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Pocahontas County Public Health provides public health services including emergency preparedness, communicable disease control, water testing, public swimming pool inspections, restaurant inspections, childhood immunizations, lead poisoning prevention, tuberculosis prevention, and tobacco prevention.
Communicable disease surveillance, investigation and containment of contagious illnesses.Emergency preparedness, disaster relief and emergency planning.Wellness services assists area businesses and/or individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles through education and/or wellness activities.Diabetes prevention program offers healthy lifestyle classes foc...
Student Health is a full-service health center staffed with physicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners, and trained healthcare professionals available for primary health care needs.
Community health nursing and education. Home visits. Workplace wellness programs. Health education.Immunization clinics, blood pressure screening/monitoring, tuberculosis testingCommunicable disease investigation and control. Disease surveillance.Emergency response and planning, bio-terror/emergency response.
Public health emergency preparedness.Disease surveillance (responsibility shared with NHHSS)a. School surveillance - absenteeism counts are collected weeklyb. West Nile Virus - dead bird collection and testing and mosquito trapping and testingc. Rabies monitoring in animals and investigate potential human exposuresd. Other community health threats,...
Provides the following services: home health care (skilled nursing, home care aids, homemakers), immunizations, dental services, prenatal education, new baby home visits, lead poisoning prevention, physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. Also provides communicable disease information and control.
Offers immunization clinics and flu shots. Also provides information about communicable diseases.
Promotes environmental and personal health through health promotion, disease detection, disease prevention, education and regulation. In cooperation with community resources, assists the community and the citizens to assume responsibility for their individual health and the health of the community. This is accomplished through assessment of the he...
Offers public health emergency preparedness, Alert Iowa notification, oral health screenings, disease surveillance and investigation, health education, homemaker services, immunications, lead poinsoning prevention screenings and assessment, maternal health education, tobacco use prevention and control, blood pressure checks and tuberculosis screeni...
Public Health Includes but not limited tocommunicable disease, follow-up, and control. A-Z Public Health Directory Board of Health Contact Us Community Resources Health Information Modernizing
Disease Prevention, Community Health Planning and Communicable Disease Control are services provided by the Marion County Public Health Department. MCPH examines the demographic and health statistics of Marion County and local opinions to determine public health needs for county health planning.
Public Health Nursing The promotion and maintenance of health The prevention of disease and disability Comprehensive care of the sick and disabled in the home Collaboration and coordination with other groups in developing and implementing community health programs Contribution to knowledge which would effect improvements in community health practic...
Immunization The goal of the immunization program is to reduce and ultimately eliminate the incidence of vaccine preventable diseases by working in conjunction with the public and private health care providers throughout the state. vaccines to 'children who meet the qualifications of the VFC (Vaccine for Children) program and ha...
Provides communicable disease follow-up, education, and prevention to control the spread of infection and illness.
Epidemiological follow-up and education over the phone and in-person on a variety of communicable and/or infectious diseases such as pertussis, mumps, measles, rubella, meningitis, and hepatitis. Educational presentations can be done for professionals, paraprofessionals, or the general public.
Provides health maintenance visits, disease prevention, IV Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Public Health Preparedness, health education in the home and community, New Mom/New Baby visits, reportable disease follow up, communicable disease control, lead/hemoglobin testing and immunizations.
Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery. Coordinates Regional Medical Response System and Citizen Corps Network to ensure efficient post-disaster mitigation.Prevents epidemics and the spread of contagious diseases. Disease surveillance ensuring necessary precautions are being taken in order to effectively combat illness.Protecti...
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