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.
Clayton County Visiting Nurse Association 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 public health services to the Lucas County communities. Services include home care, health care programs for women and children, immunizations, mental health administration, early childhood development, health promotion activities including Matter of Balance, a fall prevention program and Prevent T2, diabetes prevention program and environmental health services. Also provides information on communicable diseases.
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.
Weight loss programs and health coaching services to improve healthy lifestyles.
Education on the dangers of radon gas and radon testing kits.
Educates public about dangers of West Nile virus.
Minority health offers education and activities to reach minority individuals in the service area on various health-related topics.
CPR and first aid training throughout service area.
Education and colon cancer screening kits to the community to encourage prevention and early detection of colon cancer.
Tai Chi and Bingocize fall prevention classes held in communities to help decrease falls in the community.
School nursing.
Substance abuse prevention through the Healthy Communities Initiative. Coalition works together to provide education and activities to reduce drug and alcohol use among youth.
Dental screenings and education offered to preschool and grade school children. Sealants and flouride treatments also available.
Childhood and adult vaccines for all people are provided at each of Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department's three locations in Norfolk, Tekamah and Wisner. Includes vaccines for those who are privately insured, Medicare, Medicaid and those who are uninsured.
Offers public health programs and services, including bioterrorism and county disaster preparedness. Works closely with the county Board of Health and are a funding source for community needs assessments. Also provides information about communicable diseases.
Winneshiek County Public Health Nursing Services provides communicable disease surveillance (influenza, TB, whooping cough, foodborne illnesses, water related illnesses, Lyme Disease, other infectious diseases).
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.
Weight loss programs and health coaching services to improve healthy lifestyles.
Education on the dangers of radon gas and radon testing kits.
Educates public about dangers of West Nile virus.
Minority health offers education and activities to reach minority individuals in the service area on various health-related topics.
CPR and first aid training throughout service area.
Education and colon cancer screening kits to the community to encourage prevention and early detection of colon cancer.
Tai Chi and Bingocize fall prevention classes held in communities to help decrease falls in the community.
School nursing.
Substance abuse prevention through the Healthy Communities Initiative. Coalition works together to provide education and activities to reduce drug and alcohol use among youth.
Dental screenings and education offered to preschool and grade school children. Sealants and flouride treatments also available.
Childhood and adult vaccines for all people are provided at each of Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department's three locations in Norfolk, Tekamah and Wisner. Includes vaccines for those who are privately insured, Medicare, Medicaid and those who are uninsured.
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.
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.
Provides skilled nursing visits, homemaker visits, blood pressure, flu, and immunizations clinics, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Also offers information on communicable diseases and public health responses.
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.
Disease Prevention Specialists 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.
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.