Jackson County Public Health (JCPH) celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and has teamed up with Mid-Continent Public Library to illustrate the connection between public health and literacy.
Library branches will feature special exhibits on health literacy topics and suggested reading lists for various age groups and interests.
Young patrons and their families can attend the Community Heroes Story Time, with the chance to meet a health professional working in the local community. The Grandview Branch story time is October 7 from 10:30 to 11 am at 12930 Booth Ln.
JCPH started as a rural health unit in 1925. In the past century it grew to serve a metropolitan population facing tuberculosis, polio, AIDS, COVID-19 and increasingly the pervasive misinformation online related to vaccinations, nutrition and infectious diseases.
“Public health and public libraries are both about access—access to information, services, and opportunity,” said Ray Dlugolecki, MPH, Assistant Director of Jackson County Public Health.
“This partnership honors our shared mission of helping people live informed, healthy lives.”
Learn more at jcph.org/100-years
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