Salt Lake Valley Health Department

Health Connection

This resource was designed to easily connect a variety of health topics and issues with the extensive programs that SLVHD provides to the Salt Lake community. Listings are alphabetical by health topic.

Air Pollution

Air Pollution Control Bureau - regulates the Motor Vehicle Emissions I/M Program and enforces regulations regarding sources of air pollution, including links to current air quality conditions and report smoking vehicles within Salt Lake County.

Cancer

Women's Cancer Screening - provides free and low cost Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Exams to women ages 40-64 who live in low income households.

Cardiovascular Disease

Weigh Active and Healthy - obesity prevention program that promotes healthy lifestyles for all of county residents.

Healthy Communities - identifies local issues that affect health and quality of life and implements proven programs to better the community and the lives of people who live and work there.

Gold Medal Schools - enables Salt Lake County schools to implement physical activity programs.

Clinical Care

Child Health Evaluation and Care (CHEC) - Utah State Medicaid Program for children ages 0-21 who qualify for assistance.

Clinic Locations - a list of clinic locations and services.

Clinical Services - Women's and Children's Health - a collaboration between SLVHD and community partners to provide comprehensive pediatric and women’s health services to women, teens and children in Salt Lake County.

Medical Assessment Clinic - health assessments for immigration, green card, occupational health and employee health.

STD and HIV Clinic - clinic hours, services and locations.

Travel Clinic - pre-travel education, immunizations and travel-related prescriptions.

Tuberculosis Clinic - SLVHD public health clinics offering TB skin tests.

Women's Cancer Screening Clinic - SLVHD public health clinics offering women's cancer screening services.

Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program - federal nutrition program providing resources and support for mothers and their children. (WIC en Español)

Dental Health

Oral Health Program - provides education on preventative oral health care and connections to low or no cost dental care.

Family Dental Plan - provides recipients of government assistance programs access to appropriate dental services including emergency relief of dental pain/trauma.

Diabetes

Weigh Active and Healthy - obesity prevention program that promotes healthy lifestyles for all of county residents.

Healthy Communities - identifies local issues that affect health and quality of life and implements proven programs to better the community and the lives of people who live and work there.

Gold Medal Schools - enables Salt Lake County schools to implement physical activity programs.

Disaster/Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness Bureau - information on how to prepare yourself and your family for a local emergency, including extensive information on biological, chemical and radiological agents which could be used for bioterrorism.

Disease Reporting

Epidemiology Bureau - resources for reporting a disease outbreak in addition to disease tracking and surveillance.

Food Safety

Food Protection Bureau - information on general food safety, mass gathering permits, temporary food booth permits, food handler classes, residential daycare inspections and restaurant inspections and complaints.

Hazardous Waste

Water Quality and Hazardous Waste Bureau - regulates public swimming pools, solid waste and processing facilities, drinking water systems and individual waste water systems. The Bureau also manages the collection of household hazardous waste and operates a pollution prevention program to assist businesses in reducing their waste streams.

Home Visitation

Public Health Nursing Program - services are provided by registered nurses to clients in their homes, including targeted case management, early intervention and the Nurse-Family Partnership program for first-time mothers.

Hygiene

Hygiene Education - educational resource for kindergarten through grade 6 including age-appropriate activities.

Immunizations

Immunizations Program - information on immunizations offered at SLVHD public health clinics, immunization schedules and vaccine safety.

Injury Prevention

Injury Prevention Program - preventing injuries through Salt Lake County.

Safe Kids Salt Lake County - a network of organizations whose mission is to make the Salt Lake Valley a safer place for children by preventing injuries and fatalities.

Senior Fall Prevention - dedicated to preventing potentially serious falls in the senior population.

Lead Safety

Lead Free Kids - information on lead safety and local resources.

Lead Safe Remodeling - information on lead safe remodeling.

Lead Safe Housing Program - information on housing assistance program for lead safe remodeling, including application form.

Sanitation and Safety Lead Information

Methamphetamine Contamination

Chemically Contaminated Properties (Meth Labs) - information on chemically contaminated properties in Salt Lake County, including frequently asked questions and decontamination resources.

Nutrition

Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program - federal nutrition program providing resources and support for mothers and their children. (WIC en Español)

Weigh Active and Healthy - obesity prevention program that promotes healthy lifestyles for all of county residents.

Obesity

Weigh Active and Healthy - obesity prevention program that promotes healthy lifestyles for all of county residents.

Healthy Communities - identifies local issues that affect health and quality of life and implements proven programs to better the community and the lives of people who live and work there.

Gold Medal Schools - enables Salt Lake County schools to implement physical activity programs.

Pandemic Influenza (Pan Flu)

Emergency Preparedness Bureau - general pandemic influenza information and resources.

Epidemiology Bureau - localized information on pandemic influenza.

Pediatric

South Main Pediatric Services - comprehensive listing of all pediatric services available at the South Main clinic.

Immunizations Program - information on immunizations offered at SLVHD public health clinics, immunization schedules and vaccine safety.

Nurse-Family Partnership Program - a nurse home visitation program for women who are having their first baby from pregnancy through 2 years old.

Teen Mother and Child Program - a safe, affordable program that provides health care to pregnant teens and their children.

Public Health Nursing Program - services are provided by registered nurses to clients in their homes, including targeted case management and early intervention.

Physical Activity

Weigh Active and Healthy - obesity prevention program that promotes healthy lifestyles for all of county residents.

Healthy Communities - identifies local issues that affect health and quality of life and implements proven programs to better the community and the lives of people who live and work there.

Gold Medal Schools - enables Salt Lake County schools to implement physical activity programs.

Pregnancy

Nurse-Family Partnership Program - a nurse home visitation program for women who are having their first baby from pregnancy through 2 years old.

Teen Mother and Child Program - a safe, affordable program that provides health care to pregnant teens and their children.

Women's Health and Prenatal Services - including information on Ellis Shipp's Nurse Midwifery care.

Sanitation

Sanitation and Safety Bureau - addresses complaints and deficiencies regarding housing, solid and infections waste, noise, indoor air quality, zoonoses, lead, radon and vector control.

STD and HIV

STD and HIV Program - STD and HIV facts, disease rates and importance prevention information.

STD and HIV Clinic - clinic hours, services and locations.

Tobacco

Tobacco Prevention and Education - including cessation programs.

Tuberculosis

Infectious Disease Tuberculosis Program - information on tuberculosis, disease tracking and mitigation, tuberculosis testing.

Travel Health

Travel Clinic - pre-travel education, immunizations and travel-related prescriptions.