Metro Puplic Health Department
Fact Sheet
1. Provide preventive health care services at walk-in clinics operated by the Department, at public schools, and at the county jails.
- Behavioral health clients served:
- Children's dental clinic visits:
- Clients seen at all correctional facilities:
- Family planning visits:
- Flu shots provided from October to December:
- Food packages for children and elderly:
- Home visits for high-risk mothers, infants, and children:
- Home visits with former welfare recipients:
- Immunizations (children and adults):
- Medical home linkages for the uninsured:
- Nursing encounters in public schools:
- Prescriptions filled for the uninsured:
- School-based Dental program placed
38,879 sealants on 6,135 children: - WIC* Nutrition Counseling Visits:
- WIC* - Breast feeding consultation visits:
- WIC* - vouchers provided:
- 1,503
- 1,180
- 74,662
- 7,456
- 14,700
- 38,837
- 7,252
- 247
- 42,922
- 6,817
- 291,866
- 34,437
- 38,879
- 67,752
- 4,455
- 185,363
- FY '07
- FY '05
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2. Provide primary health care services for the homeless at the Downtown Clinic. FY '07 services:
- Alcohol and drug counseling visits:
- Dental care visits:
- Mental health counseling visits:
- Primary care visits:
- 3,886
- 794
- 1,507
- 6,617
3. Provide Environmental Health Services
- Food handling classes offered in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese:
- Number of homes participating in the annual Backyard Inspection Program to reduce mosquitoes:
- Number of mosquito pools larvacided:
- Number of pool, hotel, child care inspections and tobacco surveys:
- Number of premises baited for rat infestation:
- Number of premises larvacided:
- Number of restaurant employees participating in training classes:
- Number of retail food establishments:
- Number of retail food establishment inspections:
- Number of Sanitation field inspections:
- Percentage of animals available for adoption who found new homes:
- Persons Pest Management educated on mosquitoes and rats:
- Pools inspected:
- Pounds of potentially at risk food removed during inspections:
- Private sewage system investigations:
- Vehicles tested in Davidson County:
- Air Pollution Source Inspections:
- 99
- 200
- 1,672
- 10,203
- 1,429
- 1947
- 1,709
- 4,100
- 13,100
- 16,500
- 51%
- 13,415
- 7,069
- 10,988
- 1,816
- 594,577
- 1,751
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4. Receive and investigate communicable disease reports, identify disease outbreaks, and intervene to stop the spread of disease.
5. Enforce laws and regulations to reduce air pollution. Monitor and report on the ambient air quality. Monitor and inspect stationary sources of air pollution, and oversee the motor vehicle emissions testing program. The Air Quality Index was in the good or moderate range for 99% of the time during FY07.
6. Enforce the leash law through citations and impoundment of animals running at large. Encourage spay and neutering of domestic pets and the adoption of impounded animals.
7. Protect the groundwater through the approval of new private sewage disposal systems.
8. Monitor and report on the health status of Davidson County residents through population surveys and the analysis of birth and death records, communicable disease reports, and patient encounter data.
9. Develop, sponsor, and otherwise support community coalitions to promote policies and behaviors that enhance the health and quality of life of Nashville residents. Included among these are the Child Death Review Committee, Immunization Coalition, STD Free!, Smoke Free Nashville, the Community Health and Wellness Team, the Violence Prevention Coalition, the Nashville Adolescent Pregnancy and Prevention Council, Parents Encouraging Parents, Bringing Out the Best in Children, Racial Disparities in Health Coalition of Nashville, etc.
10. Issue birth and death certificates. 18,000 birth and 25,149 death certificates were issued in FY '04.
11. Healthy Nashville
Healthy Nashville is a mayoral appointed Leadership Council that addresses health status and quality of life for the Nashville community. Action Teams have been formed to address the following 3 strategic health issues:
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Obesity/Physical Activity/Good Nutrition
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Disparities with a Focus on Cardiovascular Disease/Diabetes/Cancer
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Tobacco
For more information, please contact Judy Dias at (615) 340-5641 or visit the Healthy Nashville website.
12. Smoke-Free Nashville
Smoke-Free Nashville (SFN), facilitated by the Metro Public Health Department, seeks to mobilize the community to address tobacco issues and reduce tobacco use in Davidson County. The coalition focuses its efforts on the following goals:
Prevent Tobacco Use Among Youth
Promote Smoking Cessation
Eliminate Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
For more information, please contact Robert Taylor at (615) 340-0401.
13. Community Health and Wellness Team
The Community Health and Wellness Team (CHWT), is a not-for-profit organization, facilitated by the Metro Public Health Department, which seeks to mobilize the Nashville community to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by encouraging participation on physical activity and healthy eating initiatives. “Walk Nashville Week’ is the signature event for the organization and has been actively supported by the Mayor and Nashville community for the past 8 years.
For more information, please contact Tracy Buck at (615) 340-2259.
14. Community-based Chronic Disease Prevention Services
Child Passenger Safety
Seat distribution
75 (37 convertible, 38 booster)
Seat installation
75
Diabetes Essentials Workshop
139 persons completed workshop
62% of those persons changed behavior to improve diabetes outcome
107 Community presentations on healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco and chronic disease
318 education sessions on diabetes, healthy eating and physical activity
382 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk assessments
Community Events
Walk Nashville Week reached approximately 17,572 people
Walk to School Day
7,500 students, parents and school personnel
Walk to the Titans Game Day
10,000 fans
Walk to Lunch Day (Centennial Park area)
42 business members
Walk for Active Aging
30 seniors
Tour de Nash
Approximately 1,000 people participated in this walk/bike event
15. OHWC provided services to 3210 Metro employees CY 06, including comprehensive preventive physical exams and lab tests on over 2000 public safety employees.