Main Office
345 6th Street, Suite 300
Bremerton, WA 98337
(360) 337-5235
1-800-QUIT-NOW
(800) 273-8255
(877) 256-4859

 
Health Promotion
Tobacco Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Injury Prevention
Healthy Living
Hispanic Outreach Program
Adolescent Health Promotion
Breast and Cervical Health
On-Site Sewage/ Water Quality Education
Press Releases


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
Health Educator
Tobacco Program
Cessation
(360) 337-5231

 

Candy Cardinal
Health Educator
Sexuality Education
(360) 337-5256

Pat Degracia
Health Educator
Breast and Cervical Health,
(360) 337-5234

 
Johanna Hanssen•Keller
Health Educator/RN
Hispanic Outreach Program
(360) 337-5260
 
Shelley Rose
Health Educator
Tobacco Prevention Program Youth Tobacco Coordinator
(360) 337-5230
 
Barbara Smithson
Community Liaison
Injury Prevention
(360) 337-5250