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Public Health Services | Clay County Public Health

Prepares for and responds to health emergencies and disasters. Also focuses on wellness and prevention including immunization clinics, wellness screenings, weekly blood pressure screenings, and participation in Childhood Lead Poisoning Program.

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Communicable Disease Control | Johnson County Public Health

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.

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Public Informatics and Planning | Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department

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 health status of the community, policy development and leadership, and assurance that high-quality services are available and accessible to all persons. LLCHD works with city, county, and state government to encourage policies and regulations which promote and protect public health. Divisions include Director's Office, Animal Control, Dental Health and Nutrition Services, Environmental Public Health, Health Promotion and Outreach, Community Health Services, and Health Data and Evaluation.

Epidemiological Services provides leadership in public health assessment; collects, analyzes and disseminates information about community health status; facilitates community health planning and policy development; coordinates epidemiologic response; and provides public health programs and related community initiatives with epidemiologic support for program evaluation, planning and communication needs. The GIS component provides maps to analyze relationships in spatial data to identify high-risk areas.

Resource Information Management serves as a supportive, collaborative partner in a number of community activities.

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Communicable Disease Control | Van Buren County Public Health Nursing Service

Provides prevention services and information about communicable diseases.

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Communicable Disease Control | Bremer County Health Department

Monitors, and provides information on communicable diseases.

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Communicable Disease Control | Cedar County Public Health

Communicable disease follow-up and education to control the spread of infection and illness.

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Communicable Disease Program | Marion County Health Department

Protects the citizens of Marion County from contracting and transmitting infectious disease. Receives reports of communicable diseases from physicians, laboratories, health care practitioners, schools, and daycare personnel as the disease occurs.

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Communicable Disease Control | Worth County Public Health

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

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Communicable Disease Control | Grundy County Department of Public Health

Provides information and services for communicable disease investigation, follow-up, and prevention.

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Communicable Disease Surveillance, Investigations, and Control | Lee County Health Department

Provides continuous surveillance, investigation, and follow-up services. Reports communicable or infectious diseases.

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Communicable Disease Control (CDC) | Champaign-Urbana Public Health District

Identifies, investigates, and attempts to control disease outbreaks in the community. CUPHD Communicable Disease Investigator works with the state health department and local health care providers. Investigators conduct a confidential interview with persons diagnosed with an infectious disease that could lead to an outbreak. Interviews help confirm to the diagnosis, determine the source of infection, and limit the spread of the disease.

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Disease Prevention | Knox County Health Department and Health Center

Provides programs and services protect public health by reducing the burden of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. Services include breast and cervical cancer screenings (through the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program), tuberculosis screening, STI and HIV testing, and immunizations.

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Public Health Services | Mahaska Health Partnership - Mahaska County Hospital

Offers public health services to the residents of Mahaska County. Services include (but not limited to) immunizations, public nursing services and communicable disease information and control.

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Public Health Services | Panhandle Public Health District

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.

Protection against environmental hazards.  Offers free short and long term radon test kits for Panhandle residents.

Prevents injury, illness, and disability.  

Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors.  Significant emphasis on increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and decreasing environmental tobacco smoke, along with programming promoting healthy hand hygiene and proper dental hygiene.  Technical assistance for worksite wellness programming utilizing an evidence-based process.

Diabetes Prevention Program offers lifestyle change programs that teach participants to make lasting lifestyle changes, like eating healthier, adding physical activity into their daily routine, and improving coping skills.

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Public Health Services | Taylor County Public Health

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.

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Environmental Health | Perry County Health Department

Programs include permitting for restaurants and other food establishments, permitting for wells and septic systems, and surveillance for West Nile Virus.

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Public Health Nursing | Winnebago Public Health Department

Provides the following services:

-- Audiology Clinic

-- Breastfeeding

-- Consultation

-- Case Management

-- Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

-- Developmental Screening

-- Diabetes Prevention

-- Immunizations

-- Infectious Disease Surveillance

-- Nutrition Counseling

-- Prenatal and Postpartum Fairs

-- Stroke and Vascular Screening

-- Tobacco Cessation

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Communicable Disease Control | Winnebago County Public Health Nursing Service

Provides infection control training to community agencies and organizations and offers immunization programs, including COVID-19 vaccination clinics and general immunizations, to prevent the spread of diseases.

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Public Health Nursing | Winnebago Public Health Department

Provides the following services:

-- Audiology Clinic

-- Breastfeeding

-- Consultation

-- Case Management

-- Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

-- Developmental Screening

-- Diabetes Prevention

-- Immunizations

-- Infectious Disease Surveillance

-- Nutrition Counseling

-- Prenatal and Postpartum Fairs

-- Stroke and Vascular Screening

-- Tobacco Cessation

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Public Health Services | South Heartland District Health Department

Provides public health services and 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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Public Health Services | Taylor County Public Health

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.

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Communicable Disease Control | Davis County Hospital

Provides infectious disease education and follow-up. Also provides information about communicable diseases.

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