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The Disease Surveillance and Investigation unit is responsible for monitoring and investigating all reportable communicable diseases in Black Hawk County, such as food-borne illnesses, mosquito-borne illnesses, and influenza.

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General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Veterans Memorial Hospital's Community and Home Care agency provides the County Public Health Nursing service for Allamakee County. Services include: Immunization clinics, Nutrition education, Disease surveillance, Home nursing and home care aide visits, Blood pressure clinics, Foot care clinics, Lead poisoning testing and information, and Community health and wellness education and advocacy.

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Registered Home Nursing
Lead Testing
Podiatry/Foot Care
Childhood Immunization
Home Health Aide Services
Communicable Disease Control
Blood Pressure Screening
Nutrition Education
Public Health Nursing
Community Wellness Programs

Provides public health services to the residents of Boone County. Services include blood pressure screening, case management for the Frail Elderly, communicable disease control,
care for yourself program, emergency preparedness planning, immunization clinics,
communicable disease control links, and Iowa Department of Public Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Communicable Disease Control
Pap Tests
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
General Immunization
Case/Care Management
Mammograms

Investigation and reporting of communicable diseases, includes STD and HIV/AIDS, as well as referral for testing and treatment.

Public health services.

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General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Nursing

Offers public health services to Howard County residents. Services include breastfeeding support, communicable disease monitoring, disease follow-up and prevention services, emergency preparedness and disaster relief, and lead testing and education.

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Communicable Disease Control
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Lead Testing
Disaster Preparedness Information
Provides information for health promotion/disease prevention. Services include STI testing and treatment, HIV testing, Hep C testing, Hep A and B vaccinations, Fecal tests for suspected outbreaks and Free Covid-19 Testing Kits.

Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing
Building and Safety
Physicals for care providers.

Blood draw services.

West Nile education.

Radon education.

Communicable disease surveillance.

Public health emergency preparedness.

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Public Health Nursing
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
General Health Education Programs
General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control

Provides disease surveillance and investigations to determine the source and spread of infectious diseases. This program is to determine the extent of infection and the risk of disease so that measures can be quickly and effectively applied.

Also provides Tuberculosis (TB) testing and treatment.

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Tuberculosis Screening
Communicable Disease Control
Tuberculosis Clinics
Surveillance, education and prevention information about significant infectious diseases.

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General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control

Provides communicable disease surveillance (influenza, TB, whooping cough, foodborne illnesses, water related illnesses, Lyme Disease, other infectious diseases).

Disease surveillance, investigation, and control of influenza, food-borne illness, whooping cough, flu, Fifth's disease, lice, MRSA, etc. Education and recommendations to schools, child care facilities and communities at large regarding disease prevention and control.

Categories

General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics

Offers to protect the health and welfare of residents through the identification of potential communicable disease problems and to control the spread of infectious disease within the county. Offers investigation and follow up on communicable diseases, and an immunization program.

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Disease Prevention Programs
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Provides community services like screening clinics for blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, breast and cervical cancer programs, food clinics, disease investigation, Stop the Bleed Training, public education programs, resource navigation. and expanded services for families with children. Also provides information regarding communicable diseases.

Offers the following programs for expectant parents and new parents: HOPES Program, 1st Five, Early Head Start and the Maternal Child Health program.

Immunizations for children, adolescents, and adults along with the flu vaccine.

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Diabetes Screening
Foot Screening
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Pap Tests
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests
Blood Pressure Screening
Dental Care
Breast Examinations
Prenatal Care
Responsible for the reporting, investigation, and control of communicable disease and sexually transmitted disease. Tuberculosis (TB) screening available.
Childhood immunization program.
Provides disease surveillance and investigations to determine the source and spread of infectious diseases. This program is to determine the extent of infection and the risk of disease so that measures can be quickly and effectively applied.

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General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Public health emergency preparedness.

Disease surveillance (responsibility shared with NHHSS)
a. School surveillance - absenteeism counts are collected weekly
b. West Nile Virus - dead bird collection and testing and mosquito trapping and testing
c. Rabies monitoring in animals and investigate potential human exposures
d. Other community health threats, as needed: mold, pertussis, food-borne illness

Scrubby Bear, an American Red Cross program that teaches proper hand-washing techniques to children in preschool through third grade.

Vaccinations for children.

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Hygiene
Public Health Nursing
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Dental Care Referrals
General Health Education Programs
General Immunization
Pollution Control
Physician Referrals
Communicable Disease Control
Public Health services.

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Lead Poisoning Screening
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Health Fairs
General Health Education Programs
Communicable Disease Control

Offers services including community health programs, disease information, control, and prevention and emergency preparedness programs through Alert Iowa.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Personal Care
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Disease Prevention Programs
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Public Health Nursing
Disaster Preparedness Information

Provides public health nursing services. Services include adult health maintenance services for medically needy individuals, home health aides, personal care, homemaker services, adult immunizations, foot care clinics, and communicable disease follow-up.

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General Immunization
Home Health Aide Services
Communicable Disease Control
Podiatry/Foot Care
Homemaker Assistance

Communicable disease investigation, follow-up and education to the community.

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General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Plans and prepares for a possible bioterrorism attack.

-- Investigates all reportable diseases occurring in Jo Daviess County in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

-- Tuberculosis skin testing, treatment, and follow up care.

-- Provide individual/community education.