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Siouxland District Health's Agency Mission
Working in the community…with the community Siouxland District Health promotes and advocates the conditions for healthy
living through health education, health protection, and disease
prevention.
Siouxland District Health is governed by the Siouxland District
Board of Health.
The District Board is appointed by the Woodbury County Board of
Supervisors. The seven members volunteer to serve a three-year term. The
Board meets at the Siouxland District Health building which is located
at 1014 Nebraska Street the first Wednesday of each month at 12:00
noon.
Board of Health meetings are open to the public.
Current Board members are:
- M.H. Muller, MD, Chair
- Bruce Kolbe, Vice-Chair
- George Boykin
- Patrick Driscoll
- Dennis Nitz, MD
- James O'Kane
- Judy Turner
The Administrative Services Division provides the administrative
support to the department including fiscal management, customer
services, building management, office services, purchasing, information
management, health statistics, fiscal grant management, Human Resources,
and other special projects.
This Division also includes Health Planning and Quality Assurance.
Siouxland District Health's Agency Description
Siouxland District Health is dedicated by its mission to
the promotion of healthy living through health education and health
promotion.
Organized in 1916, the Woodbury County Health Department was responsible
for improving health services and providing community education
throughout Woodbury County. The County and City Boards of Health voted
to dissolve their individual boards in 1978 and created Iowa’s only
district health board and health department. Thus, Siouxland District
Health was established under the authority of
Chapter 137 of the Code of Iowa.
Siouxland District Health continues to evolve to address
the needs of the community. Services include public health nursing,
laboratory and environmental services in Woodbury County with expanded
environmental programs in ten northwest Iowa counties.
Siouxland District Health has a history of health
promotion and health educational activities within our community that
includes water testing, communicable disease investigation, nutritional
services for women, infants, and children (WIC), restaurant inspections,
HIV testing and counseling, childhood immunizations, childhood lead
poisoning prevention, public swimming pool inspections, tuberculosis
prevention, investigation of barriers to positive birth outcomes.
Siouxland District Health provides services regardless of
race, creed, color, age, disability, or financial status.
Bilingual Services
Spanish Interpreters available
Spanish Educational Materials and Vietnamese Educational Materials
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