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Provides contracted employment physicals, TB testing, and a range of vaccinations, including flu vaccines and COVID-19 immunizations.

Offers sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening services.

Delivers disease and disability information, offering resources on causes, prevention, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, and treatment options.

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

Provides blood pressure screenings, nail clinics, immunizations, skilled nursing, home health aide, and CPR training. 

- 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.

Public health services and education.

Provides health education to the public and to schools. Helps with planning and preparedness for infectious diseases or other public health incidents for the Decatur County area. Offers immunizations to children, adolescents and adults, including the flu and COVID vaccines. Home health care services and home nursing is provided to those in need. Can provide personal care assistance for bathing, hair care, housekeeping and laundry, meal planning and preparation, errands, and waiver services.

Offers services including community health programs, disease information, control, and prevention, emergency preparedness programs through Alert Iowa, and support services such as personal care assistance for individuals, including help with hygiene, clothing care, mobility, and other essential daily activities to promote health and comfort.

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.

New baby visitation in Montgomery County. Blood pressure clinics done 8 am-4 pm at the office. Community health clinics.

Lead level evaluations.

Services include:

- Child health services

- Maternal health services

- Home health care and homemaker services

- Hospice care

- Cancer screening for women

- Health education, community education, and health planning

- Immunization clinics for children and adults

- Family planning services

- Blood pressure checks

- Disaster planning and preparedness

- Tobacco cessation classes

- Parent education classes

- Home visits for children ages 0-5

- Life Assist Emergency Response Alert

- Public health nursing visits

Offers home care, public health, immunizations, mental health administration, early childhood development, and environmental health services. Provides information on communicable diseases, routine general physical examinations to assess overall health and detect abnormalities, and birth control services to help individuals prevent conception

Provides prenatal care to ensure the health and well-being of pregnant individuals and their developing children through risk assessment, routine checkups, prenatal testing, and guidance on pregnancy-related concerns.

Provides well-baby care services, including health screenings and immunizations, to support the physical well-being and healthy development of infants and toddlers, with some programs extending to preschool-aged children.

Also offers comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services for sexually transmitted infections, including contact tracing to help prevent the spread of infections.

Provides public health services to Clarke County residents, including home care, immunizations, general physicals, and mental health administration. Programs for women and children offer early childhood development and lead poisoning screenings, which include blood tests to identify lead ingestion and home or clinic-based inspections to evaluate lead hazards. Additionally, the department provides environmental health services and information regarding communicable diseases.

Offers public health programs and services, including bioterrorism and county disaster preparedness. Provides mammograms and Pap tests for early cancer detection, lead poisoning screenings for young children, and home health aide services to support recently discharged hospital patients, elderly individuals, and people with disabilities. Works closely with the county Board of Health and serves as a funding source for community needs assessments. Also provides information about communicable diseases.