- Arthritis
- Nutritional CounselingThis is a non-clinical service which assists pregnant women with accessing Medicaid coverage, finding a prenatal care provider, nutrition services, and other needed services.
- Pediatric CareMost mothers start out trying to breastfeed. In the United States seventy-five percent of mothers start out breastfeeding in the hospital. At three months more than two thirds of these mothers have introduced formula to their babies and by six months half of the breastfeeding mothers have stopped breastfeeding entirely. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding for the entire first year of life, or as long as is “mutually desired” by mother and infant.
- Ear Infections
- Family Practice
- Emergency CareAccording to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated 31-11, the EMS program is responsible for regulatory compliance for licensure of ambulance (ground and air), first responder, and neonatal transport services and EMS professionals. The goal is to provide those with a medical emergency the most efficient and skilled emergency care possible.
- Flu Shots
- ImmunizationsImmunizations provided by local health departments and other agencies have decreased diseases dramatically. Examples of vaccine preventable diseases include smallpox, polio, measles, mumps, meningitis, hepatitis A and B, diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough), to name a few.
- Pregnancy
- Labor and DeliveryCentering materials help moms and providers ensure that everything from nutrition, common discomforts, stress management, labor and delivery, breastfeeding, and infant care are covered in group.
- Ovarian CancerIn an era where affordable health care is the new “buzz word”, the economic savings of increased breastfeeding rates cannot be ignored. A recent study reported in the Surgeon General’s Call to Action found that “if 90% of U.S. families followed guidelines to breastfeeding exclusively for six months, the United States would save $13 billion annually from reduced direct medical and indirect costs and the cost of premature death. If 80% of U.S. families complies, $10.5 billion per year would be saved.”
- Cervical CancerPlease join the GA Department of Public Health, East Central Health District’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (BCCP) and “Reduce Your Risk” for our Monthly Traveling CSRA “Reduce Your Read More
- Colon Cancer
- Stress Management
- Diabetes Care