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Estimated County Population : 44398

Program Plan Year 2010

Wheeling-Ohio Health Department


Image: Wheeling-Ohio Health Department Mission Statement: The mission of the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is to fulfill and promote society's public health interest by assuring living conditions in which people can be healthy. To accomplish this mission, basic public health services will be delivered to and/or on the behalf of every resident of the City of Wheeling and Ohio County as resources allow. These basic public health services include the provision of communicable and reportable disease services, community health promotion services, and environmental health services. The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is also committed to the ongoing core functions of public health; assessment of the community's health needs and resources, policy development to address the health needs of the community, and assurance that the health needs of the community will be met.


The above mission statement has been provided as-is from the most current program plan report submitted by the aforementioned local health department; it may share but not necessarily represent in totality the views of the Division of Public Health Nursing and Administration.



ADDRESS 1500 Chapline Street
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Phone: (304) 234-3682
FAX: (304) 234-6405

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

CONTACTS
Administration: Howard Gamble
Nursing: Becky Beckett
Environmental: Nada Beneke
Threat Preparedness: Wayland Harris
Health Officer: William Mercer, MD, M.D.
BOH Chair: John Holloway, MD
Services Provided
  • Adult Services
  • Breast and Cervical Cancer Services
  • Community Education
  • Community Health Services
  • Environmental
  • Epidemiology
  • Family Planning
  • HIV/Aids
  • Hypertension
  • Immunization
  • Lead
  • Provider Education
  • School Health
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Tuberculosis
  • WIC
  • Other
Total FTEs
29.99




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Charleston, WV 25301-3716
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