Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff
Public Health – Seattle & King County’s small but mighty Language Access team opens doors to services and information to help the one in three King County residents who speak a language other than English at home. We wanted to know what makes the Language Access program’s approach unique, so for this Portrait of Public Health, we talked to Claudia who manages the linguists in this program.
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A disproportionate number of people in jails and prisons have chronic medical or behavioral health conditions. When people leave jail, it’s a unique moment to connect them to services in the community that they may not have known about before. Maliha, a social worker in the Jail Health Release Program, shares about what she does to help people with a range of health conditions as they transition out of incarceration.
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Beau, one of our septic experts, shares his passion for the importance of septic systems in protecting public health, safeguarding the environment, and allowing a property to function as a home.
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Birth and death are some of life’s most meaningful and complex moments, and for nearly two decades in Public Health – Seattle & King County’s Vital Records, Robbie has been supporting community members through the process of gathering and filing records for these momentous events.
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Today, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson appointed Dr. Sandra Valenciano to serve as the Director of Public Health – Seattle & King County. Dr. Valenciano currently serves as Acting Director for the department.
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Public Health – Seattle & King County is delighted to welcome Dr. Sandra J. Valenciano, a public health leader with both local and national experience in improving community health, as King County’s new Health Officer. Public Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan appointed Dr. Valenciano to serve as the department’s primary medical expert, provide leadership on […]
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