The Barren River District Health Department serves the residents and visitors of Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Simpson and Warren Counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
BRDHD was united as a District Health Department in July 1982. BRDHD and its staff are still committed in assuring the essential public health services are met in the community.
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Our Mission
To Promote and Protect the health of our community through the Prevention of disease, injury and disability. Our Vision
Envisioning Healthy Citizens, Nurturing Families, and Safe Communities in South Central Kentucky
Our Values
Professional, caring, competent, dependable, and teamwork
Essential Public Health Services
Monitor health status to identify community health problems
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
Barren River District Health Department | 1109 State Street | P.O. Box 1157 | Bowling Green, KY 42102-1157 Phone-(270) 781-8039 | Fax-(270) 796-8946
