Ten Essential Services of Public Health provide a working definition of public health and a guiding framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems.
What we do at the Glades County Health Department:
- Clinical Services
- Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
- Community Outreach Activities
- Environmental Health
- HIV/AIDS Outpatient Medical Care and Social Services
- Vital Statistics
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Clinical Services
- Primary Care
- Family Planning
- Pregnancy Testing
Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
- Childhood and Adult Immunizations
- Tuberculosis Testing, Education, Treatment and Case Management
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing, Treatment and Education
- Investigation of Reportable diseases and Community Education
- Case Management Activities
- HIV Counseling and Testing Site
Community Outreach Activities
- School Health Services
- Healthy Start
- Healthy Families Program
- Blood Pressure Screening Opportunities
- Health Promotion and Education
- Healthy Workplace
- Partnered Community Health Fairs
- Injury Prevention
- KidCare
- Disaster Response
Environmental Health
HIV/AIDS Outpatient Medical Care and Social Services
Vital Statistics
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
