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Service Description:
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Public health programs and services to residents in the City of Kawartha Lakes, the County of Haliburton, Northumberland County, and the City and County of Peterborough.
Services include:- programs, services and resources designed to encourage and create healthier communities
- information, guidance and support on a variety of public health issues, including nutrition, substance use, injury prevention, physical activity, tobacco use prevention and heart health
- ensures healthy communities through the testing and monitoring of water quality, inspection of food premises, investigation of environmental hazards and the follow-up of animal bites
- prevent the spread of communicable diseases through immunization, infection control programs, outbreak management and the follow-up of reportable diseases
- Sexual Health clinics for area residents, including confidential counselling, pregnancy testing, free condoms, low-cost birth control, cervical screening, and the testing/treatment/teaching about sexually transmitted infections
- free preventive dental services, dental examinations for preschool and elementary school students, and information about financial-support programs that cover the costs of dental care
- education and resources on reproductive health and preschool speech and language development
- education and support to pregnant women, new mothers and their babies through the provincial Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program
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