The Community Health Nursing Division’s Programs and Services support the mission and the vision of the Washington County Health Department. The Community Health Nursing Division offers many services in an effort to ensure the health and safety of the community. The division is staffed by a knowledgeable and diverse level of employee classifications including Secretaries, Coordinators of Special Programs, Medical Care Program Specialists, Community Health Outreach Workers, WIC Service Associates, Community Health Nurses, Nutritionists, and Community Health Educators.
Programs and services provided include:
- Administrative Care Coordination and Ombudsman Services for Medical Assistance recipients
- Adult Evaluation and Review Services
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Education, Screening, and Treatment
- Child Lead Poisoning Case Management
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Clinical services for Reproductive Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Tuberculosis (TB), and Immunizations
- Communicable Disease Surveillance, Investigation, and Intervention
- Community First Choice Nurse Monitoring
- Colorectal Cancer Education, Screening, and Treatment
- Healthy Families Home Visiting for pregnant women and children
- HIV Case Management, Testing, and Prevention services
- Immunization Tracking and Outreach
- Medical Assistance Eligibility Assistance for Pregnant Woman, Children, Families and Adults
- Rabies Prevention
- Refugee Services
- Surveillance and Quality Improvement Initiatives to improve birth outcomes
- TB Screening, Investigation, Treatment, and Directly Observed Therapy
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food and Nutrition Services
