Health Education

The City of Columbia is committed to providing public health services that prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services, monitor the health of the population, provide social services and promote and protect civil rights.

Health Education

The Health Department provides health and wellness education to the community. For more information on our outreach education programs and resources for health promotion, please contact:
Stacia Reilly, Health Educator, at 874-6345
Maureen Coy, Health Coordinator, at 874.7559

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Hot Topic Nights - fun, interactive discussions (appropriate for teens 14-17 years of age) that explore the questions and mysteries about relationships and sexuality that teens often have
Lead in your home and environment
Tobacco Concerns
Methamphetamine help - KCI The Anti-Meth Site
West Nile Virus education

Examples of Health Education work and outreach activities:

	Mosquito control information display at Earth Day 2004
	Chris Coffman informing the public on the importance of Mosquito control with a display of mosquito larvae in April 2003.
	Leadosaurus and Chris teaching the dangers and control of household lead contamination

Return to the Clinic & Nursing Webpage or the Columbia/Boone County Health Department Homepage.