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Public health services and education.

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Public Health Nursing
General Health Education Programs

Offers educational classes on a variety of topics.

Head lice prevention and information on control.

Community Health includes animal bite reporting, communicable disease control, community health planning, and emergency preparedness.

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Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Public Health Nursing
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Offers health care skilled nursing service. Home health aide, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and medical social worker. Accepts Medicaid and Medicare, as well as private insurance. Coverage is always explained prior to providing care so that patients may know what expenses they may incur.

MercyOne Offers a comprehensive range of licensed home care services to patients who live within a 50 mile radius of Des Moines which includes: all or part of Polk, Dallas, Warren, Jasper Madison, Marion, Marshall and Story Counties. All Mercy Home Health programs are accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

MercyOne Home Health Service programs include home nursing care for individuals who are ill but do not require hospitalization, new mothers and their infants, home care for patients requiring intravenous therapy. Private care by nurse aides/attendants for people who are frail, infirm or even well. Hospice care for the terminally ill is also offered.

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Public Health Nursing
Home Health Aide Services
Home Nursing

Offers a variety of public health services, including communicable disease control, tap water testing, pool sanitation, public health facility inspection, tuberculosis screening, immunizations, and more.

Administers the WIC program. Participants in WIC receive an eWIC card for healthy foods. The foods provided by WIC provide nutrients that are essential for good health and growth. Participants also meet with nurses and dietitians to review health and diet information, discuss important nutrition information for their family, and receive referrals for other services when needed.

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Public Health Nursing
Dental Care
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Child Health and Disability Prevention Exams
WIC
Tap Water Testing
Water Well Construction/Maintenance/Abandonment Regulation
Tuberculosis Screening
General Immunization
Public Facility Health Inspection
Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Pool Sanitation
Communicable Disease Control
Lead Poisoning Screening

Participates in the care for yourself program a national program that helps reduce risks from breast, cervical, and cardiovascular health issues. Mammogram testing is free for underinsured or uninsured women who meet program guidelines

Offers skilled home care services like medication set up, medication education, blood draws, wound care, diabetic education, and others by request. Nurses will also coordinate all the services required by the client and assist with long-term planning so older adults can stay at home safely and remain independent as long as possible.
Offers public health services to the residents of Pocahontas County. Services include Adult and Child Immunizations, Communicable Disease Program, Maternal Child Adolescent Health, Health Screenings, Assessment and Education, Emergency Preparedness, Lifeline, and a DME loan closet.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Public Health Nursing
General Immunization
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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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Nursing
Personal Care
Disease Prevention Programs
Disaster Preparedness Information
General Immunization
Community based approach to health care providing services in the client home, office, schools, work sites and meeting places.

Offers home health care nursing services, including home visits. Also supervises personal care aides and coordinates with other agencies.

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Public Health Nursing
County Government Departments/Offices

Public health services include home health (registered nursing) and home medical equipment services.

Offers confidential testing and treatment for anyone, regardless of where they live, specializing in sexually transmitted diseases.

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Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment
Public Health Nursing
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
HIV Testing

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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Radon Testing
Weight Management
Fall Prevention Programs
Nutrition Education
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Communicable Disease Control
Disease/Disability Information
Dental Screening
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Student Health Programs
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Public Health Nursing
Workplace Wellness Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
General Immunization
General First Aid Instruction
Chronic Disease Self Management Programs
CPR Instruction

- Home Health Aide: Provides individuals an opportunity to maintain safety and independence in their home environments, delaying or preventing the need for transitions into a higher level of care such as a skilled nursing facility.

- Parenting Support: Offers home visits, educational opportunities, and community referrals so parents are empowered to maintain self-sufficient, healthy, and happy families.

- Shelter Nursing: Nurses visit homeless clients at shelters, crisis centers, and through outreach on the streets. Provides health screening, assessment, and referrals with the intent to ensure individuals and families residing in shelters have access to comprehensive health, community, educational and social services.

- Flu and Immunization Program: Provides immunizations clinics in the community, corporate sites, senior living centers, and drive through in Omaha, Lincoln, Council Bluffs, and surrounding communities.

- School Health: Provides health screening and assessment, referral, and follow-up; immunization compliance; physical and vision exam compliance (kindergarten, seventh grade, and new students); development of student health and emergency plans; communicable disease control; handling of sudden illness and injury; training of first responder teams and those giving medications; and health policy development.

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Housekeeping Assistance
Public Health Nursing
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Home Based Parenting Education
Childbirth Education
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Personal Care
General Immunization
Flu Vaccines
Homemaker Assistance
Home health care services.

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Homemaker Assistance
Home Nursing
Home Health Aide Services
Public Health Nursing
Personal Care
Public health program. Services include:
-- Home visitation program for pregnant women and parents with children from 0-5
-- Immunization Services
-- Foot Care
-- Homemaker Services
-- Emergency report system installation
-- Tobacco Prevention
-- Community Health Education
-- Communicable Disease Investigation
-- Wellness Screening
-- Procedure Visits

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Foot Screening
Public Health Nursing
General Immunization
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Homemaker Assistance
Emergency Alert
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Communicable Disease Control
Home Based Parenting Education
Provides individual and group teaching and information; communicable disease investigation, follow-up, and prevention education; school health programs; emergency preparedness; substance abuse prevention: child passenger safety; injury prevention programs and education.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Public Health Nursing
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Offers women's health services to the public. Services will include birth control options, family planning education, routine health tests (pas tests and pelvic exams), colposcopy tests to detect cervical cancer, pregnancy tests and testing for STD's.

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Birth Control
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Public Health Nursing
Women's Health Centers
Public health services and education.

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Public Health Nursing
General Health Education Programs
Provides information on lead poisoning and other health issues, links individuals to needed personal health services, and informs the public of any health alerts. Also provides information and guidance on communicable diseases.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
General Immunization
Public Health Nursing
Communicable Disease Control
Provides public health programs and information on communicable diseases.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Nursing
Health education programs to encourage good nutrition and exercise. Safe Routes to Schools Programs, Health Literacy project to reduce obesity in children and families. Smoke detector education and distribution program. TRALE (health assessment survey) on tobacco, nutrition, health lifestyles, work site wellness, and traffic safety, education. Demonstration on health related topics.

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Smoke Alarms
Public Health Nursing
General Health Education Programs
Veterans Memorial Hospital's Community and Home Care agency provides the County Public Health Nursing service for Allamakee County. Services include: Immunization clinics, Nutrition education, Disease surveillance, Home nursing and home care aide visits, Blood pressure clinics, Foot care clinics, Lead poisoning testing and information, and Community health and wellness education and advocacy.

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Lead Testing
Nutrition Education
Community Wellness Programs
Podiatry/Foot Care
Blood Pressure Screening
Childhood Immunization
Communicable Disease Control
Registered Home Nursing
Home Health Aide Services
Public Health Nursing
Public health agency.

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Public Health Nursing
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Environmental Hazards Information
Offers public health emergency preparedness, Alert Iowa notification, community health navigation services, oral health screenings, disease surveillance and investigation, health education, homemaker services, immunizations, lead poisoning prevention screenings and assessment, maternal health education, tobacco use prevention and control, blood pressure checks and tuberculosis screenings.

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COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Housekeeping Assistance
Communicable Disease Control
Lead Poisoning Screening
General Immunization
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
In Home Meal Preparation
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Public Health Nursing