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NURSING
The Chautauqua County Department of Health is a community of public health professionals whose main purpose is to protect and promote your family's health. The Health Department accomplishes this mission by preventing disease, prolonging meaningful life, protecting the environment, and providing leadership in health crises. Services include Communicable Disease Control Programs, Family Health Services, Health Education and Promotion, and Environmental Health Services. Services are offered to the community through three main service sites - Mayville, Jamestown, and Dunkirk. There is also a part-time clinic site located in Westfield.

Disease control is one of the main functions of a public health department. Through implementation of preventive health measures and responding promptly to incidence and disease outbreaks, community health can be maintained. The Health Department provides clinics, disease surveillance, education, and consultation pertaining to communicable and chronic diseases. Program areas include sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, tuberculosis, communicable diseases, immunization, chronic diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, asthma and diabetes).

Services are available to the public in the forms of Department-sponsored clinics, school-based clinics, travel clinics and other specialty clinics at five sites. Clinics are offered for tuberculosis, immunization, and HIV and STD testing. Services are available at low-cost or no cost to members of the public. For more information on Disease Control clinics or programs, call 753-4491, 661-8111, or 363-3660.

Family Health Programs include evaluations, clinical and therapeutic services, education, case management and consultation to individuals and groups at home, at work, at school, and in public health centers. Program areas include child health, early intervention, lead poisoning prevention, maternal and prenatal care, family planning, nutrition, injury prevention and control. Clinics are offered for family planning services, including pregnancy testing, prenatal support services and breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening.
Family Health services are generally available at low-cost or no cost to members of the public. Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare insurance coverage is accepted. For more information on Family Health services or programs, call 753-4491, 661-8123, or 363-3660.