An automatic blood pressure machine is available in our office to have your blood pressure taken free of charge at anytime during the regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Any individual or any community group that would like to receive health information at their home or group meeting, can contact Sue Drake at Montgomery County Public Health. We will provide all information services free of cost. Our goal is to make all Montgomery County residents "aware" and "healthier". We can provide talks and literature on a variety of subjects.

This program serves ALL children of Montgomery County - newborn to age 5. These educators visit monthly to provide growth and development information, assess a child's development status, and teach interaction strategies to help your child develop to be "ready for school". They have quarterly group meetings and they serve as a resource network for families of young children. There is no income eligibility and no charge to families.

Program Goals

• Empower parents to give their children the best possible start in life.
• Provide children a solid foundation for school and life success.
• Increase parent knowledge of child development and appropriate ways to stimulate their children's intellectual, language, social, and physical development.
• Increase parent feelings of competence and confidence.
• Enhance parent-child interaction and strengthen family relationships.
• Prevent child abuse and neglect
• Provide for early detection of development problems.
• Develop strong partnerships between parents and schools.

Core Values

• The early years of a child's life are critical for optimal development and provide the foundation for success in school and in life.
• Parents are their children's first and most influential teachers.
• Established and emerging research should be the foundation of parent education and family support curricula, training, materials and services.
• All young children and their families deserve the same opportunities to succeed, regardless of any demographic, geographic or economic considerations.

The State of Iowa, through its Vaccines for Children plan, provides childhood immunizations at no cost for children under 18 who have no insurance, whose insurance does not cover immunizations, is Medicaid eligible, or is Native Indian or Eskimo descent. These childhood immunizations can cost from $600 - $800 in a physician's office setting. With this program there is no reason that ALL children in Montgomery County should not be properly immunized.

Immunization Clinics are held at the agency office the 2nd Thursday of each month at 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and the 4th Thursday of each month from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

There is a new emphasis on adolescent immunizations. These include Tdap, Meningitis, HPV-Guardisil and Hepatitis A & B. It is suggested to receive these immunizations at age 11 - 12 years.

If you are interested in receiving an immunization or learning more about the program, contact Deana Gilbert or Sue Drake at 623-4893.

We provide asssitance with:

• Light cleaning
• Vacuuming
• Sweeping or Scrubbing floors
• Cleaning bathrooms
• Cleaning refrigerators and ovens
• Grocery shopping
• Laundry
• Errand running

All of these services are for clients who need extra help in these areas. Our State of Iowa Grant provides a "sliding scale" fee for these services so that many patients pay no fee, or a very small fee for this service.

Call us at 623-4893 and ask for Sue Drake for further details.

Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Salmonella, Meningitis, Hepatitis A, B and C - all of these are alive and well in Montgomery County Iowa! Public Health tracks these diseases, provides education, medications and follow up cares through the State of Iowa programs. In our era of new diseases (West Nile virus, Mad Cow Disease, Tularemia or Rabbit Fever, Monkey Pox) this is a very important part of our job.