Improving the health and quality of life for individuals, families, and communities through prevention and wellness.
Our Priorities
Tobacco Free Living
Tobacco use is the leading cause of premature and preventable death in Licking County.
Cessation, Prevention, Smoke-free Homes, Tobacco-Free Schools, STAND, Tobacco Use Reduction Network
Healthy Eating
Attain and maintain a healthy weight, reduce the risk of chronic disease, and live a healthy lifestyle.
Farmers Markets, Diabetes Alliance, Community Supported Agriculture, Nutrition
Active Living
Engaging in regular physical activity is one of the most important things people of all ages can do to improve their health.
our services
Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance
Public Health Nursing
Disease Prevention and Control
Immunizations, STD Clinic, TB Testing, Communicable Disease Control, Travel Vaccines, Women's Health, BCMH, Breast and Cervical Cancer
Environmental Health
Healthy Homes, food, water, and communities
Sewage, Food, Radon, Water, Solid Waste, Pools, Campgrounds, Animal Bites, Schools, Mosquitoes, Tattoos, Inspections
Health Promotion
Empowering People to make healthy choices
Wellness Coalition, Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation, Traffic Safety, Breast Cancer Screening and Support, 3rd Grade Wellness Program
Administration
Assuring Quality Health Services
Birth and Death Records, Health Statistics and Data, Board of Health, Health Commissioner, Employment, Public Information, Volunteering
Get Involved
Volunteering, Employment, Coalitions, Workgroups, Public Health Partnership
Community Health Improvement Committee, Medical Reserve Corps, Internships, Wellness Coalition, Tobacco Coalition, SASS for Breast Cancer, Employment, Donate
WIC
Healthy choices=Healthy Families
Safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care
Public health is...“What we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.”