Health Unit - Fort Nelson
Child Services, Pregnancy Care, Public Health, and Sexual Health
Provided by Northern Health
Offers a range of services to promote health and wellness in the community.
Public Health Units offers a variety of services in one location.
- Early Years: Public Health Nurses (PHNs) assess maternal & newborn health and development, and provide education and ongoing support through early childhood as needed.
- Child Health Clinics: Global health and development assessments, health information, education and referrals. Immunizations according to the BC Immunization Guide for children at 2, 4, 6, 12, and 18 months, and for 4-6 year olds.
- Sexual Health & Youth: Healthy students are better learners and better-educated individuals are healthier. A healthy school is one that consistently strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for learning, playing, and working.
- Nutrition: Dieticians provide information and support related to food and nutrition via consultations, clinics, and health promotion.
- Prenatal programs
- Immunizations
- BC Early Hearing Program
- Speech and Language
- Dental health programs
- Communicable Disease Control
- Harm Reduction Supplies and Services
Community Health Centres do not have acute care beds, but may provide: basic laboratory and radiology; urgent care; outpatient ambulatory care; community services; long term residential care services; and/or on-site doctors’ offices.
250-774-7092
Website: https://www.northernhealth.ca/find-a...
Fort Nelson Health Unit - 5217 Airport Drive, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, V0C 1R0
Wheelchair accessible.
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Northern Health:
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Availability
Service area: Fort Nelson + show cities
Service Types Provided
Child Services
Pregnancy Care
Public Health
- Pregnancy and Postpartum Services: Breastfeeding / Lactation Support, Infant Health Check, and Prenatal Classes
- Vaccination / Immunization: Childhood Immunization, Flu Immunization, and Vaccine Documentation
- Dental Care Services: Dental Care - Child and Free and Low Cost Dental Services
- Vision Services: Eye Exam - Child and Vision Screening - Child
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- Health Promotion
- Nutrition Counselling
- Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
- Hearing Services - Child: Hearing Aid Services (Child) and Hearing Assessment - Child
- Speech Development Services - Child: Speech Language Assessment - Child and Speech Language Treatment - Child
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STD, STI): STI Testing
Sexual Health
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.