Washtenaw Local Health Department

The local health department is Washtenaw county health department which is located at 555 Towner, Ypsilanti and the phone number is (734) 544-6706 FAX (734) 544-6706. The mission of Washtenaw health department is to ensure that the environment is in a good condition through protecting it in order to have the people of Washtenaw County live a happy comfortable life. Washtenaw county public health department started in the year 1941 with only six employees with a budget of only $18, 750. Currently, the department has close to over 100 employees and a budget that exceeds $13.2 million annually (Wells et al., 2015). The health officer at this public health department is Ellen G. Rabinowitz. The department conducts a soil evaluation of the septic systems that are on site, inspects all the restaurants in the area as well as the swimming pools for the public.

The public health nurses ensure that the illnesses, disability, and injuries are prevented through maintenance of quality systems. Washtenaw has allowed the members of the public to be vigilant in case of an emergency through encouraging them to have an emergency kit with them at all times (Somers et al., 2014). Services such as educating the society on the methods to deal with an emergency are not provided which is an essential part of the society today. Training all or some personnel’s is very important in order to offer help and assistance to the members of the public in case an emergency strikes.

Conclusion

Washtenaw health care department has been on the front line in offering services such as measles, polio and tuberculosis medications to the society. The health care department has also established a division that deals with the environmental health and this make the society to be in a better place. Safety is one of the neediest things in the society and when there is security in terms of hygiene then the society will thrive. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Somers, E. C., Marder, W., Cagnoli, P., Lewis, E. E., DeGuire, P., Gordon, C., ... & Leisen, J. (2014). Population‐based incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus: The Michigan lupus epidemiology and surveillance program. Arthritis & rheumatology, 66(2), 369-378.

Wells, E. V., Benn, R. K., & Warber, S. L. (2015). Public Health and Preventive Medicine Meet Integrative Health: Applications of Competency Mapping to Curriculum Education at the University of Michigan. American journal of preventive medicine, 49(5), S270-S277.