As the county continues to grow, the dedicated nursing staff of the Madison County-London City Health Department continues to meet the public needs of the people they serve. Our public health home visits, health education, patient teaching, collaboration and assistance to our patients continue to be free. The small fees we do charge for immunizations go toward vaccine purchases, medical supplies and paperwork. Public Health Nursing supports the following programs:

The school nurses maintain and survey all student health records as mandated by state law and local policy. They perform numerous health screenings, yearly vision and hearing screenings, health education programs such as dental, growth and development, personal hygiene, and sexual abstinence. The school nurses serve as a health information resource to students, parents and staff.

Well child clinics are designed to help insure the continued health and growth of children. The clinic is partially funded by Children and Family Health Services Grant. The clinic provides developmental screening, immunizations, physical exams, nutritional counseling, speech and language skills screening, and laboratory screenings.

BCMH is a home visiting nursing program for children with chronic medical problems.

Immunizations are an important part of public health nursing. Protecting the population from preventable diseases is a key factor for a healthy community. Love them, immunize them, schedule their shots at 2 months; 4 months; 6 months; 12 months; 15-18 months; and 4-5 years.

This simple blood test identifies children with high lead levels which produces neurological and developmental problems. This program follows up with environmental assessment and clean-up with teaching and monitoring.

The State of Ohio requires that all newborns be tested. The blood test will identify babies who are in need of more testing and future counseling.

In collaboration with Tots Connection, our Early Intervention nurse works very closely with families who’s children are birth to three years and have been identified as at risk developmentally delayed. The nurse provides expanded service coordination.

Vision clinics are diagnostic eye clinics, which provide eye examinations at no charge to the family.