Nutrition education to adults and youth of limited resources about healthy eating and food resources to improve food resource management skills. The program offers lessons in the areas of diet quality, food safety, and food resource management individually or in small groups.

Assists individuals of all cultures to assume responsibility for their own health through education and outreach services. The Division responds to public information needs or issues related to health and safety, and works collaboratively with other community entities to formulate responses to issues which impact public health. Major program areas include:

Chronic Disease Prevention program promotes activities community-wide that encourage healthy living, embrace health screenings for early detection of disease, and encourage appropriate self-management of existing diseases. Additional effort is placed on reducing the high incidence of chronic diseases among racial/ethnic minorities and other vulnerable Lancaster County residents. Program activities include community education on topics such as reducing the incidence of childhood obesity, increasing physical activity, and developing healthy eating habits, diabetes prevention or control, learning to manage chronic health problems, and colorectal cancer awareness.

Injury Prevention and Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County coordinate activities directed at reducing unintentional injuries and death. Priorities are established by the Injury Surveillance System and Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County. Print material, videos and presentations are available on bike and pedestrian safety, fall prevention, child passenger safety/occupant restraints, and home safety. Monthly community-wide car seat check events are offered at no charge. Visit www.safekidslincoln.org for a schedule of events and call to make an appointment.

Tobacco Prevention and Control provides tobacco prevention information/education to schools, businesses and the community, and cessation referrals.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Provides limited health education services. Education and service programs are available for tobacco, substance use, and general wellness.

Certified nurse practitioners provide a wide variety of health care services to diagnose and treat men, women and adolescents, including: adult physical exams, behavioral health consultations, pregnancy testing and family planning, well woman exams, STD testing, HIV testing, TB screening and treatment and smoking cessation. The team also provides treatment for chronic health conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma.

Offers a program that helps you to save time and money through planning your meals and shopping strategies. Programming and materials also available online.

Offers a program that helps you to save time and money through planning your meals and shopping strategies. Programming and materials also available online.

Offers a program that helps you to save time and money through planning your meals and shopping strategies. Programming and materials also available online.

Workshops covers a variety of topics regarding healthy lifestyle choices, preserving and canning, cooking, nutrition, and other subjects related to growing fruits and vegetables.

Winneshiek County Public Health Nursing Services offers demonstrations and instruction to community groups in areas of CPR, first aid classes, farm safety, sun protection, infection prevention, and heart health.

Support line provides peer-based support services to people affected by Hepatitis C. Consumer-run support line staffed by specially trained peer counselors to provide emotional support, health information, and referrals.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Creates awareness, promotes research, and provides support for all persons touched by Turner Syndrome.

Offered services include:
-- Personal case management services.
-- Support group for persons with ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease and their caregivers.
-- ALS Center for Excellence multi-discipline clinic specifically for people with ALS in conjunction with Nebraska Medicine.
-- Quality of life grants.
-- Education and information.
-- Equipment loan pool.
-- Community referrals.
-- Newsletters and website.

Offers information on Parkinson's disease. Learn about the causes, symptoms, how treatments work, and therapeutic activities to do at home.

Offers information on Parkinson's disease. Learn about the causes, symptoms, how treatments work, and therapeutic activities to do at home.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Public Health services.

Focuses on the prevention of HIV and STI transmission through education and outreach efforts that include topics on lifestyle and healthy outcomes.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.