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Services offered by your local health department include:

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IMMUNIZATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

  • Required school immunizations
  • Flu shots
  • Polio
  • Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
  • Tetanus, whooping cough (Tdap)
  • Hepatitis A & B
  • HPV
  • Shingles
  • Chicken pox

STROKE AND HEART ATTACK PREVENTION

CHILDREN’S SERVICES

Babies Can't Wait
Early intervention to address developmental delays in children under the age of three

Children 1st
Home visits for mothers and babies, health education, and medical and social services referrals for at-risk children under the age of five

Children's Medical Services
Financial assistance and care coordination for individuals under the age of 21 with chronic health conditions
 



 

PREGNANCY AND NEWBORN CARE

  • Well baby check-ups
  • Newborn hearing screening follow-up and care referral
  • Lactation consultants and breastfeeding peer educators
  • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) supplemental food program

FAMILY PLANNING

  • Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections

  • Birth control/family planning services
    Including birth control pills, Depo-Provera, IUDs, condoms, and more

  • Teen pregnancy prevention and reproductive health clinics

ADDITIONAL TESTING

  • Tuberculosis (TB) testing and treatment
  • Cholesterol and diabetes testing
  • HIV/AIDS testing and treatment

OTHER SERVICES

Birth and death certificates
(Clarke, Morgan, and Walton only)

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE

  • Disaster and bioterrorism preparedness
  • Pandemic flu prevention

CANCER SCREENING FOR WOMEN 50+

  • Breast exams and mammogram referrals
  • Cervical cancer screenings

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

 

** Not all services are available at all health department locations. Call the clinic you plan to visit to make sure the service is available and to determine requirements (if applicable).