Mission

To improve the health of Idaho communities by
   - identifying sustainable solutions to community health issues,
   - developing partnerships for implementation of strategies, and
   - demonstrating our success through measurement of outcomes.

South Central Public Health District is your local public health agency. Our vision is Healthy People in Healthy Communities. South Central Public Health District provides a wide range of services…from immunizations to restaurant inspections to tracking infectious diseases.

Idaho's Public Health Efforts

Public health efforts began in south central Idaho in 1928. All of Twin Falls County was experiencing an "infectious" meningitis epidemic. Hundreds of cases and many deaths resulted in a quarantine of the entire city of Twin Falls. The county commissioners developed the first area health unit consisting of three public health nurses and a sanitary inspector. Today, South Central Public Health District employs nearly 100 professionally trained nurses, dieticians, an epidemiologist and dental hygienist, health educators, and environmental specialists.

South Central Public Health District was the leader in the multi-county concept of providing public health services. We have offices in Bellevue, Burley, Gooding, Jerome, Rupert, and Twin Falls; and with part-time clinics in Shoshone and Fairfield we serve all eight counties of south central Idaho and are part of a statewide system of seven public health districts.

South Central Public Health District is governed by an eight-member Board of Health with a representative from each of the eight counties. Regular Board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Exceptions occur depending on other scheduled activities of the Board and administration.

Main Office

South Central Public Health District
1020 Washington Street North
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 737-5900

See Also:

Annual Reports
    2007    2006   

Strategic Plans
    2008-2012    2007-2011    2006-2010   

Press Releases
    2008    2007    2006    2005    2004   

Notice of Privacy Practices
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