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Clinical Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Women are encouraged to have annual mammograms from age 50 and over. Mammograms may be available for women who meet age and financial criteria. In addition, eligible women must also have a current Pap test and clinical breast exam. The Health Department can provide both of these tests. For more information, please call 902-2305 or to make an appointment, call 902-2449. Communicable Disease Control - Adults
Up until the early to mid-1900s, the leading causes of death were communicable diseases – diseases spread from person-to-person. Public Health had the major responsibility for controlling the spread of communicable diseases. This responsibility continues today. Services are provided to control the spread of communicable diseases such as hepatitis, whooping cough, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), and diseases caused by contaminated water or food such as salmonella or shigella. For more information, please call 902-2305. To make an appointment, please call 902-2449. Please click here for more information. Family Planning
Services include education, physical examination including breast exam and Pap test, as well as birth control method. Please call 902-2449 to schedule an appointment. HIV Testing and Counseling
Confidential testing and counseling are offered free of charge. Services are provided daily. Please call 902-2449 to schedule an appointment. Immunizations - Adults
Immunizations available include flu, pneumonia, hepatitis A&B, MMR, Meningococcal, rabies pre-exposure, tetanus, and varicella. Please call 902-2449 to schedule an appointment. Pregnancy Testing
Our goal is to encourage early and continuous prenatal care for all pregnant women. Testing is available every day. To schedule an appointment, please call 902-2449. Prenatal Clinic
Services for pregnant women include prenatal care and supportive services. (See Maternity Care Coordination, Childbirth & Parenting Education & WIC.) Women attending prenatal clinic are served by a team of caring professionals, including Certified Nurse Midwives, working with the client to assure a healthy pregnancy. To schedule an appointment, please call 902-2449. Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Services include free testing and treatment for reportable sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. Services are provided daily. To schedule an appointment, please call 902-2449. Sickle Cell Testing and Counseling
Sickle Cell tests are available to anyone who has never been tested. A regional genetics counselor provides counseling to individuals and families with positive sickle cell screening. WIC - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, & Children
Provides nutrition education and counseling, supplemental nutritious foods, and breastfeeding education and support for qualified pregnant and post-partum women. For more information or to make an appointment, please call 902-2393. For more information about WIC including eligibility requirements, please click here.
Additional Services Better Beginnings Breastfeeding Program
Because we believe that breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for infants, the Health Department offers breastfeeding education, assistance and support for breastfeeding women. Breast pumps are available for loan to qualified women. For more information, please call 902-2381. Childbirth Education
Expectant parents have an opportunity to learn about body changes, warning signs, signs and stages of labor, various breathing techniques, relaxation and comfort measures, medications for labor and birth, creating a birth plan, complications and difficult deliveries, post-partum issues, as well as practice labor and birth positions, view birth videos, and tour the labor and delivery unit at PCMH. Classes are available for those enrolled in the Health Department prenatal clinic or Maternity Care Coordination Program or clients who receive Medicaid. For more information or to enroll in classes, please call 902-2424. Health Education
A variety of health education programs are available to schools, churches and community groups. Smoking cessation is also offered on an individual basis through the health education program. For more information, please call 902-2426. High Risk Prenatal Home Visits
With an order from the attending physician, a registered nurse is available to home visit pregnant women to perform limited nursing services for conditions such as pre-term labor, pre-eclampsia, hypertension, diabetes, suspected fetal growth retardation, multiple pregnancy and renal disease. For more information, please call 902-2318. Maternity Care Coordination (Baby Love)
Provides counseling, support services and help with applying for financial assistance for pregnant women. Care Coordinators (nurses or social workers) follow pregnant women during their pregnancy to ensure they receive adequate prenatal care and work with the client to address other issues such as housing, transportation, finances, etc. For more information, please call 902-2319. PIMPAC (Pitt Infant Mortality Prevention Advisory Council)
A team of health professionals, concerned parents and community members work together to prevent babies from dying before their first birthday. The hard work, dedication, and combined efforts of these people resulted in the 2004 infant mortality rate being the lowest ever reported in Pitt County. Call 902-2424 if you’d like to learn more about PIMPAC or to join our team. Postpartum Home Visit
Home visits are made by a registered nurse to mothers and babies after hospital discharge if they are either on Medicaid or received prenatal care or care coordination services from the Health Department. The nurse can provide confidential services to clients in the home setting and answer health and parenting questions that frequently arise after returning home with a new baby. These services may be provided to others upon request of the client or the physician. For more information, please call 902-2305. Project Outreach
The goal of this program is to reduce the incidence of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases through street and community outreach programs. For more information, please call 902-2330. Start With Your Heart
In an effort to promote cardiovascular health, this regional program supports efforts that encourage communities to recognize health conditions - high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, overweight, and diabetes - as CVD risk factors, provide access to regular preventive health care services, and increase awareness of the importance of disease management, including patient self-management. This also involves increasing public awareness of the warning signs of heart attack and stroke, and the appropriate action in the presence of those signs. It also involves ensuring that systems are in place to assure access to appropriate and timely care, starting with activation of the 911 system, emergency transport, quality acute care, prevention of recurrent events and access to rehabilitation services. For more local or Northeastern Regional information, please call 902-2451. For more information on Start With Your Heart statewide, please click here.
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