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Health Equity Definitions
Spokane Regional Health District recognizes that language around health equity is ever changing. To help guide conversations and promote understanding around this work at SRHD internally and with external partners, staff from programs throughout the health district collaborated to develop a definitions document for health equity language.
National Nutrition Month Recipes
March is National Nutrition Month, and the 2025 theme was "Food Connects Us." To celebrate, Spokane WIC asked families from all six WIC clinic locations to share their best recipes—whether newly discovered or time-honored favorites. Local families shared a lot of great meal ideas that would make just about anyone feel ready to cook up something new! Check out the recipes shared here if you’d like to try a new dish, too, or you can share—or make—them with friends and family. After all, food connects us!
How to Wear and Use an N95 Respirator
If you need to wear an N95, it's important to make sure that you put on and wear the mask correctly in order to get the most protective benefit. Download a poster with instructions and visuals on how to wear a respirator or watch the video below for step-by-step instructions.
On-Site Septic Operations and Maintenance
In accordance with WAC 246-272A-0270, Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) requires owners of on-site sewage systems (OSS), including holding tanks, to obtain operational permits for their septic systems and submit OSS operation and maintenance inspection records annually or every three years.
Child Fatality Review
Spokane Regional Health District’s (SRHD) Child Fatality Review (CFR) is a multidisciplinary review of individual child deaths to enhance understanding of why Spokane County’s children die and inform effective prevention of future child injury and mortality.
Opioids: An Epidemic
Drug overdose deaths in the United States have skyrocketed over the last few decades. In the last few years, overdoses have increased in our community. In 2022, nearly three-quarters of all overdose deaths in Spokane County were from an opioid―and many involved fentanyl. The overdose epidemic affects people of all racial and ethnic groups, in cities, suburbs, small towns, and rural areas.