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A 4 page overview of this critical state agency and its role in health care oversight. This paper emphasizes the agency's role in dealing with an influenza pandemic if one were to develop. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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economic profit from addressing the health care needs of those that live in Western Kentucky. A particularly important public healthcare entity in the region, however, is the Kentucky Cabinet
for Health and Family Services. This agency is an umbrella agency made up of many important subcomponents. Each of these subcomponents, plays a critical role in the health
care of Western Kentucky. They serve all Kentuckians in one manner or another either directly through the numerous health departments that are scattered throughout Kentucky or indirectly through such things
as information provision and health care monitoring. The role the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services plays or could possibly play in the event of an influenza
pandemic is of particular concern in the agency as the region braces itself for a possible influenza pandemic. If an influenza pandemic were to hit Western Kentucky the situation would
be dire to say the least. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (2009) reports that "a severe flu pandemic has the potential to last longer, make people
sicker, and cause more deaths than any other health crisis of our time". An influenza pandemic would not only affect individuals but society as a whole. Businesses, organizations,
and even the government itself could flounder in the face of such a severe prospect. To further complicate an already complicated situation, there seems to be no agreement between
agencies as to whether or not such a pandemic is already in play. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (2009) has proclaimed that there is presently no
such pandemic. The World Health Organization, however, officially declared an H1N1 pandemic on June 11, 2009 (Center for Disease Control, 2009). Fortunately, Kentucky has experienced only sporadic cases
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