WELCOME TO THE PROVIDER PULSE

August 2025

INDEX:

• Student Immunizations
• Black and Brown Trans Care
• Healthy Communities
• Children and Family Health
• Tuberculosis

student IMMUNIZATIONS 

special clinic hours during sept. 22-26, 2025

The Public Health Clinic will also be open with special hours for the week of Sept. 22-26 to offer parents a chance to vaccinate their kids who are out of compliance and not allowed back to school. The Public Health Clinic is located at Snohomish County Health Department 3020 Rucker Ave, Suite 108 Everett, WA 98201. Bring any vaccine records and/or letters from their school listing the vaccine(s) they require. Scan the QR code below or visit https://snohomish.as.me/SnohCntyStudentVaccine to make an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome, but may experience a wait.

Black and brown trans care

Health equity power building with halogen

Halogen is a fiscally sponsored organization that raises suicide awareness for Black and Brown trans communities. Halogen partners with other social, human, and health groups and organizations. Halogen views suicide as a syndemic – a multi-area public health matter. 

Halogen is looking for care providers and healthcare leaders to help shape educational and advocacy content around the effects and dynamics of testosterone and estrogen therapy on red blood cell count, blood pressure, and genital tissue in Black and Brown trans communities, on top of the predisposed metabolic factors. Additionally, how STIs/STDs and infectious disease rates are affected. The goal of this work is to provide more information to Black trans individuals so they can ask more in-depth questions about their global health and transition journeys with their providers. This work with care providers and healthcare leaders will build the foundation to expand the work with mental health providers, especially those focusing on PTSD and sexual trauma. 

To learn more about Halogen and Remy, visit:

• Halogen: https://halogenproject.com/
• Remy Styrk: https://remystyrk.com/

If you are a care provider or healthcare leader with an interest or focus in Black trans care and infectious disease, and want to collaborate with Halogen, please contact Remy at studio@halogenproject.com 

healthy communities

child fatality review

Snohomish County Child Fatality Review (CFR) is a prevention-centered process that exists to review the circumstances surrounding the death of a child. A multidisciplinary review team identifies possible points of support, interventions, and modifiable risk factors. CFR sessions result in recommendations for improving programs, systems, environments, and policies that impact children with the ultimate aim of preventing future child deaths. After each review, a data brief is created to help translate child fatality data into actionable insight for the community. Public-facing data briefs launched in March 2024 and can be found here. Please take a few minutes to review the briefs and learn how you and your organization can have an impact on preventing child deaths.  

children and family health

childhood lead poisoning prevention

Snohomish County Health Department Public Health Nurses offer case management services for families with children who have blood lead levels at or above the reference value of 3.5 mcg/dl. As a part of these services, when indicated, we, along with an Environmental Health Specialist, provide site testing in people’s homes. In many cases, we uncover unexpected sources of lead exposure during home assessments—reminding us how important it is to remain vigilant. While common culprits like paint and soil are well known, other household items can be just as hazardous. Routine lead testing of products in the home continues to prove invaluable in identifying these hidden threats and guiding families toward safer environments. 

Some of the lead sources we’ve identified may surprise you: car and house keys, older vinyl mini blinds, vintage toys, cookware, dishes, and even secondhand smoke can be significant contributors. Additional sources include brightly colored pottery, imported spices, and certain traditional cosmetics like kohl or surma. Raising awareness about these lesser-known sources is essential to prevention. As healthcare providers, your role in recommending testing allows us to reach families sooner and give them the opportunity to eliminate sources of exposure. Together, we can help reduce exposure risks and protect children from the lifelong impacts of lead.