Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu

Looking for up to date information and helpful documents on H1N1 Swine Flu, click on the links below.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)1
Iowa Department of Public Health

What can you do to protect yourself?

• Wash your hands frequently.
• Always wash hands after coughing or sneezing.
• Use alcohol based hand gels when hand washing is not possible.
• Cough or sneeze into a tissue, or your sleeve or elbow.
• If you feel ill, even if you think you could 'tough it out' at work, STAY HOME!
• Don't send your children to school if they feel ill.
• You should call your health care provider and arrange to be seen and tested in a way that will not endanger the health of others if you have:
  • Temperature over 100 F
  • Coughing
  • Sore throat
  • Extreme tiredness

• This virus is spread when someone who has the virus coughs or sneezes on someone else.
• You can also pick it up by touching an object, such as a door knob, after an individual who has the virus has touched it.
• You CAN NOT get the swine flu from eating pork products or being around pigs.

Siouxland District Health's Agency Description

Siouxland District Health is dedicated by its mission to the promotion of healthy living through health education and health promotion.

Organized in 1916, the Woodbury County Health Department was responsible for improving health services and providing community education throughout Woodbury County. The County and City Boards of Health voted to dissolve their individual boards in 1978 and created Iowa’s only district health board and health department. Thus, Siouxland District Health was established under the authority of Chapter 137 of the Code of Iowa.

Siouxland District Health continues to evolve to address the needs of the community. Services include public health nursing, nutrition, laboratory, health planning and environmental services in Woodbury County with expanded environmental programs in ten northwest Iowa counties.

Siouxland District Health has a history of health promotion and health educational activities within our community that includes water testing, communicable disease investigation, nutritional services for women, infants, and children (WIC), restaurant inspections, HIV testing and counseling, childhood immunizations, childhood lead poisoning prevention, public swimming pool inspections, tuberculosis prevention, investigation of barriers to positive birth outcomes.

Siouxland District Health provides services regardless of race, creed, color, age, disability, or financial status.

Please Select a Link Below for More Information

Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards (Proposal)

Tobacco Free Siouxland Website

Tobacco Free Dining Guide

Emergency Preparedness

20 Weeks to Preparedness

OSHA Workplace Pandemic Planning

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