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Offers a wide variety of presentations for classrooms, parent groups, and community groups. Programs include, opioid education and Naloxone distribution, sexual health education, STDs education for teens, Face the Future, body image and eating disorders, hand washing and hygiene, hand washing/hygiene/food safety, skin cancer prevention, oral health, smokeless tobacco education program, and smoke Free, That's Me.

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General Health Education Programs
Opioid Antidote Distribution
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Tobacco education for youth and adults. Tobacco informational resources for policy development, youth activism, parenting classes, referrals for cessation, Quit Kits, and printed information.

Offers a variety of health education programs on topics including smoking cessation, poison control, overdose prevention, lowering cholesterol, and cardiac risk assessment.


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Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
General Health Education Programs
Patient and family education programs for children with asthma.

Professional, patient, and public education programs for people with chronic lung disease.

Literature on asthma, tobacco, lung disease, and air quality.

Information and referral for respiratory care services.

Represent public interest in matters concerning lung health, particularly smoke-free environments and indoor air quality.

Omaha Asthma Alliance prevents and controls asthma through education, advocacy, and monitoring resources.

Open Airways program for schools and public education centers on environmental asthma triggers.

Toll-free help line for answers about lungs and smoking cessation.

Freedom from smoking resources: online, help line, and self-help guide.

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Therapeutic Camps
Disease/Disability Information
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention

Tobacco Information/Education - Provides tobacco/ENDS information and resources. Provides information on coalition engagement, volunteering, and Nebraska Quitline.

Tobacco-Free Businesses - assists with implementing a smoke and/or tobacco-free policy.

Smoke-Free Housing - assists with smoke and/or tobacco-free policies. Assists in finding smoke free housing.


Services are provided in partnership with Heartland Family Service, American Lung Association, Creighton University Medical Center, Douglas County Department of Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health - Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

Health education programs, including topics such as nutrition, tobacco, cholesterol, childhood obesity, heart health, and more.

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Nutrition Education
General Health Education Programs
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Assists individuals of all cultures to assume responsibility for their own health through education and outreach services. The Division responds to public information needs or issues related to health and safety, and works collaboratively with other community entities to formulate responses to issues which impact public health. Major program areas include:

Chronic Disease Prevention program promotes activities community-wide that encourage healthy living, embrace health screenings for early detection of disease, and encourage appropriate self-management of existing diseases. Additional effort is placed on reducing the high incidence of chronic diseases among racial/ethnic minorities and other vulnerable Lancaster County residents. Program activities include community education on topics such as reducing the incidence of childhood obesity, increasing physical activity, and developing healthy eating habits, diabetes prevention or control, learning to manage chronic health problems, and colorectal cancer awareness.

Injury Prevention and Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County coordinate activities directed at reducing unintentional injuries and death. Priorities are established by the Injury Surveillance System and Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County. Print material, videos and presentations are available on bike and pedestrian safety, fall prevention, child passenger safety/occupant restraints, and home safety. Monthly community-wide car seat check events are offered at no charge. Visit www.safekidslincoln.org for a schedule of events and call to make an appointment.

Tobacco Prevention and Control provides tobacco prevention information/education to schools, businesses and the community, and cessation referrals.

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Bicycle Safety Education
Disease Prevention Programs
Pedestrian Safety Education
General Safety Education
General Health Education Programs
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Fall Prevention Programs
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Child Passenger Safety Education

Health education programs, including topics such as nutrition, tobacco, cholesterol, childhood obesity, heart health, and more.

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Nutrition Education
General Health Education Programs
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Cancer education includes brochures, speakers, signs and methods for prevention and detection, and covers topics such as breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and smoking. Support group information also available. Contact by phone for services.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Breast Self Examination Instruction
Disease/Disability Information
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention

Addresses the needs of youth who are at risk of using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs of abuse and promotes teen pregnancy prevention, utilizing a team of specialists that provides curriculum in the Rock Island/Milan School District #41.

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Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education

Intermediate program which takes a firm, zero-tolerance stance against drugs and violence. Students receive discounts at businesses and admission into special events and retreats for making a commitment to be alcohol, tobacco, other drug, and violence free. Weekly meetings are held at numerous local junior high schools.

Offers a variety of additional substance abuse prevention services free to Scott County residents, including curriculum in the schools, drug-free workplace training, Esteem Team groups, etc.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Alcohol Related Harm Reduction Programs
Mental Health Information/Education
Families/Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
DUI Offender Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Tobacco prevention and cessation education is available.
Offers tobacco cessation programs and counseling from a health care provider or trained counselor. Quitline Iowa offers Quit Coaches to help individuals figure out how to quit and stay tobacco free. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or enroll online for further assistance with quitting. Also offers a Youth Tobacco Prevention program for youth needing help with quitting.

Provides tobacco cessation counseling and information to tobacco users who want to quit tobacco use, and tobacco cessation materials to individuals requesting information to give to a tobacco user. There is also a support group offered along with tobacco education.

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Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Alcohol Related Harm Reduction Programs
Mental Health Information/Education
Families/Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
DUI Offender Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Alcohol Related Harm Reduction Programs
Mental Health Information/Education
Families/Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
DUI Offender Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention

Provides tobacco cessation counseling and information to tobacco users who want to quit tobacco use, and tobacco cessation materials to individuals requesting information to give to a tobacco user. There is also a support group offered along with tobacco education.

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Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention

Offers public health programs and services, including bioterrorism and county disaster preparedness. Also provides information general education, tobacco prevention, lead poisoning screening, general immunizations and communicable disease control.

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

Community coalition aiming to aid communities in the coordination and integration of resources, and the use of evidence-based practices to reduce substance abuse. Focused on decreasing youth alcohol use and other substances by connecting parents with resources. Community meeting take place the fourth Tuesday of the month, at the Community Partners office.

The positive pressure coalition meeting meets the 3rd Tuesday of every other month at the public library at 12 pm.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Alcohol Related Harm Reduction Programs
Mental Health Information/Education
Families/Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
DUI Offender Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention

Health promotion and disease prevention education.

Emergency preparedness. Substance abuse prevention coalitions.

West Nile virus surveillance.

Referrals.

Immunizations.

Worksite Wellness including on-site employee health screenings and wellness programs.

School-based youth oral health program.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
General Health Education Programs
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Public Health Nursing
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Works with residents and businesses to reduce secondhand smoke exposure; help keep children and teenagers from starting to use tobacco; identify and eliminate disparities related to commercial tobacco use and its effects amount population groups; and increase commercial tobacco cessation.
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Alcohol Related Harm Reduction Programs
Mental Health Information/Education
Families/Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
DUI Offender Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention