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Tuesdav, September 25. 1990 / University Dalv Kansan
Officials hope vaccinations will alleviate influenza
By Courtney Eblen
Kansan staff writer
A vaccination program designed to alleviate the annual influenza attack will begin in Douglas County in October, local health officials said.
Although influenza season usually does not begin until December, both the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department and the state government are hoping to prevent a serious outbreak.
Influenza shots will be administered at special immunization clinics throughout the state.
nurse in the health department.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Warkins,
said the term "flu" was devising because it
reduced the risk of a flu epidemic.
"Influenza is a specific virus," Yockey said.
Symptoms of influenza include an abrupt onset of intense muscle aches, high fever and a cough. But other symptoms, such as headaches, may also occur.
The influenza vaccine is 100 percent effective. Yockey said. If it is administered between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30, it should take effect by the time influenza season begins.
Houston said that the shot prevented three respiratory airway infections. It does not prevent 24 hospitalizations.
the shot is administered too soon, it could
be before the yearly onslaught of the
disease.
People 65 years of age or older
Amyne with chronic disease
The vaccine should be administered annually to people in high-risk categories. Houston said those Target groups include:
People 65 years of age or older.
■ Anyone with chronic diseases such as diabetes; diseases affecting the heart, lungs and kidneys; anemia; severe asthma and other illnesses that may lower the body's
- Individuals who provide care to high-risk people and household members of high-risk groups.
resistance to infection, including an HIV infection or AIDS.
Although many KU students do not fall into these categories, Houston said another could get the job.
Lack of sleep and excessive alcohol use can weaken the immune system enough to catch influenza. A healthy diet, adequate rest and exercise should help the immune system, she said.
"People who live in dorms and places
where there are lots of people will be at greater risk, "Houston said.
The health department offers shots for $6, she said.
Yockey said Waltkins is offering shots at $6.50 for fee-paying students and $14.50 for non-fee paying individuals, such as University of Kansas faculty and staff.
Vockey said that he did not recommend shots for healthy students because they did not need them. But he said no one would be tended away if they wanted a shot.
Jan Shroud, Overland Park sophomore, and Harold Agnol Herynd, Vau., sophomore, draw trees in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. They were working on an assignment for their Drawing I class yesterday afternoon.
Tree art
Students to join study of Lutheran church
Kansan staff writer
By Elicia Hill
His head was covered with dead spiders.
Emerging from the crawlspace of a 120-year-old church, associate professor of architecture Barry Newton looked like he was an extra for the movie "Arachnapho"
His head was covered with lead spurs. He had been inspecting the floor joists under the main section of the church sanctuary.
"Judging by the spider webs, I don't think anyone has been down there to look at it," he said. "I was trying to see if the floor had been broken or if the wall is moving. The wall is fine."
The controversy over the old English Lutheran Church, 1040 New Hampshire St., has led the Lawrence Preservation Alliance to prepare a study of the church with the help of professional architects, engineers and University of Kansas students.
The church's owner, Arly Allen, wants to demolish the church to expand his business. Allen Press. Local historians and preservationists call for more or more than two years to block defoliation.
Dennis Domer, architectural historian and dean of architecture and urban design, was responsible for involving students in the study of the church.
Historic preservation and architectural
history go hand in hand," he said. "This project is in quite well with the courses that we have."
The project was an excellent opportunity to students to work with professionals, he said.
Lawrence graduate student Cathy Ambler, whose area of interest is U.S. architecture, is an associate professor at the University of Chicago.
"I met with the grandson of former mayor
A. Soig, who was a secretary in the church,
in 1936."
The study must be completed by Oct. 8 to be considered by the Lawrence City Commission. The commission will determine whether to permit demolition of the church.
State mental health care 'deplorable,' groups say
By Courtney Eblen
Kansan staff writer
The National Alliance for the Mentally II and the Public Citizen Health Research Group said Kansas' mental health programs, which include a state-led nation Kansas tied with six other states.
The report said Kansas was trying to improve, but major problems impeded prog-
A lack of organization in local and state mental health care centers is one problem.
There also is a severe shortage of local programs for emotionally disturbed children, and vocational rehabilitation services in infancy in Kansas, according to the report.
State Rep. Henry Helgerson, D-Wichita, a member of a state mental health reform task force, said much of Kansas' problem stemmed from disagreements between local mental health care centers and state officials.
"Without standards for community mental health care centers, there is no checks and balances on the quality of care."
He said a combination of misdirected money and a lack of communication between state and local officials contributed to the disorganization of Kansas' system.
Heligerson said that anywhere from 10 percent to 50 percent of the patients at the state mental hospital at Osawatome could have been treated in local mental health care centers. But local centers have no guidelines as to who should be transferred.
While some health care centers have facilities to treat most minor mental ill-health conditions, many are not.
Consequently, people who are not seriously ill are sent to the state hospital because there
is no other alternative, Helgerson said.
This resulted in the overcrowding now present at Osawatomie, he said.
Helfergson said many patients termed as "difficult" were either turned over to state hospitals or treated in private.
"We are going to improve these programs." Helgerson said. "We are at least attempting to try and correct these problems."
Heligerson said he had been campaignpa for mental health care reform since he was a child.
He was one of 12 people nationwide honored this year by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the Public Citizen Health Movement, which contributed to mental health care reform.
The reform legislation enacted this year, which was written by Helgerson, has begun to scratch the surface, according to the report.
"The mental health reform act is a promising reorganization that has the potential to propel Kansas far ahead of states such as Indiana and Illinois," the report said.
Indiana and Illinois were among the six states that tied with Kansas for 31st place. Vermont's mental health system was said to be by the report, and Hawaii's was listed last.
Linda Keeler, a psychiatrist at Watkins Memorial Health Center's mental health office, said the mentally ill had long been misunderstood by the public. Many mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and manic-obsessive disorder, caused by chemical imbalances in the brain that can be treated with medication, just as aspirin relieves a headache.
"There are people who need services and are not in the position of getting help because of that stigma." Keeler said. "Not many people are going to come forward. But my impression is, yes, that it is now socially more acceptable to consider treatments."
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