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St. Lucie County Health Department voted as one of St. Lucie County's Best Places to Work for employers of more than 150 employees. |
The St. Lucie County Health Department is dedicated to providing leadership in health promotion, disease prevention and control, and environmental protection for all residents and visitors in St. Lucie County. We do this by offering a wide range of health care services including:
- Care for the Health of Mothers and Children
- Tracking Diseases and Stopping Them in Their Tracks
- Maintaining a Healthy Environment
- Serving as the Conscience for Health
- Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Health counseling and education are available in both classroom settings and a one-on-one basis. In addition, we provide sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV/AIDS training to community agencies and organizations. To improve the prevention of communicable diseases we conduct systematic disease surveillance and data collection activities for encephalitis, staphylococcus, STDs, etc.
Environmental Health deals with those aspects of the environment which may adversely impact upon the public's health. We provide monitoring, permitting, and educational services to ALL St. Lucie.
In addition to being a consulting health resource for local governments, in times of emergency, Environmental Health is an integral part of recovery, assuring safe water, food, sanitary facilities and safe living conditions. |
