Healthcare Agencies and Organizations
Local Health Department Pamphlet
What kinds of services are provided by your local health department? In this assignment, you will visit the website of, call, or travel to your local health department to learn more about the services it provides to your community. The list may be quite extensive and could include:
- HIV testing
- STD testing
- WIC courses
- Food-handling courses
- Parental courses
- Child vaccinations
- Family planning
- Senior services
Once you have discovered the types of services provided, you are to make a pamphlet that promotes what you feel are the most important services offered to your community. Along with your pamphlet, provide a notes page that lists all of the services provided and any other notes you took while researching your local health department. The pamphlet should include both text and graphics. The pamphlet should be well-organized and representative of what you think a real pamphlet from your local health department would look like.
Options for creating your pamphlet include:
- Hand-draw the assignment and take a picture of it for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.
- Hand-draw the assignment and scan it for submission to the assignment’s dropbox.
- Create a new file in a paint or graphics program and utilize the software to create an image. You can then submit your work to the assignment’s dropbox.
Before you begin, access the Health Department Pamphlet Checklist to be sure you include all items required for full credit. If resources outside of this course are used to complete this assignment, please submit a Works Cited document. If you need assistance, visit the Developmental Module for information on citing any resources that you used.
Once you have completed your assignment, please submit your work to the dropbox.