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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 Bingo-cize 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 fluoride 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.

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Communicable Disease Control
Radon Testing
Workplace Wellness Programs
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Weight Management
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
CPR Instruction
General Immunization
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Chronic Disease Self Management Programs
Public Health Nursing
Student Health Programs
Nutrition Education
Fall Prevention Programs
Dental Screening
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Disease/Disability Information
General First Aid Instruction
Winneshiek County Public Health Nursing Services provides communicable disease surveillance (influenza, TB, whooping cough, foodborne illnesses, water related illnesses, Lyme Disease, other infectious diseases).

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

Vaccines for adults and children.

Blood pressure screenings during business hours.

Disaster preparedness.

Tobacco cessation information.

Radon testing.

Health education.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
General Health Education Programs
Radon Testing
Public Health Nursing
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Flu Vaccines
Blood Pressure Screening
Provides public health programs and information on communicable diseases.

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Public Health Nursing
General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Provides infectious disease education and follow-up. Also provides information about communicable diseases.

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General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control

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
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.
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.

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General Immunization
Blood Pressure Screening
Public Health Nursing
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Home Health Aide Services
Homemaker Assistance
Home Nursing

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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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control
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.

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General Immunization
Public Health Nursing
General Health Education Programs
Home Health Aide Services
Communicable Disease Control
Pap Tests
Lead Poisoning Screening
Mammograms
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
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.

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Child Passenger Safety Seats
Home Nursing
Pregnancy Testing
Dental Care
Lead Testing
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Women's Health Centers
Home Health Aide Services
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Public Clinics
Homemaker Assistance
Immunizations

Emergency preparedness

Referrals to community health resources

Preventative dental services

Disease surveillance

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General Immunization
General Health Education Programs
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Dental Care

Adult wellness clinic offers full lipid profile (Cholesterol) with glucose, tuberculosis clinic, adult immunization clinic, immunization clinic.

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General Immunization
Medical Expense Assistance
Communicable Disease Control
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests

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
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
Provides information about communicable diseases.

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General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable disease control.
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.

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Child Passenger Safety Seats
Home Nursing
Pregnancy Testing
Dental Care
Lead Testing
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Women's Health Centers
Home Health Aide Services
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Public Clinics
Homemaker Assistance

Communicable disease follow-up.

Surveillance and investigation of communicable diseases are an ongoing function of Mills County Public Health (MCPH). Contact MCPH for questions concerning communicable diseases.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control

Free Hepatitis testing for past or present IV drug users, free Hepatitis A and B vaccine for past or present IV drug user, and individuals that have been told; they have a sexually transmitted disease, and provides sexually transmitted disease screening.

Services include, follow-up on reportable communicable disease, tuberculosis prevention including testing, treatment, education, and counseling, sexually transmitted disease surveillance and investigation, referral for other services as needed.

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 Services. Services include emergency healthcare preparedness planning and prevention, response and recover to healthcare disasters, communicable disease prevention, immunization programs and Tuberculosis Control.

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Communicable Disease Control
Lead Testing
Tuberculosis Clinics
General Immunization
Blood Pressure Screening
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disease/Disability Information
Foot Screening