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- Healthy Start provides this and this for children.
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Family Health Line
800-451-2229
The statewide toll-free hotline offers counseling information and referrals about pregnancy, infant and toddler issues.
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What is WIC?
WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children.
WIC provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education an dcounseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care.
Learn More About WIC
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What is WIC?
WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children.
WIC provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education an dcounseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care.
Learn More About WIC
- Poor health outcomes for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are apparent when comparing their health indicators against the rest of the U.S. population.
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What is WIC?
WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children.
WIC provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education an dcounseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care.
Learn More About WIC
- Disability and Health Program
- The Disability and Health Program (DHP) is funded by a three-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goals of the program are to include Floridians of all ages with disabilities in all of the Department of Health’s programs and activities for health promotion, disease prevention, wellness, and disaster preparedness.
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What is WIC?
WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children.
WIC provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education an dcounseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care.
Learn More About WIC
- Prepare Yourself
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Licensing & Regulation
Regulated Professions
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- 911 Public Safety Telecommunicator
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- Body Piercing Salon
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Statistics & Data
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Florida Charts
Florida Charts is your one-stop-site for Florida public health statistics and community health data.
Visit floridacharts.com
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Certificates
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Order Certificates Online
Order Birth, Death, Divorce, and Marriage Certificates Online through VitalChek.
Order Certificates
- Apostilles or Exemplified Certificates
- An Apostille is a certification provided under the Hague convention of 1961 for authenticating documents for use in foreign countries
- An Exemplified certification covers those countries who did not sign the Hague Treaty
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Diseases & Conditions
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Featured Topic:
HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Day was December 1. For local events, testing locations, and opportunities to get involved click here.
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Report a Disease
To report a disease, contact your local county health department. - Disease Reporting and Surveillance
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Environmental Health
- AIDS
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- Prevention
- Prevention Directors Office
- Testing and Counseling
- Behavioral Surveillance
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Linkage
- Interventions
- Data Management
- Community Prevention
- Innovation Central
- Resources and Materials
- Minority AIDS Initiative
- Corrections
- TOPWA
- Interventions For Positive
- Interventions For High Risk Negatives
- Training and Capacity Building
- PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
- 2012 Counseling and Testing Database
- Operations and Managment
- Hepatitis
- Patient Care
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Prevention Program
HIV/AIDS
- 850-245-4334
- DiseaseControl@doh.state.fl.us
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Mailing Address
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Prevention Program
*Note: This page contains materials in the Portable Document Format (PDF). The free Adobe Reader may be required to view these files
HIV Prevention Director's Office
Provides leadership, conducts National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS), strategic planning, the evaluation of prevention efforts, and policy implementation.
Testing and Counseling
Oversees Florida’s HIV counseling and testing programs, including the Expanded Testing Initiative (ETI) and Social Network Strategies (SNS). Maintains the Counseling, Testing, and Referral (CTR) sites database, 500/501 counselor training, and other CTR resources.
Linkage
Client centered linkage to care and treatment for those who are HIV+. The programs include the Corrections Program, Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI), and Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women Act (TOPWA).
Interventions
Assistance with HIV/AIDS prevention interventions for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), high-risk negative persons and American Indian populations. Assesses community need and coordinates intervention and capacity building trainings, condom distribution, outreach, and maintains the educational materials database, and provides information on PrEP
Data Managment
Reports Florida’s counseling and testing data to the CDC and contributes reporting data for Data at a Glance, annual reports and National data.
Community Prevention
Lead on community planning, community mobilization initiatives, faith, and media campaigns, including WeMaketheChange.com, Florida’s Business Response to AIDS (BRTA), and Sistas Organizing to Survive (SOS).
Innovation Central
Highlights the best of the best practices for HIV Prevention activities, strategies, and interventions submitted by health department and community-based organization partners
Resources and Materials
Prevention Provider Contract Manual, HIV 101 DVD requests, brochures, logos, palm cards, posters, forms and other resources and materials available for download.
