Public Health Impacts Everyone

With multiple high-profile health epidemics, public health has definitely been in the public eye this year. However, once the crisis passes, public health fades into the background... continuing to quietly & professionally serve their communities.

There's much more to local health departments than most people realize! Granville-Vance Public Health services include:
- Clinic (maternal, child, family planning, & general health) plus postpartum home visits
- Communicable Disease outbreak investigation & tracking
- Health education (awareness, prevention, & treatment of health issues; workplace wellness; etc.)
- Health promotion (policies & projects that make a community healthier, like greenways, no smoking, etc.)
- Environmental Health (inspections of restaurants, public pools, lodging, etc.; waste water permits; various lab tests; etc.)
- Home Health (in-home skilled nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, etc.)
- WIC (nutrition education & supplemental food for eligible women, infants, & children; breastfeeding support; etc.)
- Vital Records maintenance
- Data trends (our next post will showcase this...)

Find more details on our newly redesigned website (www.gvdhd.org) or call us-- Granville (919-693-2141) or Vance (252-492-7915).