Adult Health

 

Family Planning

Any woman of childbearing age is eligible to receive Family Planning Services. Clients who desire services are charged according to a sliding scale fee based on their income and family size. Medicaid is billed for eligible recipients including clients who quality for the Medicaid Waiver. Women of any age who are below 100% of the Federal poverty guidelines, and are not eligible for Medicaid, are not charged for family planning services.

Services are provided solely on a voluntary basis, without regard to religion, race, color, national origin, creed, handicap, sex, number of pregnancies, national status, age or contraceptive preference. Clinics are conducted on an appointment basis in order to decrease client waiting time.

To contact your local Public Health Clinic:

Beaufort County Health Department
601 Wilmington Street, Beaufort
(843) 525-7615 Ext 103/101
Colleton County Health Department
219 S. Lemacks Street, Walterboro
(843) 549-1516 Ext 207
Hampton County Health Department
531 Carolina Ave, Varnville
(803) 943-3878 Ext 211/219
Jasper County Health Department
359 E. Wilson St. Ridgeland
(843) 726-7788 Ext 223

Please follow this link for additional Family Planning information.

Family Support Services

A limited number of Family Support Services are offered to address medical risk factors that interfere with a patient’s ability to maintain an optimal state of health.  The services support primary medical care and are directed toward the maintenance, improvement, or protection of health or toward the diagnosis and treatment of illness or disability.  For information contact us at 843-812-6576.

Please follow this link for additional Family Support Services information.

Immunizations

We offer vaccinations for Flu, Tetanus Diptheria (Td), Tetanus Diptheria Pertussis (Tdap), and pneumonia through our Adult Health Immunization program at our public health clinic in each county. Other adult vaccinations are available through our Fee for Service program. We also provide routine childhood immunizations. You can get vaccinations at our locations, or through your family physician.

To contact your local Public Health Clinic:

Beaufort County Health Department
601 Wilmington Street, Beaufort
(843) 525-7615 Ext 100
Bluffton Health Center
4819 Bluffton Parkway, Bluffton
 (843) 757-2251 Ext 112/129
Colleton County Health Department
219 S. Lemacks Street, Walterboro
(843) 549-1516 Ext 103
Hampton County Health Department
531 Carolina Ave, Varnville
(803) 943-3878 Ext 224
Jasper County Health Department
359 E. Wilson St. Ridgeland
 (843) 726-7788 Ext 222

Please follow this link for additional Immunization information.

STD/HIV

Clinics are conducted on an appointment basis in order to decrease client waiting time. Walk-ins are accepted on a limited basis. Clients who desire services are charged according to a sliding scale fee based on their income and family size, Services are NOT denied to any person due to an inability to pay.

Beaufort County Health Department
601 Wilmington Street, Beaufort
(843) 525-7615 Ext 101
Bluffton Health Center
4819 Bluffton Parkway, Bluffton
 (843) 757-2251 Ext 112/129
Colleton County Health Department
219 S. Lemacks Street, Walterboro
(843) 549-1516 Ext 207
Hampton County Health Department
531 Carolina Ave, Varnville
(803) 943-3878 Ext 211
Jasper County Health Department
359 E. Wilson St. Ridgeland
 (843) 726-7788 Ext 223/227

Please follow this link for additional STD information.

Tuberculosis

Our tuberculosis program is committed to providing services to any individual in South Carolina who has, or is suspected of having, the TB disease or infection.

For more information about our program or to make an appointment or referral someone, please contact us at one of our local public health clinics:

Beaufort County Health Department
601 Wilmington Street, Beaufort
(843) 525-7615 Ext 122/130
Bluffton Health Center
4819 Bluffton Parkway, Bluffton
 (843) 757-2251 Ext 117/128
Colleton County Health Department
219 S. Lemacks Street, Walterboro
(843) 549-1516 Ext 209/210
Hampton County Health Department
531 Carolina Ave, Varnville
(803) 943-3878 Ext 219
Jasper County Health Department
359 E. Wilson St. Ridgeland
 (843) 726-7788 Ext 237

Please follow this link for additional Tuberculosis information.

WIC

WIC is a special supplemental food program offered to low income, pregnant, post partum, and breastfeeding women, infants and children under the age of five who are identified to be at nutritional risk because of inadequate health care or nutrition or both.

Beaufort County Health Department
601 Wilmington Street, Beaufort
(843) 525-7615
Ext 115/116/119
Bluffton Health Center
4819 Bluffton Parkway, Bluffton
 (843) 757-2251 Ext 110/140
Colleton County Health Department
219 S. Lemacks Street, Walterboro
(843) 549-1516 Ext 107/108
Hampton County Health Department
531 Carolina Ave, Varnville
(803) 943-3878 Ext 202/212
Jasper County Health Department
359 E. Wilson St. Ridgeland
 (843) 726-7788 Ext 250 or 726-8500

Please follow this link for additional WIC information.