Your Health Connection

Your Health

Whatever the reason or question, when it comes to your health or the health of your family there is a place you can turn. It's Health Connection, the health unit's information service.

Public health professionals are just a phone call away Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p. m. on our Health Connection phone lines. Call 721-7520 (or 1-877-721-7520) to speak one to one with a public health nurse or inspector.

You'll also find some great information and links right here on this website that will help you stay healthy and live longer.

Your Health Unit

At the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit our focus on health promotion and protection, and disease and injury prevention ensures the health of our communities today and for the future.

Health unit staff works with individuals, groups, community partners and coalitions to help people to make healthy choices and changes. The public health programs and services we provide cover everything from active living to dental health, immunization to nutrition, safe water to substance use and much more.

Programs and Services Healthy lifestyles

• Injury prevention, safety
• Active living
• Healthy eating, healthy weights
• Sun safety
• Early cancer detection, screening
• Smoke-free living, quitting smoking
• Tobacco bylaws and control of sales to youth
• Substance use and abuse

Parenting, children and family health issues

• Education and counselling on health before and during pregnancy
• Classes for expecting and new parents
• "Healthy Babies Healthy Children" program supporting parents, home visits
• Child development and screening information
• Dental screening and preventive services for school children
  
• "Children in Need of Treatment" financial assistance dental program
  

Infectious disease controls andimmunization

• School immunization programs
• Communicable disease monitoring, control and education
• Vaccines, education and clinics
• Safe food inspection, education
• Safe water monitoring, education
• Rabies education, animal bite investigation

Sexual health

• Sexual health and sexually transmitted infection (STI) counselling and clinic
• Anonymous HIV testing