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Provides public health services to Lucas County communities, offering programs and support including home care, health care for women and children, immunizations, mental health administration, and early childhood development. Health promotion activities include fall and diabetes prevention programs. Routine general physical examinations are available for health assessment and screening. Lead poisoning screenings are provided for children via blood tests to identify lead ingestion, which may include housing inspections to identify environmental hazards and prevent further occurrences. Homemaker assistance is available to families experiencing disruptions due to illness or disability, offering support with meal preparation, child care, and housekeeping. Environmental health services and information on communicable diseases are also provided. Services are open to the public..

Offers follow-up and education to control the spread of infection and illness, case management, rabies, and TB.

Provides education and prevention services for communicable diseases through a county government department responsible for overseeing public health initiatives and managing related functions. 

Accepts reports of communicable diseases, including possible food-borne illness. The Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Program provides TB skin tests and facilitates diagnostic testing, medical consultation, and treatment.

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. 

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.

Offers home health care services. Will make home visits. Immunizations for communicable diseases for all age persons, health promotion and education. Also home care nursing, personal home care aide with limited homemaking services.

Provides community services like screening clinics for blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, breast and cervical cancer programs, food clinics (foot screenings and care), 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.

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. 

Provides the following services: home health care (skilled nursing, home care aids, homemakers), immunizations, dental services, lead poisoning prevention, lead testing, physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. Additionally, the program provides communicable disease information and control.

Provides Disease Prevention Specialists who investigates communicable disease to educate and prevent transmission or the spread of infectious diseases, performs immunization record audits in schools, investigates animal bite reports to assess for the risk of rabies transmission, and assists with emergency preparedness work.

Works to control the spread of communicable diseases. Conducts surveillance and investigation of reportable communicable diseases, including foodborne and waterborne illnesses.

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 (cancer screening program), emergency preparedness planning, immunization clinics, communicable disease control links, and Iowa Department of Public Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Offers a variety of public health services, including communicable disease control, tap water testing, pool sanitation, public health facility inspection, tuberculosis screening, immunizations, and more.

Administers the WIC program.  Participants in WIC receive an eWIC card for healthy foods. The foods provided by WIC provide nutrients that are essential for good health and growth. Participants also meet with nurses and dietitians to review health and diet information, discuss important nutrition information for their family, and receive referrals for other services when needed.