Army Public Health Department / Nursing
Army Public Health Nursing is a nursing subspecialty, unique to Army Medicine that decreases the burden of disease and injury while actively promoting health and wellness of the community. The Army Public Health Nurse applies nursing science principles to the public health process to enhance protective measures and mitigate risk that threatens the public’s health. The public health process includes assessment, policy development, and assurance as the core functions with system management as the foundation.
Services Provided:
- Epidemiologic Surveillance
- Infectious Disease Counseling and Contact Investigation
- Health Consultancy to Child, Youth Services
- Health Promotion and Community Outreach Services
- Annual Influenza Vaccination Outreach Program
- Tobacco Cessation Counseling
- Preventive Medicine Unit briefings
Please contact the Wiesbaden Army Public Health Department/Army Public Health Nursing at 590-1311 to:
- report a communicable disease (food borne illness, vaccine preventable disease, disease of public health concern, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV or syphilis)
- report a cold weather injury
- report a hot weather injury
- schedule an appointment for tobacco cessation
- schedule an appointment for confidential testing for a sexually transmitted disease
- schedule an appointment for evaluation for a positive skin or blood test for tuberculosis
- schedule a unit presentation on HIV prevention
- discuss health accommodations needed for enrollment in a CYSS/SKIES program