Prenatal Services
Offers examinations to pregnant women (listen to baby's heartbeat, laboratory
work, test, and nutritional counseling and education). This includes child
birth classes for the mom and others she may invite to attend with her. Incentives
are offered to the prenatal to encourage attendance at every appointment.
Family Planning Services
Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested
persons.
High Risk Program
Provides for obstetrical care through a private physician for eligible at-risk
pregnant women.
Presumptive Eligibility
Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid
application processing period.
Perinatal Case Management
Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including
health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies
resulting in healthy babies.
Babies Can't Wait/Child Tracking Program
Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated
approach to health care for them.
Well Baby
Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 6 years
of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.
Health Check
Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible
children from infancy to 20 years of age.
Health Services for Special Health Needs:
Sickle Cell Screening and Counseling Programs
Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing medical screening
and education about sickle cell disease and other abnormal blood disorders.
Contact your physician or health department for a referral.
Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program
Provides blood pressure and diabetes screening, education, monitoring, and
follow-up.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education,
food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant,
breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
Children's Medical Services
Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing various medical
needs. Persons can be referred by physicians or public health nurses. Specialty
clinics such as diabetes, seizure, hearing, cardiac, and orthopedics are
provided. Murray County provides referral to this service.
Specialty Clinics
Specialty clinics are available at the local health department for children
in need of dental care.
Community Care Services Program
Provides community-based services as an alternative to nursing homes. Referrals
can be made through the local health department.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as
follow-up for identified cases. Also provides AIDS testing and counseling
services.
Scoliosis Screening
Scoliosis screening is provided in the schools annually for the sixth and seventh
grades.
Services for Healthier Communities
Community Health Planning
Provides health data for the purpose of analyzing each local community's strengths
and future health needs.
General Nursing Services
Provides immunizations, blood tests, hearing, vision, dental screening, tuberculosis
screening and pregnancy tests.
Immunizations
Provides immunizations for all ages with an emphasis on adequate immunization
in infants up to two years of age. Makes home visits to homebound adults
in need of influenza vaccine.
Health Education Services
Provides educational services to individuals, community groups, churches, and
public and private schools which are presented by nurses, nutritionists,
health educators and other staff members. This includes but is not limited
to the PRIDE program and the Car Seat Safety program that may also provide
an appropriate safety seat for an infant or child within the requirements
of State law.
*For more information on any of the services mentioned above contact the Murray County Health Department