Midland Health & Senior Services

Description

Midland Health & Senior Services provides population based health care services to the citizens of the City of Midland.

Our Guiding Principles

• Based on Science and Evidence
• Focused on Prevention
• Centered on the Community

Our Essential Public Functions

1. Health Protection

• Communicable disease epidemiology
• Ensuring the safety of water and food

2. Health Promotion

• Leading efforts to promote health
• Providing childhood, adolescent and adult immunizations

3. Health Provision

• Advocating access to quality health care for all.
• Forming partnerships with service providers.
• Directly providing individual health services when there is a public health need.

Department functions are carried out throughthe Environmental Health Section, our Public Health Nursing Section, Health Education / Community Outreach Activities and the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program.