LINN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
P. O. Box 280 ~ 635 S. Main ~ Brookfield, MO ~ 64628
Telephone: 660-258-7251 Fax 660-258-7105
Linn County Health Department is helping to keep your family healthy by providing services to all residents, regardless of age or income level. Your family physician, community agency and you may request the services described below.
HOME HEALTH visits to homebound persons in need of skilled nursing care are made under the supervision of a physician. Visits are made after a hospital stay and to persons with chronic ailments such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart problems as well as persons with communicable disease. We provide Medicare, Medicaid and insurance certified Home Health Nursing, Physical Therapy, and Home Health Aide services. When insurance or Medicare no longer covers our qualified but still needful client, we can continue to provide service free of charge.
HEALTH EDUCATION resource materials on various health subjects are available in the form of literature, films, and demonstrations. Nurses, an environmental sanitarian or a health educator will speak to organizations and schools free of charge. American Red Cross First Aid and CPT classes may be scheduled.
REFERRAL SERVICES are available for locating health care sources not offered by local health care providers. These may include hearing, vision, birth defects, and children with other special health care needs.
NEWBORN VISITS to high-risk newborns by a trained Maternal Child health Nurse who will assess growth and development and provide information regarding infant nutrition, childcare, Child Health Conferences, and immunizations.
CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCES are clinics for well children from infancy through age five. Examinations are given by a physician at each visit as well as other screenings for immunizations, hemoglobin, hearing, vision, blood pressure, lead level, height, weight, head and chest circumference, growth and development comparisons and age appropriate developmental testing. Referrals are made to family physicians and other medical resources when additional care is needed. Parents are offered nutrition and developmental counseling and behavioral and parenting education.
W.I.C. (WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN) is a nutritional program offered to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children through age four. Upon determining nutritional risk and financial eligibility, clients receive nutrition education and specific supplemental iron enriched foods.
CASE MANAGEMENT for pregnant women and children to assist with access to medical, social, educational and other needed services.
IMMUNIZATIONS are provided free of charge to ALL Linn County children and adults according to current MO Department of Health recommendations. Nine scheduled clinics for flu shots are provided in the fall throughout the county to at-risk residents.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH services are available for private source water sample analysis, sewage system investigation, swimming pool inspection, school cafeteria, public food and beverage inspection, retail food store inspections, lodging and day care inspections, communicable disease and potential rabies investigations, and other environmental concerns.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE is monitored, reported, treated, followed and prevented through surveillance and intervention in cooperation with the local medical community and the MO Epidemiology Network. A Sexually Transmitted disease clinic is available for diagnosis and treatment. Services are completely confidential and free of charge.
SCHOOL NURSING attempts to achieve a safe, healthful school environment, implement effective ongoing health education curriculum and deliver health services to Linn County students and staff. Our school nurses obtain health and developmental histories, provide emergency and first aid care, over see the safe administration of medications, promote programs that prevent and control communicable disease, and plan for care of those students with disabilities and special health care needs. Vision, hearing, growth and development, dental, scoliosis and blood pressure screenings are included in school health activities. Immunization programs and staff health fairs are also provided.
BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICS are held in locations throughout the county. Consult your local newspaper for schedule.
BIRTH AND DEATH Certificates may be generated on-site for a fee of $10.
LINN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
Service Provided on a Non-descriminatory Basis
P. O. Box 280 ~ 635 S. Main ~ Brookfield, MO ~ 64628
Telephone: 660-258-7251 Fax 660-258-7105
