Activity: State Agencies10 points
State agencies provide a variety of health services.
Federal and state agencies have similar goals but different methods. State governments do the following:
- Keep health records
- Sponsor education and prevention programs
- Fund (along with federal funds) health services for the poor or for counties and cities
Visit your State Department of Health's website by opening Google and searching for "State Department of Health" to find out more about your state's policies. Take notes on the following:
- List three activities that your State Department of Health sponsors.
- What are they (name and describe them)?
- How many programs provide health services for the poor or others? List them.
- List two other activities your State Department of Health engages in.
Download the worksheet for the Activity: State Agencies assignment.
In your state, what agency delivers the services shown below? Be specific. Give the formal name of the agency, but also determine whether it is a state, county, or local agency. For example: The California Department of Health (state) or Maricopa County Health Department (county).
- You have no health insurance and you are unemployed. Where can you go in your state, county, or city for medical services?
- You have a friend who is despondent and wants counseling. What state, county, or city agencies provide counseling services?
- What agency in your state, county, or city monitors the health standards of restaurants?
- What agency is responsible for licensing pets and ensuring that they are vaccinated for rabies?
- What agency monitors the need for vaccinations for infectious diseases, like flu?
Submit your completed activity to the Activity: State Agencies assignment link for grading.
