Public Health – Interior Health
Public Health helps people achieve better health by ensuring a safe and healthy environment, by offering health information and promotion and illness prevention services to both children and adults. The department offers the services below.
Public Health Nursing
- Immunizations of Children and Adults
- Tuberculosis Screening and follow-up
- Communicable disease investigation and follow-up
- Growth and Development screening, education, and follow-up
Family Health
- Pregnancy Testing
- Selective pre-natal services
- Post-natal follow-up for moms and babies
- Breastfeeding support
- Child development parenting skills promotion and guidance
- Nursing support services for children with special needs
School Health Services
- Immunizations
- Referrals and assistance
- School health promotion
HARMS Reduction
- Free Naloxone Kits
- Free safe drug use supplies (HARMS reduction supplies)
Education Referrals
- Tobacco
- Infant Development
- Dental
- Speech & Language
- Safety and Injury Prevention
Speech & Language Pathologist
- Identify preschool children with suspected speech/language problems
- Assessment, with family participation, of a child’s speech/language levels and development of intervention programs
- Support and monitoring of the family’s intervention program through ongoing consultation and therapy
Nutrition
- Supporting community kitchens, community gardens and healthy food policy
- Resources for school teachers and health professionals
Dental Services
- Lift the Lip Program – fluoride varnish and dental hygiene training/education for parents
- Kindergarten screening
- Preschool dental health promotion
Revelstoke Public Health
1200 Newlands Rd., Revelstoke, BC
P. 250-814-2244
W. interiorhealth.ca