The Health Education Division provides innovative educational programs that promote the physical, emotional, and social well-being of individuals and communities. Health Education is responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing programs for clinic patients, community groups, civic organizations, private agencies, worksites, and schools. Other services include developing and marketing health promotion and risk reduction activities; consulting with other health professionals; and collaborating with other agencies to implement policy and environmental changes within the community.
What services does the Health Education Division provide?
Health Education addresses the following program areas:
Communicable Disease
- Evidenced-Based HIV/AIDS Education
- Intimate Partner Violence prevention education
- HIV/AIDS Prevention Community Programs
- STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) Prevention Education
- Parents Matter for Dating Matters (an evidence-based program designed to help parents talk about strategies that will help them protect their children from the negative outcomes of unhealthy sexual behaviors).
- Preparedness education, including policy and population health
- Water safety
- Food safety
- Environmental exposure/biological safety
Maternal and Child Health
- Prenatal Education (Clinical/school-based)
- SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) prevention education
- Newborn care
- Parenting Classes (Birth to five years)
- Infant & toddler well-care
- Child passenger safety
- Operation Buckle Up (needs-based program)
- Prepared Childbirth Education
- Child Health & Safety Education
- Injury Prevention/Bike Safety
- Oral health
- Asthma management
- Physical activity/Nutrition
- Hand washing/Hygiene
- Birth Defects Prevention Education
- Preconception Health
- Smoking cessation and pregnancy
Health Promotion
- Physical Activity & Nutrition Education
- Eat Smart Move More (evidence-based)
- Faithful Families (faith-based)
- Stress Management
- Cancer Risk Reduction
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction
- Tobacco/Vaping Cessation Education
- Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
- Fall Prevention for Older Adults