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 Hendry 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)
  

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Clinical Services

• Prenatal Care (In LaBelle and Clewiston by Lee OB/GYN Associates)
  
• Family Planning
  
• Teen Health Clinic
  
• Ryan White Title III HIV/AIDS Clinic
  

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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
  

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Community Outreach Activities

• School Health Services
• Healthy Start
• Healthy Families Program
• Blood Pressure Screening Opportunities
• Teen Health Center
• Health Promotion and Education
• "I'm N Charge" Abstinence Only Program
• Healthy Workplace
• Heart to Heart
• Partnered Community Health Fairs
• Injury Prevention
• KidCare
• Disaster Response
  

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Environmental Health

• Sharps Disposal Program
• Inspection of Public Pools
• Inspection of Food Establishments
• Inspection of Tanning Facilities
• Group Care Facilities
• Underground and Above Ground Storage Tank Program
• Water Well Construction
• Mobile Homes and other Recreational Camps
• Rabid Animal Investigations
• Regulation of Petroleum Storage Tanks
• Regulation of Migrant Labor Housing
• Assuring Safe Drinking Water
• Sentinel Chickens Arbovirus Control

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HIV/AIDS Outpatient Medical Care and Social Services

• Mission Statement
• Program Funding Source
• Clinic Schedules
• ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program)
• Patients Rights
• Patient Responsibilities
• Case Management
• HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS)
  

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Vital Statistics

• Birth Rates
• Teenage Birth Rates
• Recording and Issuing Birth and Death Certificates
• Infant and Fetal Mortality Rates
• Leading Causes of Deaths
  

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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

• Nutrition education for: Pregnant Women, Breast feeding women and women with children ages 0 – 5 years.
• Financial assistance to purchase nutritional needs for eligible clients; pregnant women, breast feeding women and children ages 0 – 5 years.
  

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