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Broadus named Public Health Administrator

Justin Addison Editor/Publisher
Posted 10/21/20

Howard County has new leadership for its Public Health Department. Marsha Broadus was named Administrator last week. She takes over for Michelle Reynolds who served as interim administrator following …

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Broadus named Public Health Administrator

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Howard County has new leadership for its Public Health Department. Marsha Broadus was named Administrator last week. She takes over for Michelle Reynolds who served as interim administrator following the retirement of Sheila Wallace in July of this year.

“I’m truly excited about my new role in the health department,” Broadus said. 

Broadus began her new role on Tuesday, Oct. 13. She has been a part of the health department here for seven years, during which time she served as a staff nurse and conducted communicable disease surveillance among other duties.

As the new health department administrator, Broadus and her staff have hit the ground running. The department last week conducted flu clinics at schools in New Franklin and Glasgow. Sixty-seven students in Glasgow, 27 at St. Mary’s, and 40 in New Franklin received flu vaccinations. The department will conduct drive-thru flu clinics at Fayette and Glasgow seniors centers.

Taking over as health department administrator has its challenges. But those are amplified during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “When it started in February and March, it was wild,” she said. Now the department has two contract tracers, which she said has lightened the load on department personnel. She said the department will continue to announce COVID-19 case numbers three times every week.

Broadus said keeping up with the WIC program is integral to the department. WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children. The program aims to improve the nutritional health status of financially eligible women, infants, and children in Missouri who are at nutritional risk by providing nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, supplemental food, and referrals to health care. Broadus said the department here sees a significant number of WIC recipients, many of whom are from nearby Cooper County.

Broadus is a lifelong Fayette resident. She serves as a board member of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission, is chair of the Lincoln Public School membership committee, is vice president of Howard County Health and Wellness Council, a Howard County Sheltered Services board member, and is financial secretary and trustee for the Second Baptist Church. 

“I’m glad to continue to serve the residents of Howard County,” she said.

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