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Dental Education:
Georgia Dental Hygiene Education:
- Armstrong Atlantic State University
- Athens Technical College
- Central Georgia Technical College
- Clayton College & State University
- Columbus Technical College
- Darton College
- Georgia Highlands College formerly Floyd College
- Georgia Perimeter College
- Lanier Technical College
- Medical College of Georgia
- Middle Georgia Technical College
- Valdosta Technical College
- West Central Technical College
Georgia Dental Assisting Education:
Dental Associations & Societies:
- Georgia Dental Association
- Academy of General Dentistry
- Alliance of the American Dental Association
- American Association of Dental Editors
- American Association for Dental Research Student Research Groups
- American Association of Women Dentists
- American Dental Association
- American Dental Education Association
- American Society of Dentists Anesthesiologists
- National Dental Association
- International Association of Dental Students
Dental Specialty Associations:
- American Association of Public Health Dentistry
- American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
- American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- American Academy of Periodontology
- American Association of Endodontists
- American College of Prosthodontists
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- American Association of Orthodontists
- Special Care Dentistry
Dental Hygienists Associations
Dental Assistant Associations
http://www.accessgroup.org (The Access Group Dental Loan)
http://www.key.com (Alternative Dental Education Assistance Loan (A-DEAL))
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http://www.college-scholarships.com
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid/Grants
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid/Loans
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Community Links:
Services are provided on a sliding fee scale based on income.
Services:
Family Planning Services
Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.
Presumptive Eligibility
Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.
Babies Can't Wait/Child Tracking Program
Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated approach to health care for them.
Well Baby
Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 6 years of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.
Health Check
Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible children from infancy to 20 years of age.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/underinsured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
Children's Medical Services
Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing various medical needs. Persons can be referred by physicians or public health nurses. Specialty clinics such as diabetes, seizure, hearing, cardiac, and orthopedics are provided.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases. Also provides AIDS testing and counseling services.
Services for Healthier Communities:
Community Health Planning
Provides health data for the purpose of analyzing each local community's strengths and future health needs.
General Nursing Services
Provides immunizations, blood tests, hearing, vision, dental screening, tuberculosis screening and pregnancy tests.
Immunizations
Provides immunizations for all ages with an emphasis on adequate immunization in infants up to two years of age.
On-site Immunization Clinics
Provides on-site vaccinations to employee groups.
Health Education Services
Provides educational services to individuals, community groups, churches, and public and private schools which are presented by nurses, nutritionists, health educators and other staff members.
*For more information on any of the services mentioned above contact the Pickens County Health Department.
Services are provided on a sliding fee scale based on income.
Services:
Family Planning Services
Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.
Presumptive Eligibility
Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.
Perinatal Case Management
Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies resulting in healthy babies.
Babies Can't Wait/Children 1st
Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated approach to health care for them.
Well Child
Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 21 years of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.
Health Check
Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible children from infancy to 21 years of age.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/underinsured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
Children's Medical Services
Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing various medical needs. Persons can be referred by physicians or public health nurses. Specialty clinics such as diabetes, seizure, hearing, cardiac, and orthopedics are provided. Murray County provides referral to this service.
Dental Health
Dental services are available at the local health department for children through age 18 in need of dental care.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases. Also provides HIV testing and counseling services.
Scoliosis Screening
Scoliosis screening is provided in the schools annually for the sixth and seventh grades.
Services for Healthier Communities:
MedBank
MedBank is Murray County Health Department's effort to secure prescription drugs from the patient assistance program through the pharmaceutical companies.
No appointment is necessary. Clients must complete an application, provide monthly and yearly income verification, and have a doctor's referral. Medications are free through the pharmaceutical companies, however there is a $10.00 monthly fee for processing and handling. Call 706-695-4585 for further assistance.
Community Health Planning
Provides health data for the purpose of analyzing each local community's strengths and future health needs.
General Nursing Services
Provides immunizations, blood tests, hearing, vision, dental screening, tuberculosis screening and pregnancy tests.
Immunizations
Provides immunizations for all ages with an emphasis on adequate immunization in infants up to two years of age. Makes home visits to homebound adults in need of influenza vaccine.
Health Education Services
Provides educational services to individuals, community groups, churches, and public and private schools which are presented by nurses, nutritionists, health educators and other staff members. This includes but is not limited to the Car Seat Safety program that may also provide an appropriate safety seat for an infant or child within the requirements of State law.
*For more information on any of the services mentioned above contact the Murray County Health Department
Services are provided on a sliding fee scale based on income.
Services:
Prenatal Services
Offers examinations to pregnant women (laboratory work and nutritional counseling and education).
Family Planning Services
Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.
Presumptive Eligibility
Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.
Perinatal Case Management
Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies resulting in healthy babies.
Babies Can't Wait/Child Tracking Program
Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated approach to health care for them.
Well Baby
Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 6 years of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.
Health Checks
Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible children from infancy to 20 years of age.
Newborn Screening
Provides metabolic blood tests to assess for metabolic abnormalities that can cause mental retardation and other permanent disorders.
Dental Clinic
Provides dental services for children
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Program provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/underinsured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.
Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program
Provides blood pressure screening, education, monitoring, treatment, and follow-up.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
Children's Medical Services
Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing various medical needs. Persons can be referred by physicians or public health nurses. Specialty clinics such as diabetes, seizure, hearing, cardiac, and orthopedics are provided.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases. Also provides AIDS testing and counseling services.
Services for Healthier Communities:
General Nursing Services
Provides immunizations, blood tests, hearing, vision, dental screening, tuberculosis screening and pregnancy tests.
Immunizations
Provides immunizations for all ages with an emphasis on adequate immunization in infants up to two years of age.
On-site Immunization Clinics
Provides on-site vaccinations to employee groups.
Child Safety Seat checks and fittings
*For more information on any of the services mentioned above contact the Gilmer County Health Department.
Services:
Family Planning Services
Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.
Presumptive Eligibility
Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.
Perinatal Case Management
Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies resulting in healthy babies.
Health check
Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible children from infancy to 20 years of age.
Newborn Screening
Provides metabolic blood tests to assess for metabolic abnormalties that can cause mental retardation and other permanent disorders.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/underinsured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five. 1-866-WIC-WORKS.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases. Also provides AIDS testing and counseling services.
Children 1st, Babies Can't Wait, Children's Medical Services
Identifies and refers babies and children for various medical needs
Services for Healthier Communities:
Community Health Planning
Provides health data for the purpose of analyzing each local community's strength and future health needs.
General Nursing Services
Provides immunizations, blood tests, hearing, vision, dental screening, tuberculosis screening and pregnancy tests.
Immunizations
Provides immunizations for all ages with an emphasis on adequate immunization in infants up to two years of age. Provides adult vaccines and flu shots annually.
Health Education Services
Provides education information to individuals, community groups, churches, public and private schools, and general public by nurses/ and other staff.
Immunization Audits
*For more information on any of the services mentioned above contact the Fannin County Health Department.
The Vital Records Office processes certificates for all births and deaths occurring in Whitfield County. To be made aware of deaths, sources relied on are newspaper obituaries, news reports of accidents involving death, and notifications from hospitals and funeral homes.
Births occur primarily at Hamilton Medical Center, which is the only hospital in the county providing maternity and delivery services. It is the responsibility of the parent to contact the Vital Records office to prepare a birth certificate when a home birth/delivery has occurred in Whitfield County.
The Registrar is responsible for obtaining and preserving documentary evidence concerning all births and deaths occurring in Whitfield County that protect the legal rights of individuals and provide a sound statistical basis for health and social planning. These records (except for fetal death reports) are filed permanently in the Vital Records Branch and certified or verified on demand.
Vital Records Services include:
Assists in the preparation of birth certificates
Assists in the preparation of death certificates
Official changes made to birth and death certificates
How to get an appointment at Vital Records?
No appointments are necessary to obtain records. However, appointments are advised for special proceedings.
Phone number – 706-272-0827
What to bring with you
Driver's license and Social Security Card
How are services paid for?
No charge for Vital Record's services. However, certified copies of Birth & Death Certificates can be obtained for a fee through the Vital Records Office of the Whitfield County Health Department.