Howard County Extension and Outreach provides health and nutrition (dietary) information, and parenting and child care information.

Public Health services.

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 public health programs and services and works closely with the county Board of Health. Also provides information about communicable diseases.

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.

Public health services and education.

Website to help those with autism understand and advocate for their own physical and mental health. The website teaches, models, and gives those with autism opportunities to practice skills prior to healthcare visits so they are prepared to answer wellness check questions. Additionally, community providers, healthcare professionals, and caregivers will also find resources for their role in helping the autism community.

Immunization clinic services.

Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery. Coordinates Regional Medical Response System and Citizen Corps Network to ensure efficient post-disaster mitigation.

Prevents epidemics and the spread of contagious diseases. Disease surveillance ensuring necessary precautions are being taken in order to effectively combat illness.

Protection against environmental hazards. Offers free short and long term radon test kits for Panhandle residents.

Prevents injury, illness, and disability.

Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors. Significant emphasis on increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and decreasing environmental tobacco smoke, along with programming promoting healthy hand hygiene and proper dental hygiene. Technical assistance for worksite wellness programming utilizing an evidence-based process.

Diabetes Prevention Program offers lifestyle change programs that teach participants to make lasting lifestyle changes, like eating healthier, adding physical activity into their daily routine, and improving coping skills.

Offers a variety of classes and activities. Training classes for volunteers and educational classes for babysitting, diabetes, nutrition and birth preparation classes (including breast feeding support). Call hospital or go to hospital website.

Full service hospital.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness planning with communities, businesses and healthcare partners.

West Nile Virus surveillance to monitor the presence of the virus in the communities and educate about protection from the virus.

Resource and Referral to connect people to available services.

Minority Health Initiative to assist local minority populations with health education and access to healthcare services.

Infectious Disease Surveillance and Investigation to prevent and protect the public from infectious diseases.

Radon education and source for low-cost home test kits.

VetSET to connect veterans and their families to available resources.

Health Literacy promotion, education, and resources to assist people to better understand their healthcare information.

Community Response in collaboration with the Wayne County Family Coalition to assist families living in Wayne County to available resources.

Health clinic offering the following services:
Adult medicine
Pediatrics, including well child, physicals (school, sports and camp), immunizations, acute care
OB/GYN services, such as pap smears, breast and cervical cancer screening, etc.
Family planning
Social work, case management
Mental health services
Substance abuse education
Outreach to African American women, youth, pregnant women, and individuals with substance use disorder

Dental clinic provides routine dental screening and non-emergency dental services.

Pharmacy for patients of Charles Drew.

Provides wellness education in the home and community, community health planning and nutrition education.

Helps residents locate resources and services, explore options and navigate systems. Can assists in health-related areas: access to and payment for medical care including medications, mental health/substance abuse, parenting/childcare, aging issues, housing or food.

Provides health maintenance visits, disease prevention, IV Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Public Health Preparedness, health education in the home and community, New Mom/New Baby visits, reportable disease follow up, communicable disease control, lead/hemoglobin testing and immunizations.

Speakers bureau on various health topics by request.

Offers public health programs and services, including bioterrorism and county disaster preparedness. Also provides information about communicable diseases.

Immunizations

Emergency preparedness

Referrals to community health resources

Preventative dental services

Disease surveillance

Vaccines for adults and children.

Blood pressure screenings during business hours.

Disaster preparedness.

Tobacco cessation information.

Radon testing.

Preventive laboratory services.

Health education.

Health education materials.

Referrals for health services available.

Community outreach participation and partnership.

Health screenings and presentations for the underinsured or uninsured population at community events only.

Promotion and education on public health and wellness.

Emergency preparedness.

Public health nursing program (immunizations only).

Referrals.

Offers programming online to educate the community. Webinars focus on medical aspects of the conditions Marfan cover as well as quality of life issues. Webinars are free, but require registration. Recordings of past webinars are on Marfan's YouTube Channel.