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information is brought to you by the folks at Island County Public Health (ICPH)
Community Assessment & Development
Environmental Health
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- Provide Information & Referral
- Investigate communicable
disease and outbreaks: Investigate
individual reports of possible or confirmed communicable disease and provide appropriate
follow-up/ intervention.
- Case-manage of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
- Family Planning Services, condom distribution, teaching
- HIV/AIDS program which includes counseling, testing and information
about HIV/AIDS related issues
- Healthy Baby home
visitation program. A free home visit by a public health nurse for every Island County
newborn child. Give us a call!
- Healthy Child Care, Island County: Consultation services offered to child care centers and home child care
providers. Visits by a health care team include assistance in the areas of safety,
immunizations, and children with special needs. The nurse is available for telephone
consultations and staff, student and parent trainings may also be scheduled.
- Immunizations for both children & adults, and for international travel; work with
community and providers to participate in central registry for an immunization tracking program for infants and
children; conduct scheduled immunization
clinics
- Make public health nurse visits to families and individuals through
special programs: Maternity Support Services (MSS), Infant Case Management with home
visits to pregnant and parenting families referred through community resources; phone
consultation for families with problems/ issues; make referrals to other community
resources.
- Oral health consultation and training to non-dental professionals, as
well as screening for preschool and school age children; oral health screening by WIC
and other staff and appropriate referrals and follow-up for treatment.
- Tuberculosis skin testing and
follow-up; skin testing for health care workers and other groups; follow-up of
positive skin tests including x-rays, medications (direct observed therapy), and
consultation from TB pulmonologist.
- Manage a supplemental food program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
provide supplemental nutritional foods such as cereals, juices, milk, eggs,
formula, etc. to pregnant and breastfeeding
women and children up to age five who are below 185% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
who have nutritional or medical need. Also provide nutritional
counseling for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Evidence Based 'Best Practices' in Public Health
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