Staff provide counseling, education and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. Smoking, substance abuse, lack of exercise, poor eating habits, and stress all can be harmful to an individual's health. Programs are presented to schools and organizations. Primary Care and Personal Health Services Public health units provide preventive and primary care to persons who are unable to obtain care due to lack of income or other barriers beyond their control. Care is provided to benefit individuals, improve the collective health of the public, and pr event and control the spread of disease.
Counties make available a range of basic medical care services and treatments.
Clinic services ensure access to essential health care and decrease unnecessary emergency room visits. The programs provide services to assure that low income pregnant women receive care both before and after their babies are born. Screening programs identify high risk pregnancies and provide enhanced services to reduce infant mortality and low birth weight infants. Medicaid provides for early prenatal care and some delivery costs. Health units provide periodic physical examinations for infants and children who are about to enter school or pre-school.