Welcome to the Douglas County Health Department...

The Douglas County Health Department provides the following essential public health services to the citizens of Douglas County, Nebraska:

• Monitor the health status to identify community problems.
• Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
• Inform, educate and empower people about health issues.
• Mobilize community partnerships and action to solve health problems.
• Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
• Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
• Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.

• Assure an expert public health workforce.
• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of health services
• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

Divisions and Sections:

• Division of Health Data and Planning
  • Epidemiology
  • STD Control
  • Health Data & Vital Statistics
  • Public Health Nursing
  • Emergency Response
• Division of Community Health and Nutrition Services
  • Health Promotion
  • Dental Clinic
  • Immunization Clinic
  • Womens Infants and Children (WIC)
  • Access Medicaid
• Division of Environmental Health
  • Food and Drink
  • Sanitary Engineering
  • Sanitation Control
  • Laboratory Services
  • Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention