health department
Public wellness agency
A health department is a government agency responsible for protecting and promoting public health within its jurisdiction.
Health departments monitor disease outbreaks, enforce sanitation codes, issue birth and death certificates, and administer vaccinations.
They exist at federal, state, and local levels: The county health department issued a boil-water advisory after the flood.
Protective medical injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- outreachProactive community assistance
maternal · prenatal · STD · tuberculosis · WIC · epidemiology · contact-tracing · community
Place serving meals
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- violationsBreaches of rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- auditFormal accounts examination
hygiene · kitchen · foodborne · score · grading · checklist · permits · closure
Granting official permission
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- codesSystems for secrecy
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
compliance · standards · guidelines · requirements · zoning · statutes · provisions · authority
immunization
Protective medical injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- screeningEvaluative selection process
outreach · maternal · prenatal · STD · tuberculosis · WIC · epidemiology · contact-tracing · community · education
restaurant
Place serving meals
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- violationsBreaches of rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
audit · hygiene · kitchen · foodborne · score · grading · checklist · permits · closure · infractions
licensing
Granting official permission
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- codesSystems for secrecy
- ordinancesLocal government rules
enforcement · compliance · standards · guidelines · requirements · zoning · statutes · provisions · authority · oversight
- Safety organizationsOSHA, Red Cross, NHTSA, FDA, CDC
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, epidemiology, vaccination programs
- community facilitiescommunity center, recreation center, civic center, public library, fire station
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, ministry, judiciary
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- municipal servicescity services, municipal services, municipal workers, waste collection, street lighting
health departmenttobacco industry
Cigarette and cigar trade
public health threat · disease vector · slaughterhouse · chemical plant
health departmentprivate hospital
Fee-charging medical institution
pharmaceutical company · insurance company · private practice · hospital · HMO
health, healthy, unhealthy, department, healthful, departments, departmental, unhealthful, healthfulness