School Health Services

Contact Your Local Public Health

Clearwater County Nursing Service in Bagley  Call 218-694-6581

Hubbard County-CHI St. Joseph’s Community Health in Park Rapids  Call 218-237-5464

Lake of the Woods County-CHI Lakewood Public Health in Baudette  Call 218- 634-1795

hand washingLocal Public Health provides education for 4th, 5th and 6th grade students as requested on hygiene and sexual development.

Each LPH agency in North Country assists schools with Health Screenings including vision and hearing, referral, education and follow up.

Clearwater County Nursing Service contracts with the school districts to provide school nursing services.  This includes a School nurse up to 10 hours per week and School Health Para professionals in the Bagley Elementary building and the Clearbrook-Gonvick School for 6-7.5 hours per school day.

Lake of the Woods County-A CHI Lakewood Public Health nurse provides oversight for the district LPN that works in the school building

All Local Public Health agencies work with their school districts in a variety of ways including immunization, emergency preparedness and infectious diseases in addition to health screenings.

 

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Local Public Health teaches classes as requested in the schools at various grade levels using a variety of evidence based curriculums and materials.

One on one education is done as requested