Babies Can't Wait
Babies Can’t Wait (BCW) is a statewide service delivery system for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families.
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Children 1st
Children 1st is the single point of entry to a statewide collaborative system of public health and other prevention based programs and services. The program provides families with information regarding health, child development, and parenting resources.
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Children's Medical Services
Children’s Medical Services (CMS) is a public health program striving to provide a community-based comprehensive system of medical/health care for children birth to age 21 with chronic medical conditions.
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Early Hearing Detection & Intervention
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) ensures babies are screened for hearing loss in a timely manner. All babies should be screened for hearing loss before one month of age, ideally before a baby leaves the birthing facility.
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Emergency Preparedness
The mission of the Emergency Preparedness and Response program is to ensure the health and well-being of the individuals and communities in the State of Georgia by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from events of public health significance.
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Environmental Health Programs
Environmental Health provides primary prevention through a combination of surveillance, education, enforcement, and assessment programs designed to identify, prevent, and abate the environmental conditions that adversely impact human health.
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Epidemiology and Infectious Disease
The Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Programs monitor and respond to incidents of HIV, STIs, influenza, tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable diseases, outbreaks, and biological attacks (among other things) so that steps may be taken to mitigate the effects of an incident to the community
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Health Check
The purpose of the Health Check program is to ensure that children who are enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids receive regular well-child checkups.
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Health Promotion
The Southeast Health District (SEHD) Office of Health Promotion provides population based health information, education and interventions through the Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) in communities, schools, and work sites.
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Healthy Families (HFG)
Healthy Families Georgia (HFG) is a family support home visitation program that provides parents and families with the knowledge, skills, and resources to provide positive parenting to increase the success of the family unit. The Southeast Health District's HFG program is currently available to families in Bacon, Clinch, and Ware counties.
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Perinatal Health Services
The DPH Home Visiting Program is an in-home nursing case management program for medically diagnosed high-risk pregnant women.
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Teens
Teen healthcare is very important to the Southeast Health District. Family planning, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, birth control counseling, immunizations and more are available at all 16-county health departments.
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Teledentistry
The Southeast Health District’s Teledentistry Program provides school-based screenings, preventative services, oral health education and other dental services for students who have limited access to dental care in rural Southeast Georgia.
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Vaccines and Immunizations
Vaccination is one of the most effective preventive care measures available. Adult and childhood immunizations are available on a walk-in basis at all local county health departments in the Southeast Health District.
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Vital Records
Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Amendments, and Paternity Acknowledgements are all considered Vital Records. Certified birth certificates and death certificates are available in three county health departments within the Southeast Health District; Bulloch County, Coffee County and Ware County.
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Women's Health - Family Planning
Our Women's Health program includes family planning; laboratory tests such as pap smear, hemoglobin, and sexually transmitted infection testing; the Georgia Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, and many other services to address the health needs of women.
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Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Program
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program provides nutrition education counseling, breastfeeding support and counseling, health and dietary assessments, and supplemental food to eligible clients. The program serves pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children under the age of 5 who are both income eligible and nutritionally at risk.
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