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Provides comprehensive health care services for primary care and internal medicine, including: - Diagnosing and treating illnesses, infections, and injuries (Ear infection, minor burns, sinus infections, skin conditions, sprains and strains, and strep throat) - Family planning/birth control* - Growth and development monitoring - Health education on nutrition and exercise - Male- and female-specific health concerns - Managing chronic conditions - Pediatrics - Physical examinations - Preventative and wellness visits, such as well-child checkups and routine screenings - Screening tests - Vaccinations * Elective reproductive procedures are not performed at the Catholic-sponsored hospital

Provides information on: - Heart Disease - Diabetes - Nutrition - Lyme Disease - Cancer - AIDS/HIV and STD's - Family Planning - Smoking/Tobacco - Other health related topics

Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages. Class offerings include arts and crafts, CPR instruction, driving courses, field trips, health-related classes, sports and recreational activities, swimming lessons, youth enrichment programs, and more.

Provides preschool experience child care for ages birth - 5-year-olds, focusing on social, self-help, and family development

Helps families create safe, nurturing environments for children through health screenings, education, support services, and resources that promote physical health, safety, nutrition, and development. Services include: - Blood Lead Testing: Screening services to detect lead exposure in children and adults to prevent lead poisoning. - Child Passenger Safety: Information and services related to child car seat safety and proper restraint use. - Child and Teen Checkups: Comprehensive health and dental checkups for children, including those on Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care. - Clinic Services: Health services such as birth control options, pregnancy testing, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment. - Family Home Visiting: Home-based support programs for families, including developmental tracking and postpartum/newborn visits to help parents meet goals and connect with support resources. - Immunizations: Vaccination services and information for both children and adults to protect against preventable diseases.

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include: - Adult and children vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria. - Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses. - Safe drinking water testing: helps address common concerns, including: arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells. - Substance misuse prevention resources

- Consultation and education services are provided to individuals, community groups, work sites and other professional providers - Health educators and Nurses provide information about community resources - Encourage cooperation and linkages between public health and providers - Coordinate Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Initiative - Motivate parents, youth, schools, churches, professionals, businesses and other community members to promote healthy behaviors, decisions, environments and asset building - Provides Health Education information

Health education provided in community settings such as schools and businesses or in the home: - Breastfeeding Support: Offers families education on breastfeeding basics, support and community resources - Car Seats Checks: Has a variety of car seats available free of charge for community members that cannot afford to purchase one. A certified car seat technician is also available to help install a new car seat, or make sure a current seat is properly installed. - Office of Aging: Created to help the county prepare for an aging "Baby Boomer" population. Provides support and coordination of various aging initiatives, including Community Senior Commissions, CarFit, medicine take-back and TRIAD. - Public Health Nuisance Investigation: Inspects and follows up on reported public health nuisances and other conditions, which may be a threat to the public's health and safety, including emergency responders

Helps families create safe, nurturing environments for children through health screenings, education, support services, and resources that promote physical health, safety, nutrition, and development. Services include: - Blood Lead Testing: Screening services to detect lead exposure in children and adults to prevent lead poisoning. - Child Passenger Safety: Information and services related to child car seat safety and proper restraint use. - Child and Teen Checkups: Comprehensive health and dental checkups for children, including those on Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care. - Clinic Services: Health services such as birth control options, pregnancy testing, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment. - Family Home Visiting: Home-based support programs for families, including developmental tracking and postpartum/newborn visits to help parents meet goals and connect with support resources. - Immunizations: Vaccination services and information for both children and adults to protect against preventable diseases.

Provides a range of public health functions that protect and promote the health of residents. Services include: - Collaborative Wellness Initiatives: Works with community partners, schools, workplaces, and organizations to create policies and programs that support healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic diseases (e.g., tobacco-free living, active living). - Community Health Assessment and Planning: Leads or contributes to regular assessments of community health needs and develops improvement plans to address priority issues in the service area. - Contagious disease/life-threatening illness investigation - Contracts with school districts to provide pre-school screenings, hearing and vision screenings, scoliosis screenings, school health services, and health education - CPR Training and Certification are available for a fee - Environmental Public Health Assessments: Partners with regional teams to identify and address environmental health hazards in homes and communities (e.g., healthy homes approaches). - Investigation and follow-up regarding reports of public health nuisance in which the health of the public is at risk or in danger

Provides a community center offer services such as: - Counseling and support for new immigrants - Employment referral and assistance - English as a Second Language and citizenship classes - Forms and applications assistance for Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, public housing, childcare assistance, WIC, or Head Start programs - Health counseling and education - Home care services contracted with Medica offering homemaking and PCA services to older adults and individuals living with a disability - Parenting skills counseling - Senior program offering socialization and activities as well as seminars on health, immigration, and social services every other month - Translation services - Transportation assistance for health appointments, benefits appointments, and school - Youth programs such as a summer youth program helping children who are academically at risk, lack English skills, and have minimal education improve their academics and learning

Individuals can obtain life-saving knowledge and skills designed to keep them prepared in the event of an emergency, with the health and safety training techniques and certification programs, including: - AED (Automated External Defibrillator) - ALS (Advanced Life Support)/PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) - Babysitting and Child Care (NOTE: Classes are not intended for individuals seeking certification for state-licensed child care providers) - BLS (Basic Life Support)/CPR for Healthcare - CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant) Training and Testing - CPR - First Aid - Group Training for a Safer Workplace - Instructor Training - Lifeguarding - Swimming and Water Safety Classes are available in classroom, online and classroom, and online formats. Certificates and Continuing Education Credits are available.

Game room, billiards and cards, and special events including dances, trips, exercise, education and health lectures, and ice cream socials - AA meetings ?- Crafts, painting, ceramics, and computer lab ?- Mobile market and commodities pick-up - Senior dining every day ?- Treasure Chest thrift shop

Provides various health and wellness programs to the community, such as: - Diabetes Awareness Campaign: In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health, CLUES provides education and information on prediabetes, type 1-2 diabetes prevention, and diabetes management to empower people to improve their health. - Es My Time Tobacco Cessation Support and Resources: Offers one-on-one resource navigation for tobacco users, tobacco cessation education groups, and supports Latino-serving agencies and networks - Mayores Majores Dementia Program: Helps the Latino community and their families learn more about Dementia through support groups, group activities, social connections, and education workshops - Sexual Health Education: Provides comprehensive sex and sexuality education workshops for parents and teenagers focused on values, consent, and communication. Offers parent workshops conducted in Spanish on how to talk about sex education, sexuality, and sexual health. Also, provides youth workshops in English and Spanish about sex education and sexuality tailored to the learning needs of the students. Services provided by Promotores de Salud (Community Health Workers).

Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages. Class offerings include computer classes, driver's education, field trips, health classes, professional development classes, recreational classes, swimming lessons, youth enrichment classes, and more.

Provides comprehensive health care services including: - Diagnosing and treating illnesses, infections, and injuries (Ear infection, minor burns, sinus infections, skin conditions, sprains and strains, and strep throat) - Family planning/birth control* - Growth and development monitoring - Health education on nutrition and exercise - Internal medicine - Male- and female-specific health concerns - Managing chronic conditions - Obstetrics (OB) - Pediatric services including childhood immunizations - Preventative and wellness visits, such as well-child checkups and routine screenings - Screening tests - Vaccinations * Elective reproductive procedures are not performed at the Catholic-sponsored hospitals.

Provides programs and partnerships that promote healthy lifestyles and improve community health outcomes. Services include: Collaborative wellness initiatives with schools, workplaces, and community organizations Community health assessment and planning to identify health needs and set improvement priorities Health education and outreach to support disease prevention and wellness in the community Programs and policies that encourage healthy behaviors such as active living and tobacco-free environments

Offers the following adult health services to support community members' well-being: - Case Management: Helps people access, coordinate, and monitor needed educational, medical, social, and vocational services based on assessed needs and preferences - Foot Care Clinics: Offers foot care services by appointment, including nail trimming, filing, blood pressure checks, education, and referrals, with no one denied for inability to pay. - Reproductive and Sexual Health: Provides free or low-cost reproductive and sexual health services to all, delivered by nurses and a physician assistant in a confidential setting.

Health related events and classes. Call for topics and schedule. Classes include: - Smoking cessation and prevention - Childbirth education - Breastfeeding support - CPR instruction - Weight management

Community Health Unit partnering with community groups to provide health education on certain topics such as: - Chemical Health: Alcohol and drug prevention - Mental wellness - Statewide Health Improvement Program(SHIP): Encourage physical activity, improve nutrition, and reduce tobacco exposure and usage - Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Safe Roads coalition: Outreach and enforcement on traffic safety

- Children's dentistry - Community health programs provide an annual health fair, assistance to members with insurance questions, blood pressure and diabetes screenings, and health education - General dentistry includes bridges, crowns, dentures, digital x-rays, emergency care, extractions, Periodontitis/gum disease, root canals, and TMJ-TMD - Primary care, dietitian services, and retail optical services

Provides community health programs such as: - Child and Teen Checkup Outreach: Helps families find a doctor, dentist, psychologist, and transportation - Disease and Prevention Control: Monitor and investigate potential disease processes through adult/child immunizations, communicable disease prevention programs, emergency preparedness plans, surveillance of the county's environment, and tuberculosis screening - Environmental Health: Help protect the residents from environmental health hazards through programs to reduce exposure to health risks, such as food and waterborne diseases, radiation, occupational health hazards, and public health nuisances. Provides radon, lead, and well water education. - Follow-Along Program: Provides parents with information about their child's development during infancy and early childhood through mailing questionnaires - Health Promotion: Provides presentations and/or materials on health topics for small and large groups. Topics may include chemical and tobacco use prevention, family health, mental health, nutrition, and physical activity - Public Health Preparedness for Emergencies: Funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with local, state, and territorial public health departments to provide assistance to public health departments across the nation. Helps health departments strengthen abilities to effectively respond to a range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events.

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include: - Adult and children vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria. - Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses. - Safe drinking water testing: helps address common concerns, including: arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells. - Substance misuse prevention resources

Classes and educational training include: - Car seat education - Chronic disease prevention - Environmental health, (toxic materials, lead screening, water quality consultation, and public nuisance control) - Injury prevention - Sexuality education/family planning/AIDS/HIV - SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome - Tobacco prevention - Violence prevention - Wellness presentations

Provides comprehensive health care services including: - Diagnosing and treating illnesses, infections, and injuries (Ear infection, minor burns, sinus infections, skin conditions, sprains and strains, and strep throat) - Family planning/birth control* - Growth and development monitoring - Health education on nutrition and exercise - Male- and female-specific health concerns - Managing chronic conditions - Preventative and wellness visits, such as well-child checkups and routine screenings - Screening tests - Vaccinations * Elective reproductive procedures are not performed at the Catholic-sponsored hospitals.