Services
The types of services we provide include:
- immunizations
- family planning
- pregnancy testing
- prenatal monitoring
- postpartum home visits
- other home visits
- senior clinics
- chronic disease services
- well child exams
- EPSDT outreach, screening, and referral
- clinics for special needs children
- WIC and ILP referrals
- school screenings
- audiograms
- tuberculosis screening
- STD screening, counseling, treatment, and contact follow-up
- HIV prevention counseling, testing, and contact follow-up
- epidemiological investigations
- parenting education
- health education
- community assessment
- community organizing and development activities
- participation in community partnerships in response to public health concerns.
Our services are available to all residents of Alaska. There is no cost for any services to children. There is a small cost for services to adults however, no one is denied service due to an inability to pay.
The broad based public health knowledge and experience of public health nursing in Alaska helps reduce health care costs through early detection and prevention of health problems. Alaska's public health nurses have intimate knowledge of local community resources, community leadership, and family structures essential to public health functions such as communicable disease control. Their skills and knowledge combined with the trust of individuals and professionals in their communities are valuable in working with health and environmental issues. The PHN presence at the local level assures timely intervention.
Photo credits: Thanks to Elfrida Nord for the use of her photo of children in Chevak.
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