Services Provided:

Home Health
The Effingham County Health Department through our home health agency can offer the following in home services, under your physician’s orders.

Skilled Nursing: Injections, I.V. therapy, dressing changes, teaching diabetic & colostomy care, drawing blood for lab tests and assessments, vital signs, and medication teaching. Other skilled nursing services can be provided in your home by our registered nurses. Service areas include: Effingham, Jasper, Cumberland, and Shelby Counties.

Home Health Aide Services
Physical Therapy
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Medical Social Services

Maternal and Child Health
Family Case Management: Prenatal and pediatric case management provides information and follow-up for children, pregnant women and their families. Case Management includes the following:

Assistance in obtaining a temporary medical card through the Medicaid presumptive eligibility (MPE) program for pregnant woman.
Assistance with the KidCare application                   

Process in obtaining the State's KidCare health insurance for all children and families who qualify.                

Assistance in finding a physician.
Referral to other social services agencies.
Healthy kids provider working with the Department of Human Services and Department of Public Health to see that all eligible "kids" get their immunizations, assessments and screenings in a timely fashion and on schedule.

Women, Infants & Children (W.I.C.): The W.I.C. program is a supplemental food program designed to promote and help provide good nutrition for pregnant and lactating women, infants and children up to five years of age. County residents may be certified to receive W.I.C. food if they meet financial Guidelines of USDA and have an identified medical or nutritional risk.

Other Maternal Child Health Services:
Services to high risk babies
Family planning referrals
Genetics screening and counseling
Services to high risk prenatal clients

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Clinical Services
Immunization Clinic: Every Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday, and Fridays Clinic is open by appointment.  The immunizations are available for adults and children. The childhood immunizations guard against Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus Influenza B. Adult immunizations available are Hepatitis A and B, Tetanus, Flu and Pneumonia.


HIV/AIDS Program: The Effingham County Health Department is an public health approved HIV counseling and testing site. HIV testing is available anonymously or confidentially. The cost of the HIV test is $20.00 and an appointment can be made by calling the office and speaking to a clinic nurse. Educational information is available upon request.

Industrial Health: The Industrial Health program is new for the Health Department and for the community. Valuable services that are traditionally provided to customers "in the office" are now available on site at many local industries, businesses and agencies.

CPR and First Aid Course
Health Fairs
Smoking Cessation Classes
Adult Immunizations

Other Clinical Services:
Health counseling
Referrals to other social service agencies
Communicable disease investigation and follow-up
Sexually transmitted disease investigation and follow-up
Health education materials and speaking forums
International travel
Lead screening

School Health
Health services below are carried out by health professionals to all schools in the county, public and nonpublic:
Immunization clinics
Vision/hearing screenings
School nurse visits
Health education consultations
Immunization surveys
Communicable disease investigation and follow-up
Anti-smoking education

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Environmental Health
Through Environmental Health Programs the following services are offered to the residents of Effingham County:
Food service establishment and retail food store inspections
Food borne illness investigations
New water well permitting and inspections
Abandoned well investigations
Private water supply testing, consultation and well inspections
Private sewage disposal, investigations and inspections
Nuisance complaint investigations
Solid waste coordination
Vector control
Mosquito larviciding

Community Health
The Community Health Division designs and develops new programs and activities for the department. Grant writing along with program and contacts management falls within this department.

Other grants and services:
Healthworks of Illinois
Emergency Response Units                                         

CPR Classes                                                              

First Aid Course                                                           

Car seat safety check                                        
Marketing                                                                 

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Classes               

Health Fairs
Social Service Refferals

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