Community-Based Care

Community-Based Care

The staff of Community-Based Care are responsible to carry out the services of the Health Department personal health programs such as Chronic Disease, Communicable Disease, Immunization, Maternal Child Health, and School Health. The numbers served in these programs are stated in the program reports in other parts of this annual report. The Community-Based Care (C-B C) staff teams are comprised of Public Health Nurses, Technicians, Community Health Workers and Secretaries.

Nurse of the Day

New Nurse Hours

Nurse of the Day services are provided at seven locations throughout Marion County. These services are provided by Public Health Nurses on a walk-in basis and include:

Immunizations
Flu shots
Tuberculosis testing and medication follow up
Blood pressure checks
Head lice screenings and education
Health counseling
Referrals
Telephone requests for health information

Maternal Child Health

Since 1995 Public Health Nurses have been providing home visits to mothers and babies who were discharged early after being delivered at Wishard Hospital. During these visits the mothers and babies receive physical assessments with appropriate referral and health education. In 1996 there were 913 home visits and in 1997 there were 751 home visits to provide early discharge follow up services. This number has decreased due to mothers and babies staying in the hospital longer after delivery.

School Health

In addition to health education for classes/school groups and providing individual health counseling to school children by referral, C-B C provides school health screenings for children in selected grades for vision, hearing and scoliosis (posture). This screening

is done by Technicians with follow up by Public Health Nurses. The numbers served are: