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Area health departments are working with local schools to get as many students and staff vaccinated as possible against COVID-19, before school gets into full swing.

The Pickaway County Public Health is partnering with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to get K-12 students up to date on their vaccines. Nationwide Children’s Hospital Mobile Vaccine clinic: August 9th and 10th from 8:45am-2:30pm. Call the health department at (740) 477-9667 to schedule and for more details.

The Ross County Health District is working with several schools to provide onsite clinics for the students, staff, teachers, and anyone who would like to get vaccinated. They have a clinic Thursday, August 5th at Chillicothe High School from 6pm-8pm. Additionally, they are working to schedule a clinic for Zane Trace and Huntington school districts and are willing to do likewise for other Ross County schools wanting the same access. Ross Health also has walk-in appointments available at their office.

As of Tuesday in Pike County, they reported on their Facebook site that the health department was having current communication issues. “We have had an influx of phone calls for requests for vaccine appointments and additional calls for COVID-19 information from newly diagnosed patients and their contacts. Today, our phone lines crashed for reasons currently unknown. We have a possible ETA fix for tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon. In the meantime for the public, we have a 24/7 emergency answering service, private messenger through social media, and email at info@pikecountyhealth.com.”

For other area counties, contact your local health department for details.

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The Pickaway County Public Health Department is currently in the process of becoming an accredited health department.

The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the continuous quality improvement of Tribal, state, local, and territorial public health departments.

PHAB is working to promote and protect the health of the public by advancing the quality and performance of all public health departments in the United States through national public health department accreditation. PHAB’s vision is a high-performing governmental public health system that will make the United States a healthier nation.

What does the accreditation process look like?

The accreditation process is a very thorough review of a health department’s processes and documentation. It includes 7 major steps. For information on these steps, CLICK HERE:

Please click here to view the Pickaway County Community Health Assessment

PCPH is seeking community feedback on the Health Assessment in the document above. If you are interested in providing feedback, please take this survey, CLICK HERE:

For more information, contact Maurisa DeLuca at (740) 477-9667