Sevier County Health Unit

Deborah Hedge, Administrator
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Phone: 870-642-2535
Fax: 870-642-5229

304 N. 4th Street
De Queen, AR 71832

Sevier County Health Unit Services

Core Public Health Functions

• To provide personal health services
• To provide education and enforce laws and regulations
• To support Hometown Health improvement
• To promote and encourage healthy behaviors
• To monitor and investigate public health problems

Emergency Preparedness

• Mass dispensing clinics
• Bio-terrorism preparedness
• All disease surveillance

Environmental Health

• Restaurant/food establishment inpections
• Public pool inspections
• Community water safety

Hometown Health

• Utilize the Sevier County Coalition to empower the community to identify health/social needs and implement solutions that improve the health of our citizens
• Carrying out the Healthy Arkansas Initiative

Immunizations

• Childhood
• Adult
• Influenza vaccinations

In Home Services

• Home Health skilled nurse visits
• Provider aides
• Hospice

Maternity

• Prenatal Care

Miscellaneous Services

• Monitor X-Ray machines for radiation
• Collect statistics- birth and death rates, marriages and divorces, communicable diseases, teen pregnancies, and numerous other heath related issues.
• Conduct investigation of proposed cemetery sites
• Assist families in determining source of high blood lead levels
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome information and counseling

Reproductive Health

• Family Planning
• Breast Care Program
  • Toll-Free number: 1-877-670-2273

Sexually Transmitted Disease

• HIV testing and education
• Syphilis testing and investigation
• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing and treatment

Tuberculosis

• Screening and treatment

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

• Nutrition Programs