Meet the Director
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Jeanne Bock, R.N. |
Ms. Bock has directed the Panhandle Health District since April 2001. A master's level registered nurse, she applied her health care skills at PHD as a home health nurse and community health nurse before serving as the director of the districts's Family and Community Health Division.
Her career has included pediatric nursing as well as teaching nursing and membership on the Lewis & Clark State College Nursing Program Advisory Board and North Idaho College Allied Health Advisory Committee.
The Women's Forum Inc. honored Ms. Bock with its Career Excellence Award for Public Service in 1996. Her work to raise immunization rates in Idaho won her the Idaho Innovations in Health Care Award in 1996, then an invitation to exhibit for Children's Healthy Start Idaho Immunization project at the Presidential Summit in Philadelphia the following year.
Education
Master's Degree Nursing Whitworth College Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education Spokane, Washington |
Bachelor of Science Nursing University of Washington Seattle, Washington |
In Her Own Words
"I see public health as a vehicle to support the goals of a healthy nation and achieve a longer "healthspan" for Americans. Healthspan is the term for a long, high-quality life lived by healthy people. Our goal at PHD is to leave nobody behind in our quest for a long, healthy healthspan.
"That's why our programs support the good choices you make every day, for instance choosing a tobacco-free lifestyle over tobacco addiction, regular and frequent exercise and fitness over couch potato inactivity, good nutrition over junk food.
"If we can give you the tools and information to plot a course for a long healthy life, we've done our job."
Contact:
Mashelle Kenney
Management Assistant
(208) 415-5103