The Prevention Services division focuses on preventive programs for families and communities. We also focus on the prevention and control of communicable disease through education, monitoring, outbreak response, preparedness activities, and vaccination. Public health and disease data are part of this work, as well.
Under state law, health care providers, hospitals, and laboratories are required to report certain diseases to local public health agencies. Prevention services staff receive disease reports, conduct investigations into the cause and possible spread of illness, and initiate disease control measures.
Current Prevention Services work includes:
- Immunization outreach and services
- STD/HIV prevention and response
- Data and reporting
- Viral hepatitis outreach
- Public health emergency preparedness and response
- Tuberculosis control
- Refugee health screening
- Communicable disease surveillance and response
- Maternal and child health
- Healthy communities
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Child care health
- COVID-19 resources and response
