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About
LCHD...
Logan County Health District
is a general local health district located in
the county seat of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and serving the Logan County
community since 1920. The Health District’s vision is to promote an
informed healthy community through the programs and services it provides.
Currently, the Logan County Health District (LCHD) offers in-house and outreach child and adult
immunization clinics, environmental health services, home health
services, and records births and deaths in Logan County. LCHD also
operates the county’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental
food program and Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps (BCMH) program.
The
mission of the Health District focuses on:
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Promoting
the health and environment of its residents
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Continual
evaluation of agency efficiency, roles and competency
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Identification
of the on-going needs of the community
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Training
staff to improve public health effectiveness
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Educating
the public to provide readiness and reassurance
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Fostering
collaborative community partnerships
Local
Health Districts in the state of Ohio are charged with the responsibility of
ensuring the community’s health, specifically child and maternal health, and
are the primary health care source for under-served populations typified by
low-income, uninsured, and under-insured segments.
Local
Public Health System Assessment: The
Logan County Public Health System Assessment occurred Spring, 2007.
The resulting report and summary charts & graphs are posted below: Public
Health System Assessment Report Narrative Local
Results Summary (Charts & Graphs)
Staff
Recognition:
Dr.
Boyd Hoddinott completed a Masters in Public Health with his culminating project
entitled Horizontal
Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands for On-site Wastewater Treatment.
His research was published by Wright State University, School of
Public Health. Conducting
an Indoor Air Quality Investigation Using Phase Assessment by Darin Cozatt,
RS, MS was published in the May/June, 2008 Ohio Journal of
Environmental Health.
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2007
Annual Report available! 2007
LCHD Laboratory Report
of Operations
Boyd
C. Hoddinott, MD, MPH
Health
Commissioner
ADMINISTRATION
Lisa G.
Downing
Administrator
Craig D.
Kauffman, RS
Environmental Health
Director
Cynthia J.
Irick,
RN, BSN
Director of
Nursing
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