What services are offered at the Health Department?
The Kansas City, Mo., Health Department offers a list of services including but not limited to: adult, child and travel immunizations; air quality monitoring and regulatory compliance; childhood lead poisoning prevention, screening, case management, inspection, and abatement; communicable disease surveillance, investigation, prevention and control; community environmental health including child care facility, food, hotel and swimming pool inspections; emergency medical service oversight and licensing; epidemiology and community health monitoring; food handler permit and training; health alert network; health education and communication, including public information, media relations, public health ambassadors, Safety Street, injury prevention, and health literacy; public health preparedness and emergency planning; refugee clinic; sexually transmitted disease prevention and treatment; tobacco use prevention and control; Tuberculosis prevention and treatment; rat detection, education and