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Description

The Dane County Division of Public Health is the official public health agency serving Dane County residents living outside the City of Madison. The Vision of the Public Health Division is: All communities will be empowered to obtain optimal health for present and future generations.

The Mission of the Dane County Division of Public Health is to deliver essential public health services* in collaboration with community partners.

* The essential public health services are:

1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
2. Identify, investigate, control and prevent health problems and environmental health hazards in the community.
3. Educate the public about current and emerging health issues.
4. Promote community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
5. Create policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and insure safety.
7. Link people to needed health services.
8. Assure a diverse, adequate and competent workforce to support the public health system.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Conduct research to seek new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
11. Assure access to primary health care for all.
12. Foster the understanding and promotion of social and economic conditions that support good health.

General Eligibility

Generally services are available to Dane County residents living outside the City of Madison. See each service for additional information and links to sites that offer information regarding specific eligibility criteria. City of Madison residents should contact the Madison Department of Public of Health at (608) 266-4821 or http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/health/index.html for more information on services available to them.

How to Apply

See each service listed below for information regarding applying for services.

Services

Environmental Health Services - includes groundwater protection, food protection program, environmental sanitation program, investigation of nuisance complaints and providing household lead and radon information.

Public Health Nursing Services - services offered include public health clinics, services to women who are pregnant or have young children, chronic disease prevention, communicable disease control, community education, Wisconsin Well Woman Program, the WIC program, and a dental program.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness - provides Dane County citizens with information regarding public health preparedness, planning efforts, and resources related to such emergencies as bioterrorism, disasters, radiological emergencies, pandemic influenza, and more.

Cost

There is no cost for most Public Health Nursing services.

Additional Help

Information on tobacco cessation programs

View the Public Health in Action newsletter.

Board of Health for Madison and Dane County - The Madison Department of Public Health and the Dane County Division of Public Health are currently in the process of becoming one unified agency that will serve all of Dane County. The Board of Health for Madison and Dane County governs the Madison Department of Public Health and the Dane County Division of Public Health, provides supervision to the Joint Director of both agencies, and assures the enforcement of state and local public health laws and regulations. It may adopt rules necessary to protect or improve public health, determine program service priorities and assign funding levels to those priorities, and enter into contracts for the provision of public health services.

Communicable Disease Update - a quarterly newsletter regarding communicable disease information relevant to Dane County.

General Medical Privacy Notice (English - Spanish - Hmong) - This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please read it carefully.

"Well Dane" Public Health Newsletters

Health Statistics (Wisconsin and by County) - This is a link to the State web site that provides links to a wide range of health related statistics. Data covers such topics as:

• Cancer - annual reports on cancer incidence and mortality; summary tables on cancer incidence, death, risk factors, and screening; reports on breast, lung, colorectal and prostate cancer, and more.
• Health Care Charges in Wisconsin - information about health care charges for common outpatient surgeries and hospitalizations.
• Health Care Providers - home health agencies and patients; hospital facility information; hospital inpatient information; nursing homes and residents; and other health care providers.
• Health Insurance Status - estimates of the number and percent without health insurance; current insurance status and insurance status over the past year; kinds of health insurance coverage (public and private); results of research on the uninsured.
• Health Surveys - Behavioral Risk Factor Survey - estimates of risk factors (such as smoking) and use of preventive health screening (such as mammograms) among adults. Family Health Survey of estimates of health status, chronic disease prevalence, activity limitations, and other factors related to health among Wisconsin people of all ages.
• Local Data - health information for counties, cities, and regions in Wisconsin.
• Minority Health - statistics and other information about the health of African-American, American Indian, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino populations in Wisconsin.
• Oral Health - information about oral health in Wisconsin among children and other populations, based on data from screening surveys.

Contact

Thomas L. Schlenker
Director of Public Health for Madison and Dane County
City-County Building, Room 356
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. BLVD
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 243-0300
tschlenker@publichealthmdc.com

For information on Environmental Health Services, contact (608) 242-6515.

For information on Public Health Nursing Services, contact the Public Health Intake Nurse at (608) 266-4821.

For information on Public Health Emergency Preparedness, contact the Public Health Preparedness Specialist at (608) 242-6270.

Language Services

For more information on Language Services, please visit out Language Services page.