The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) is organized into a number of program areas that focus on surveillance, prevention, detection, and treatment health and environmental issues within the county.
DOH-Orange is one of 67 county health departments under the governance of the Florida Department of Health. Although DOH-Orange is part of a state agency, it maintains a very strong partnership with Orange County Government. DOH-Orange is responsible for protecting, promoting, and improving the health of the county’s 1.2 million residents and over 59 million annual visitors.
DOH-Orange Services include:
Staffing
A wide variety of professional and paraprofessional public health staff provide services within the program areas, including board certified physicians, registered nurses, advanced registered nurse practitioners, dietitians, epidemiologists, dentists, pharmacists, health educators, disease intervention specialists, sanitarians and environmental engineers, and various other health care workers.
Funding
DOH-Orange services are funded through a combination of federal, state and, local funding sources. Local funding sources include:
- Local grants
- Fees
- Orange County Board of County Commission funding