Office Location
345 6th Street, Suite 300
Bremerton, WA 98337
(360) 337-5235
 
Tobacco Quit Line
1-800-QUIT-NOW
Suicide Help Line
(800) 273-8255
Public Health
Emergency Info. Line

(877) 256-4859
Emergency After Hours Pager Number
(360) 415-2005
File a Complaint
(360) 337-5235

 
Tobacco Use Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Injury Prevention
Obesity Prevention
Adolescent Health Promotion
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention


Welcome to the

health promotioN Page

Program GoaL:

Community Health Promotion carries out the Health District’s mission by developing and implementing culturally competent outreach and educational programs and policies to positively influence health behavior and health choices among Kitsap County residents.

Community Health Promotion work is accomplished through:

  • Community mobilization;
  • Coalition development and collaboration with external
    partners;
  • Health education intervention planning, implementation, and evaluation;
  • Utilization of social marketing strategies;
  • Utilizing a strength-based (asset framework).

Community Health Promotion areas of focus include:

  • Tobacco Prevention and Control;
  • Injury Prevention;
  • Kitsap Gets Active;
  • Outreach to Hispanic Families;
  • Adolescent Health Education;
  • Breast and Cervical Health;

Suicide Awareness & Prevention

For Immediate Help Call:
Crisis Clinic of Kitsap County
(360) 479-3033 (local)
800-843-4793 (Toll Free if you are outside
                             the local calling area)
1-800 SUICIDE (national crisis line)
1-800-273-TALK (national crisis line)

 
program contacts
Karen Boysen•Knapp, BA
Health Educator
Tobacco Cessation
(360) 337-5231

 

Carol Bruce, BSDH, RDH
Oral Health Coordinator
(360) 337-4829

 

Candy Cardinal, MPA
Health Educator
Adolescent Sexuality Education
School Based Health Clinic
(360) 337-5256

Pat Degracia, MPH
Health Educator
Breast, Cervical, & Colon Cancer Prevention
Obesity Prevention

(360) 337-5234

 

Barbara Smithson, BA
Community Liaison
Injury Prevention
Obesity Prevention

(360) 337-5250

 
Shelley Smith-Rose, BSW
Health Educator
Tobacco Prevention Program Youth Tobacco Coordinator
(360) 337-5230
 
Liz Wilhelm, MS, CADP, ICPS
Coordinator, Drug Free Communities Grant and
Kitsap Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Substances Coalition
(360) 337-5258