans because the Standing Rock Indian Reservation straddles the North and South Dakota border and spans across all of Sioux County. |
Local Public Health
Local Public Health Units are established under North Dakota Century Code 23-35.
Follow the link below to view a map of North Dakota's local public health units:
Board of Health
Joint Board of County Commissioners
2025 Levy Approval Meeting: August 20, 2024 at 10am CT
*Special Meeting March 21, 2024 at 3pm CT*
2024 Western Plains Public Health Board of Health Meeting Dates
February 22, 2024 at 2:00 pm CT
May 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm CT
May 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm CT
June 25, 2024 @ 10am CT (Videoconference Call)
September 12, 2024 @ 2 pm CT
November 14, 2024 @ 2pm CT
Location: Western Plains Public Health Meeting Room
(403 Burlington Street SE, Mandan ND 58554)
(403 Burlington Street SE, Mandan ND 58554)
Meetings are open to the public.
Conference Call Information: Call the Office Manager at 701-667-3370 for call in information.
Aquatic Venue License & Inspection Program
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Certified Pool/Spa Operator (CPO)
UPCOMING CLASSES:
April 22nd & 23rd (Minot)
April 25th & 26th (Bismarck)
For more information & registration form
Click Here
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- Requirements for public and semi-public aquatic venues: All public and semi-public aquatic venues operating within the five counties of Western Plains Public Health must comply with these requirements. Western Plains PH also regulates pools and spas in Emmons and Kidder Counties.
- Fecal Incident Response Recommendations for Aquatic Staff
- Body Fluid Contamination Response Log
Informational Videos
Services Provided In:
Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Mercer,
Morton, Oliver, and Sioux Counties
Contact:
Lana Schmidt, REHS/RS
Emily Pearson, EHP
Submit a Complaint
If you witness anything that hinders public health
within the counties serviced please file a complaint.
Assessments & Planning
The purpose of conducting a community health assessment is to describe the health of local people, identify areas for health improvement, identify use of local health care services, determine factors that contribute to health issues, identify and prioritize community needs, and help health care leaders identify potential actions to address the community’s health needs. Custer Health is required to do a community health assessment every five years in order to be eligible for accreditation. Critical Access Hospitals in the state must also conduct an assessment every three years, as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Custer Health and local hospitals identify community health needs through:
- Community focus groups
- Surveys
- Interviews with community leaders
- Health-related data
After identifying needs in the communities, stakeholders collaborated to develop community health improvement plans to address the prioritized needs determined through the assessments.
The following assessments were conducted as a collaborative effort with Custer Health and local Critical Access Hospitals:
Custer Health is part of a regional public health network with Kidder County District Health Unit and Emmons County Public Health. The following assessments were conducted as a collaborative effort through the regional public health network.
The North Dakota Department of Health conducted the following state health assessment:
Community Health Improvement Plans
Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIPs) are community roadmaps that lay out long-term, strategic processes addressing public health issues based on the results of the community health assessments. Community health improvement planning is a community process that involves many different community members and partners. Custer Health went through two separate processes. A process was conducted for Mercer and Oliver Counties and then for Grant, Morton, and Sioux Counties. Both CHIPs highlighted the following three priorities as current issues that need to be addressed:
- Obesity
- Mental Health--Alcohol Abuse
- Tobacco Use
The two reports can be viewed below:
Contact Erin Ourada with questions.