Investigates notifiable conditions and responds to communicable disease outbreaks occurring in the community. Educates the population at the local level (WAC 246-101). 
Notifiable conditions list available at https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/210-001-Poster-HCP.pdf

Provides the following services: 
- Immunization education and referrals for all ages. 
- STD investigation, education, and referral: Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, HIV.

Population Health Resources offered at Walla Walla County Department of Community Health

Offers nurse consulting services for immunizations, STDs, and other communicable diseases along with prevention education.
Active investigation of mandated reportable disease from labs and local medical providers.

Programs that control the occurrence of meningococcal disease/meningitis by monitoring the incidence of the disease in the general population, investigating individual outbreaks and identifying and screening recent contacts of people who are infected to stop the spread of the disease.

Meningitis Control

Programs that control the occurrence of tuberculosis by monitoring the incidence of the disease in the general population, investigating individual outbreaks and identifying and screening recent contacts of people who are infected to stop the spread of the disease.

Tuberculosis Control

Programs that investigate reported cases of food poisoning from commercial sources (restaurants, vending machines, manufacturers, markets), ensure that the diagnosis is confirmed, identify the source of the problem, and work with the establishment in which the outbreak originated to prevent further transmission of the illness by disposing of the contaminated food and correcting the food handling practices that caused the problem.

Food Poisoning Investigation

Programs that attempt to control the occurrence of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a group of symptoms (including certain infections and/or cancers) that collectively characterize the condition and are the result of a weakening of the immune system caused by infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Activities include surveillance of the occurrence of the disease in the community, investigation of individual cases, and development of case histories and other interventions that will help to increase the medical establishment's understanding of the causes of the diseases and potential methods of prevention and cure. AIDS control activities are often initiated by local HIV prevention planning groups that are responsible for developing needs assessments and planning long and short-term strategies specific to target communities as determined by the studies.

AIDS/HIV Control

Programs that control the occurrence of gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes and other infections that are transmitted by sexual contact by monitoring the incidence of the infections in the general population, investigating individual outbreaks, and identifying and screening recent contacts of people who are infected to stop the spread of infections.

Sexually Transmitted Infection Control

Programs that control the occurrence of West Nile Virus by monitoring the incidence of the disease in local bird and mammal populations using mechanisms like dead bird reporting hotlines, and promoting preventive measures to reduce the likelihood of mosquito bites such as the removal of standing water in homes and gardens, encourage people to wear long sleeved clothing and long pants when walking outside in the morning and evening in places where mosquitoes are prevalent, and the application of insect repellent containing DEET.

West Nile Virus Control

The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention and management of health problems of international travelers. Services include pre-travel consultation and evaluation, contingency planning during travel, and post-travel follow-up and care in situations where problems have occurred. Consultations may include advice regarding special itineraries such as cruise ship travel, diving trips, mass gatherings (e.g., pilgrimages) or wilderness/remote regions travel; information about diseases that are endemic in countries to be visited; suggestions for specific medications to include in a travel kit; repellants, mosquito nets and other means of dealing with insects; information regarding drinking water and food safety; and travel insurance coverage and services that may need to be accessed during travel. Some programs may also provide directories of recommended health care facilities and doctors in cities around the world.

Travel Medicine

Programs that are responsible for locating and contacting individuals known to have been exposed to a contagious disease with the objective of informing them of their exposure, providing a medical examination to determine if they have contracted the disease and/or offering treatment, if necessary.

Contact Tracing/Partner Notification

Programs that control the occurrence of influenza by monitoring the incidence of the disease in the general population, identifying the level of influenza activity (no activity, sporadic, local, regional or widespread), determining the types of virus that are circulating, detecting changes in the influenza virus, investigating individual outbreaks, tracking the number of hospitalizations and flu-related deaths, evaluating prevention efforts and taking appropriate measures to prevent disease transmission.

Influenza Control

Provides primary health care services for refugees and immigrants, including internal medicine, international medicine and travel medicine. 
Staff specialize in providing services to people of diverse cultural backgrounds. 
Community House Calls program works with members of the refugee and immigrant communities to visit patients at home and make follow-up visits. 
Interpreters are available with a focus on Southeast Asian languages and East African languages.

International Medicine Clinic offered by Harborview Medical Center's International Medicine Clinic

Offers comprehensive health care services for refugees and immigrants, ages 16 and older. Interpreters are available on-site, as well as case managers/cultural mediators.

Routine health care provided by internists, pediatricians, family medicine specialists, gynecologists, obstetricians, nurse practitioners, midwives, physicians' assistants or other health care providers who serve as the first point of contact with the health care system. Services focus on the prevention and early detection of health problems through regular physical examinations, blood pressure checks, mammograms and other similar procedures as well as therapeutic services for people who do not require specialty care.

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