Hamilton County Health Department

• Promotes wellness and protects the health and safety of residents by offering a range of personal, community, and environmental health programs.
• Coordinates services with those offered by other community agencies to increase the types of health services available.
• Evaluates the health and safety needs of the area, modifying and developing programs to meet the changing needs of local residents.

Basic programs available through HCHD include:

• Communicable Disease:
  provides screening, immunizations, and case/contact follow-up to prevent and control communicable disease.
• Disaster Preparedness:
  Working with the rest of the community in disaster and bioterrorism preparedness.
• Child Health:
  Promotes successful growth and development of children through education and referrals to clinics such as Women, Infants and Children (WIC) for health screening and nutrition services.
• Maternal Health and Family Planning:
  Provides education and health services to women of child-bearing age to foster positive pregnancy outcomes.
• Chronic Disease:
  Identifies and refers people who may be at risk for developing a long-term illness such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer. Promotes healthier lifestyles for increased life expectancy.
• Food Sanitation:
  Provides training, monitoring and follow-up services to assure that food is safe for human consumption.
• Potable Water Supplies:
  Protects residents from illness and disease through the testing of private wells, semi-private and non-community water supplies, and by assuring that new systems are constructed properly.
• Private Sewage Disposal:
  Protects the public from disease resulting from inadequately treated sewage through assuring that new private sewage systems are constructed properly.
• Solid Waste:
  Promotes proper management and disposal of solid waste to control or eliminate disease transmission.
• Nuisance Control:
  Prevents transmission of diseases caused by nuisance bird populations, insects and rodents by controlling their breeding grounds.
• Administration:
  Provides staff for the local health department, including an administrator, nursing and environmental personnel, and other qualified individuals to assist in carrying out the programs.