Community Health Nursing home visits are provided to eligible high-risk pregnant and postpartum women. Registered Nurses coordinate care with health care providers, link women with community resources, provide health education and nutrition counseling, offer alcohol and drug counseling and referral services.
Similar services are available to high-risk infants and children.
Cancer Screening, Colposcopy, Family Planning and Pregnancy Testing services are available at the Health Department and at sites throughout the county. Clinics are staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and community health nurses. All methods of family planning are offered. The Colposcopy clinic provides follow-up services to women with abnormal Pap tests. No appointment is necessary for free Pregnancy Testing.