Public Health
The Public Health Nursing Division and Tobacco Control Program encompass a diverse range of programs and services that support the community’s public health needs.
Programs and services of the Public Health Nursing Division include the following:
- Public Immunization Program
- Tick-borne Disease Prevention Program
- Sun Safety and Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention Program
- Municipal Health Group Biometric Screening Program
- Ask a Public Health Nurse Program
- Public safety personnel services
- OSHA standard bloodborne pathogen/communicable disease training for public and private sector workers
- Subsidized housing preventative health screenings
- Disease surveillance
- Blood pressure clinics
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The Cape Cod Regional Tobacco Control Program (CCRTCP) works with other local public health/prevention entities collaboratively to implement comprehensive substance abuse prevention strategies. The Program offers public education addressing the use of tobacco and other nicotine delivery products, including vaping devices. The CCRTCP also provides annual compliance checks of the County’s tobacco retailers.