Southern Nevada Health District

280 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, 89107

Fewer Deaths and Lower Costs: How Southern Nevada Used PHIG to Reduce Congenital Syphilis Cases

The Southern Nevada Health District used PHIG to hire a certified case management nurse focused on congenital syphilis. The results? Lower medical costs, fewer cases, and fewer infant deaths.

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Sustaining Accreditation: How Montana and Southern Nevada Are Building Resilient Public Health Infrastructure for the Long Term

Learn how public health accreditation helped Montana and Nevada improve their health agencies’ work in this blog.

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Expanding Mental Health Access and Youth Voice with PHIG

In this episode, we speak with Heidi Laird and Xavier Foster from the Southern Nevada Health District about two PHIG-funded initiatives designed to expand access to mental health support while genuinely engaging the next generation.

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How Southern Nevada Health District used QI Tools to Double Healthy Start Enrollments

Southern Nevada Health District used a QI approach to make small changes in their Healthy Start recruitment process, which doubled program enrollment.

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How Southern Nevada is Bringing More to the Table

Dr. Todd Nicholson, Workforce Director of the Southern Nevada Health District, shares how his agency used Public Health Infrastructure Grant funding to expand their Double Up Food Bucks program.

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