Public Health
Health begins where we live, work, learn and play.
Mission: Washington County Public Health improves and protects the public's health across the lifespan through prevention, education, partnerships and healthy environments.
Vision: Healthy People, Thriving Communities
Washington County Public Health works to promote healthy communities by
- Working to make the healthy choice the easy choice
- Encouraging healthy, active lifestyles
-
Ensuring tobacco-free environments
We work to protect individuals and communities against the spread of disease, injuries and environmental hazards while promoting and encouraging healthier lifestyles.
From "No Smoking" signs to immunization clinics, from restaurant inspections to bike paths, public health is all around us – protecting our health by safeguarding the places where we live, work and play. For an overview of Public Health, here’s an interactive website.
Here are links to some of our primary services/activities:
-
Work to prevent communicable diseases
-
Environmental Health: Ensure that restaurants serve food safely, that private water systems and septic systems are safe
-
Treat people with tuberculosis
-
Provide vaccinations
-
Provide family planning and birth control
-
Home visits for pregnant women and new moms
-
Nutrition and breastfeeding information through the WIC program.
The Nation’s 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention, Healthy People 2020, is available from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
