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The mission of the McDonough County Health Department is to assess the health needs in McDonough County and strive to maximize access to acceptable and appropriate health care, health protection, and health education to meet those needs. With its available resources, the McDonough County Health Department will provide services which are necessary to meet the community health needs.
What's New
| Health Department is the "Big 3-2!" On July 1, 2007, the McDonough County Health Department marked 32 years of service in McDonough County.
In 1943, McDonough County and Fulton County formed a cooperative agreement to provide public health services when Camp Ellis was still in existence. With the end of the war and the subsequent closing of the camp, McDonough elected not to continue the program.
On November 6, 1974, the City-County Health Department Steering Committee met for the first time at Macomb City Hall. The members of this committee were V.B. Adams, Bob Clow, Kay Fors, David McConkey, Marcia Moll, E.G. Morrison, and Bob Synovitz. Mayor Robert Anstine and County Board Chairman Robert Ausbury served in an advisory capacity.
On February 13, 1975, the McDonough County Board, by unanimous vote, established a Health Department by resolution. The resolution stated “Be it resolved by the County Board of McDonough County, Illinois, that a Health Department is hereby established for the County of McDonough, and that the chairman of the County Board is instructed to appoint a Board of Health consisting of eight (8) members.”
On April 17, 1975, the McDonough County Board of Health held their first organizational meeting. The first personnel hired were the county health nurse and her secretary.
The Health Department started operation on July 1, 1975. The Health Department was originally headquartered in small rented room in the basement of McDonough District Hospital. Initial programs included Home Health, Homemaker Services, Environmental Health, Vision and Hearing Screenings, and Public Health Nursing.
Since that time, programs and services have been tailored to meet the health needs of the community. For more information, click the "Services" button to the left of your screen. |
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Overview
Welcome
Welcome to the McDonough County Health Department On-Line. This site was created to provide you with an overview of the many programs and services available through the health department – services that help ensure a healthier community. By exploring our web site, you will see the many ways public health touches all of our lives through the prevention of disease and injury. Whether you live in, work in, or visit McDonough County, the McDonough County Health Department is working for you.
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The Essential Services *
- What Public Health Does (The Purpose of Public Health)
The fundamental obligation of agencies responsible for population-based health is to:
- Prevent epidemics and the spread of disease
- Protect against environmental hazards
- Prevent injuries
- Promote and encourage healthy behaviors and mental health
- Respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery
- Assure the quality and accessibility of health services
These responsibilities describe and define the function of public health in assuring the availability of quality health services. Both distinct from and encompassing clinical services, public health’s role is to assure the conditions necessary for people to live healthy lives, through community-wide prevention and protection programs.
- How Public Health Serves (The Practice of Public Health)
Public health serves communities and individuals within them by providing an array of essential services. Many of these services are invisible to the public. Typically, the public only becomes aware of the need for public health services when a problem develops (e.g., an epidemic occurs). The practice of public health becomes the list of "essential services."
- Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems: This service includes accurate diagnosis of the community’s health status; identification of threats to health and assessment of health service needs; timely collection, analysis, and publication of information on access, utilization, costs, and outcomes of personal health services; attention to the vital statistics and health status of specific-groups that are at higher risk than the total population; and collaboration to manage integrated information systems with private providers and health benefit plans.
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community: This service includes epidemiologic identification of emerging health threats; public health laboratory capability using modern technology to conduct rapid screening and high volume testing; active infectious disease epidemiology programs; and technical capacity for epidemiologic investigation of disease outbreaks and patterns of chronic disease and injury.
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues:This service involves social marketing and targeted media public communication; providing accessible health information resources at community levels; active collaboration with personal health care providers to reinforce health promotion messages and programs; and joint health education programs with schools, churches, and worksites.
- Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems: This service involves convening and facilitating community groups and associations, including those not typically considered to be health-related, in undertaking defined preventive, screening, rehabilitation, and support programs; and skilled coalition-building ability in order to draw upon the full range of potential human and material resources in the cause of community health.
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts: This service requires leadership development at all levels of public health; systematic community-level and state-level planning for health improvement in all jurisdictions; development and tracking of measurable health objectives as a part of continuous quality improvement strategies; joint evaluation with the medical health care system to define consistent policy regarding prevention and treatment services; and development of codes, regulations and legislation to guide the practice of public health.
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety: This service involves full enforcement of sanitary codes, especially in the food industry; full protection of drinking water supplies; enforcement of clean air standards; timely follow-up of hazards, preventable injuries, and exposure-related diseases identified in occupational and community settings; monitoring quality of medical services (e.g. laboratory, nursing homes, and home health care); and timely review of new drug, biologic, and medical device applications.
- Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable: This service (often referred to as "outreach" or "enabling" services) includes assuring effective entry for socially disadvantaged people into a coordinated system of clinical care; culturally and linguistically appropriate materials and staff to assure linkage to services for special population groups; ongoing "care management"; transportation services; targeted health information to high risk population groups; and technical assistance for effective worksite health promotion/disease prevention programs.
- Assure a competent public and personal health care workforce: This service includes education and training for personnel to meet the needs for public and personal health service; efficient processes for licensure of professionals and certification of facilities with regular verification and inspection follow-up; adoption of continuous quality improvement and life-long learning within all licensure and certification programs; active partnerships with professional training programs to assure community-relevant learning experiences for all students; and continuing education in management and leadership development programs for those charged with administrative/executive roles.
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services: This service calls for ongoing evaluation of health programs, based on analysis of health status and service utilization data, to assess program effectiveness and to provide information necessary for allocating resources and reshaping programs.
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems: This service includes continuous linkage with appropriate institutions of higher learning and research and an internal capacity to mount timely epidemiologic and economic analyses and conduct needed health services research.
Effectively provided, these services will reduce the substantial burden of preventable illness and injury. Further, costly medical services needed to treat preventable conditions are avoided. Prevention is not only cost-effective; it is fundamental to assuring quality of life for all Americans.
*Adapted from the American Public Health Association, http://www.apha.org
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At-a-Glance
1975 by Resolution
1984 by Referendum
McDonough County, Illinois
576 square miles
32,913
505 East Jackson, Macomb, Illinois
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
(309) 837-9951
(309) 837-1100
mchd@mchdept.com
www.mchdept.com
$1,292,900
August, 1999; Certified Local Health Department
9 member; meetings held first Wednesday of each month
20 full-time salaried staff; 3 part-time salaried staff; 28 hourly workers, various contractual workers.
Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, Health Educator, Licensed Environmental Health Practitioners, Nutritionist, Vision and Hearing Technician, Certified Nursing Assistants, Skilled Homemakers, Support Staff, Administrative.
- Programs and Services offered:
IPLAN; health needs assessments; human resources; fiscal management; public relations; employment and internships; disaster/bioterrorism preparedness; planning and program development; data management; Emergency Medical Fund; FOIA requests.
- Community Health and Health Education:
Chronic disease screenings (blood pressure, coronary risk profile, PSA testing, diabetes, comprehensive blood profile); dental exams and sealants; vision and hearing screening; homemaker services for elderly, disabled and hospice clients; school health and public health education; health promotion; chronic disease awareness and intervention programs (arthritis, asthma, tobacco, cardiovascular disease); car seat program; volunteer resources.
Communicable disease investigations; animal bite investigations; flu and pneumonia vaccinations; HIV testing and counseling; child and adult immunizations; international travel counseling; STD tracking and follow-up; tuberculosis testing and control; genetics screening and referrals; well child screening; child developmental screening; blood lead screening; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); Kidcare application assistance; Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP); Susan G. Komen mammogram program; Women’s Health Clinic (contraceptive supplies, information and education, pelvic exams and pap smears, physical assessment, pregnancy testing); case management for teen parents; DCFS medical, high risk infant, prenatal and infants.
Private sewage system permit program; inspections of new/existing systems; real estate evaluations; percolation tests; non-community public water supplies monitoring; new well permit program; water supply sampling; new and existing water well inspections; radon test kits; indoor tanning facility inspections; tattoo facility inspections; Illinois Certified Foodservice Manager certification and refresher classes; retail and foodservice facility inspections; nuisance investigations (unsanitary or unsafe house, vectors, solid waste, sewage, abandoned wells, food complaints); foodborne, waterborne and other environmental disease investigations; educational presentations for schools, civic groups, health professionals, contractors and general public; West Nile Virus surveillance.
- Illinois Department on Aging
- Illinois Department of Central Management Services
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Family Case Management
- Title X Family Planning
- Office of Rehabilitative Services
- Teen Parent Services
- W.I.C.- Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
- Illinois Department of Public Aid
- Kidcare Outstation Provider and Reimbursement
- Medicaid Reimbursement
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Arthritis Awareness Grant
- Asthma Coalition Grant
- Bioterrorism Preparedness
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
- Genetics Screening
- Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
- Illinois Tobacco Free Communities
- Indoor Tanning Facility Program
- Local Health Protection Grant (food protection, water supply, sewage disposal, infectious diseases, and emergency/disaster response)
- Oral Health (dental exams and sealants for children)
- Potable Water Supply: Non-Community Public Water Supply and Site Assessments
- Summer Food Program
- Safe Kids Coalition
- Vision and Hearing Screening
- West Nile Virus Surveillance
- Wise Woman
- McDonough County Health Fund Levy
- Medicare Part B (flu and pneumonia)
- Other
- Fees for service
- McDonough County Tuberculosis San Board
- McDonough District Hospital – Hospice
- Susan G. Komen Foundation
- Title XX - Pediatric Primary Care
- Donations
- Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging
- State/National Affiliations:
- American Public Health Association
- Association for Public Health Nursing Education - Quad Cities Consortium
- Association for Public Health Nursing Education State Advisory Board
- Groundwater Guardian
- Illinois Association of Environmental Health Administrators
- Illinois Association of Groundwater Professionals
- Illinois Association of Local Boards of Health
- Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators
- Illinois Environmental Health Association
- Illinois Onsite Wastewater Professionals
- Illinois Public Health Association
- Illinois Public Health Mutual Aid
- Illinois Public Health Nurse Administrators Association
- Illinois Rural Health Association
- Illinois Rural Health Association
- Illinois Society of Public Health Education
- International Association of Food Safety Professionals
- National Association of City/County Health Organizations
- National Association of County Officials
- National Association of Local Boards of Health
- National Association of W.I.C. Directors
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Organizational Chart
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History
In 1943, the Illinois General Assembly passed the County Health Act that provided for the establishment and maintenance of county or multiple-county public health departments through referendum or by County Board Resolution. A cooperative health department was soon established in 1943 with neighboring Fulton County in response to health issues surrounding Camp Ellis. Camp Ellis was a World War II military training center and prisoner of war camp located between Ipava and Bernadotte, in Fulton County that housed 40,000 military and civilian personnel and 5000 prisoners of war.
Camp Ellis was dissolved in October, 1946, after the end of the war. Fulton County passed a referendum in November, 1946 to continue on with a health department, but McDonough County did not.
In the years that followed McDonough County had a county public health nurse to continue handling school health issues and tuberculosis. The cost for these services was divided between the County Tuberculosis Sanitarium Board and the McDonough County Board. In 1956, a Citizens Committee began working toward a county health department. Two years later, in 1958, a referendum to establish a bi-county health department with Hancock County was defeated after a very volatile and bitter campaign.
Several unsuccessful efforts for a resolution health department were presented to the County Board during the next decade. The League of Women Voters took an active role from 1969 – 1972 by completing a study about available health services in McDonough County, and publishing that information on a community level. The League hosted several meetings during this time with the support of the Illinois Department of Public Health and the McDonough District Hospital Auxillary. Gradually, citizen interest in a health department grew, with the Macomb City Council showing strong support.
In the fall of 1974, a City-County Health Department Steering Committee was appointed by County Board Chairman Robert Ausbury, and Macomb Mayor Bob Anstine. Committee members included Bob Clow, Eileen Niestradt, Dr. V. B. Adams, Dave McConkey, Robert Synovitz, E. G. Morrison and Kay Fors. The Steering Committee submitted a proposal to the Illinois Department of Public Health requesting a $15,000.00 grant to help fund a City-County Health Department.
In December 1974 the Macomb City Council voted in favor of a City-County Health Department, and voted to help fund it. The County Board followed suit and on February 13, 1975 passed the following resolution:
“Be it resolved by the County Board of McDonough County, Illinois, that a Health Department is hereby established for the County of McDonough, and that the chairman of the County Board is instructed to appoint a Board of Health consisting of eight (8) members.”
On April 17, 1975 the McDonough County Board of Health held their first organizational meeting. It was agreed upon that the official name would be the McDonough County Health Department. The first personnel hired were the county health nurse and her secretary.
Board of Health Members 1975-1976
E.G. Morrison, President
Budris Andernovics, M.S., Vice President
Marcia Moll, Secretary
Jack Stites, RPh, Treasurer
Marvin Johnson, D.D.S.
Eileen Niestradt, R.N.
D.R. Samuelson, M.D.
Gloria Hurh
Robert Clow, Retired
V. B. Adams, M.D., deceased
The McDonough County Health Department officially opened its doors on July 1, 1975. The offices were originally headquartered in a small rented room in the basement of McDonough District Hospital, 505 East Grant Street in Macomb, Illinois. Initial programs included Home Health, Homemaker services, Environmental Health, Vision and Hearing Screenings and Public Health Nursing. Blood pressure screenings and county-wide influenza vaccination clinics were added later that year.
Staff 1975-1976
Marco D. Monti, M.P.H., Administrator
Kathleen Markey, R.N.
Lois Kreps, R.N.
Bertha Castlebury, R.N.
Donna Heidenreich, Scretary
Sharon Keeling, Clerk
Jack Thorpe, R.S. Sanitarian
Marilyn Schlabach, Vision & Hearing Technician
Part-Time Homemakers
Rolene Bailey
Eleanor McTeague
Ann Bryant
Cindy Payne
Norma Yeoman
Shirley Hickey
Jill Ketcham
The health department offices were moved to 3 Doctor’s Lane, Macomb, Illinois, in August 1976, and later to 303 East Jefferson in Macomb, Illinois on August 18, 1981. Programs continued to grow to fill the need of the community.
Having originally been funded by resolution, the Health Department derived its local revenue from Macomb City Council and the McDonough County Board. Soon it became apparent that the Revenue Sharing Funds provided by these sources would be inadequate to maintain programs and services. In June 1984, the McDonough County Board resolved to allow voters to decide if they wanted to pay a tax to support the programs of the McDonough County Health Department.
“Citizens for Public Health” was formed in July 1984 to back the proposed tax levy for the Health Department. This group along with the League of Women Voters, became instrumental in making the county residents aware of the importance of the referendum and the services provided by the Health Department.
On election day November 6, 1984, the citizens of McDonough County voted by a 56-43% ratio to support the Health Department through a referendum. For the first time, the Health Department had a more stable funding base at the local level.
On January 15, 1988, the Health Department offices relocated to the present location of 505 East Jackson Street, Macomb, Illinois, where it continues to work to fulfill its mission:
To assess the health needs in McDonough County and strive to maximize access to acceptable and appropriate health care, health protection, and health education to meet those needs. With its available resources, the McDonough County Health Department will provide services which are necessary to meet the community health needs.
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Board of Health
About the Board of Health
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Meetings and Location Schedule
| Meetings are held at the McDonough County Health Department, 505 East Jackson Street, Macomb, Illinois at 7:30 p.m.
January 9, 2008
February 13, 2008
March 5, 2008
April 9, 2008
May 7, 2008
June 4, 2008
July 9, 2008
August 6, 2008
September 10, 2008
October 8, 2008
November 5, 2008
December 10, 2008
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Meet the Board of Health
Dave Maguire, President
Appointed: April of 1979
Occupation: President, Delta Property Management Co. |
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Bob Harwick, Vice President, County
Board Representative
Appointed: April of 1999
Occupation: Manufacturing owner- equipment design |
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Marcia Moll, Secretary
Appointed April of 1975 |
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Jack Stites, R.PH--Treasurer
Appointed: April of 1975
Occupation: Pharmacist |
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David Greathouse, DO PHD SC, Medical Advisor
Appointed: April of 1994
Occupation: Physician
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Jon Dively, DDS
Appointed: April of 1993
Occupation: Dentist |
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Cheryl Hoffman
Appointed: November of 1999
Occupation: RN; Nurse educator; Spoon River College Dean of Nursing and Allied Health |
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Jerome Anderson, DO—Physician Member
Appointed: December of 1999
Occupation: McDonough District Hospital Staff Pathologist |
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Karen Blakeley, DVM
Appointed: October of 2002
Occupation: Veterinarian |
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