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_ 411- • ORANGE.COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Last Six Months of 19$4 Report MISSION OF DEPARTMENT: The goal of the Orange County Health Department is to promote personal and community health, prevent/control disease and resultant disability and death, and promote/protect a healthful environment through the organization and pro- vision of preventive public health programs, services and leadership. FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION TO ACC1 ,fPLISH'MISSION: 1. Maternal and Child Health Services: Clinical and community services design- ed to promote the health of mothers and children. Clinical services include: prenatal and postpartum care, well-child care/screening, treatment for minor childhood illnesses, WIC (food supplement program for women, infants, and children) in cooperation with OCCHS, immunizations, and patient education/ counseling. Community services include: home visits, High Risk Infant Track- ing, counseling, education and referral in the home. 2. Family Planning: Medical, social and educational services designed to assist individuals in spacing children and planning family size. Services include: medical examinations and history, pregnancy testing, counseling/education on fertility, reproduction/conception and contraception, and birth control meth- ods. Fees charged on sliding scale. Teens are not charged. 3. Adult Health: Services designed for the early detection of chronic diseases, the prevention of disability and premature death, and health promotion/chronic disease prevention. Services include: screening, referral for medical evalua- tion with follow-up, counseling/education of patients in the control of their chronic illnesses, monitoring previously diagnosed diseases, home visits, and community education on disease prevention/health promotion. 4. Dental Health: Services designed for the promotion of dental health and caries prevention among Orange County citizens. Services include: dental health pro- motion in the schools, day care and senior citizen centers via screening/re- ferral, education and fluoride mouth rinse programs, promotion of fluoridation of school and community water supplies, comprehensive dental treatment and . prophylaxis of children and of adults, as client load and time permits. Fees for clinical services charged on sliding scale. 5. Epidemiology: Services for the prevention and control of.communicable diseases through case-finding/reporting, diagnosis/treatment, follow-up, patient counsel- ing and education, immunizations, public education, and other measures for the control of communicable diseases, as needed. 6. School Health Nursing: Nursing services provided on a weekly basis to public schools in Orange County to promote/protect the health of school age children and to identify and take measures to correct health conditions which may inter- fere with the child's performance in school. Services include: checking stu- dent immunization records and follow-up to assure compliance with State immuni- zation laws, referral and follow-up of children with health problems, screening_ of vision, hearing, and scoliosis, consultation with school personnel regard- ing children's health, education and special education planning.