Services
Services and Responsibilities of Mahoning County Public Health
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
Bathing Beaches, Pools and Spas
- Inspects bathing beaches, pools and spas
- Conducts water sampling and testing
Campgrounds
- Inspects and licenses campgrounds
Food Operations
- Inspects and licenses food vendors, including mobile and temporary vendors
- Investigates complaints and foodborne illness outbreaks
- Reviews/approves facility layout plans
Nuisance Complaints
- Investigates nuisance complaints: garbage, refuse storage, pets, sewage and unsanitary conditions
Plumbing Licensing and Inspections
- Registers master and journeymen plumbers
- Inspects residential and commercial plumbing systems
Private Water Systems (Wells)
- Inspects new installation and existing private water systems
- Registers water haulers
Rabies Control Program
- Investigates animal bites and assists with quarantine enforcement
- Provides low-cost rabies vaccinations for cats, dogs and ferrets
- Conducts rabies surveillance
Residential Lead Hazard Investigation
- Assists with lead investigations and final inspections after remediation
Schools
- Conducts school inspections
Sewage Systems
- Inspects new construction and replacement household sewage treatment systems
- Investigates complaints related to failing sewage systems
- Evaluates the operation of sewage treatment systems and water supplies for real estate transactions
- Registers residential sewage system contractors, haulers and service providers
- Manages operation and maintenance program for household sewage treatment system
- Inspects commercial septic systems
Solid and Infectious Waste
- Inspects active and inactive landfills
- Enforces laws and regulations for solid waste, construction and demolition debris, compost, and infectious waste management
Tattoo and Body Piercing
- Inspects tattoo and body piercing businesses
- Trains and registers tattoo artists in health and safety rules
Vector Control
- Monitors environmental conditions that can increase risks for vector-borne disease
- Provides information and education to individuals and communities to control pests
- Responds to public requests for vector inspections
ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY
Certified Environmental Laboratory
- Provides 100+ analytical services for environmental samples
- Analyzes public and private drinking water systems for bacteria and chemicals
- Tests discharge from public and private sewage treatment systems to determine proper functioning
- Tests soil for heavy metals
- Tests for environmental lead exposure
- Evaluates drinking water for homes and businesses
NURSING AND COMMUNITY HEALTH DIVISION
BABY & ME Tobacco Free
- Provides tobacco cessation programs to help pregnant women quit smoking and stay quit after the baby is born
Children with Medical Handicaps
- Connects children with multiple health conditions to needed services
Community Health Assessment
- Brings community partners together to regularly assess the community's health status
- Coordinates community health planning to prioritize health issues, and identify and implement strategies to address the issues
Community Health Education
- Provides educational programs on various health topics to the community
Cribs for Kids
- Provides education and distribution of portable cribs to caregivers needing a safe sleep environment for an infant
Emergency Preparedness
- Assists the community to prepare for and respond to intentional, unintentional or naturally occuring emergencies
- Trains and deploys volunteers participating in the Medical Reserve Corps
Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance
- Monitors the presence of injury and illness in the community with 24/7/365 surveillance
- Investigates illness outbreaks
- Analyzes data to determine the source and cause of illness and injury
Fetal, Infant and Child Fatality Review
- Reviews the circumstances surrounding fetal, infant and child deaths
- Develops system and policy recommendations to prevent future occurrences of premature deaths
Immunization Services
- Provides immunizations for foreign travel
- Conducts seasonal influenze immunization (flu) clinics
- Provides all recommended childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations
- Conducts physician education, outreach and surveillance to improve childhood immunization rates
MY Baby's 1st
- Facilitates county-wide partnership to reduce infant mortality and birth outcome equity
Preventive Health Services
- Provides nursing resources and health education to area school nurses to improve health, prevent communicable diseases and reduce childhood obesity
Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone)
- Provides the community-based opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program
Tuberculosis Clinic
- Detects and treats cases of tuberculosis in the community
- Conducts home visitation for direct observed therapy
- Administers TB skin tests and provides community education
Wellness Classes
- Conducts community-based workshops to help individuals with chronic diseases improve their quality of life and health
MAHONING VALLEY PATHWAYS HUB
Connecting Women to a Healthy Pregnancy
- Partners with local care coordination agencies to ensure pregnant women receive needed services
- Provides education and connections to resources
- Removes social barriers to healthy birth outcomes
- Supports, advocates for, and encourages pregnant women
WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN (WIC) PROGRAM
Supplemental Nutrition Program provides women (pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding), infants and children under the age of 5 with the following:
- Nutrition education
- Breastfeeding education and support
- Supplemental foods
- Farmers Market Nutrition Program
- Medical/Social service referrals
- Voter registration