"Striving for a Healthier Community" Welcome to the Wilson County Department of Public Health This Web Site is designed to inform the community of available services. It will also post health concerns, notices, seasonal alerts and other important information as necessary. Public Health is health care for the public. It is meant to maintain good health for the citizens of the County and the good health status of a community. The professional Staff of the Health Department are here to assess conditions in the community and to assure the highest quality of health status possible for all the citizens. We invite all citizens to visit the Wilson County Health Department to become familiar with the services of the Department and to seek care from it's Staff of highly trained professionals. The Department has a long history of working collaboratively with other public and private providers of health care and related services. The Public Health ethic addresses community-wide, population-based health-related issues through preventive approaches. Public Health has become a major part of the health care puzzle to promote prevention as a means of controlling rising health care costs. Our goal is to integrate prevention services and education with medical care for the benefit of all the citizens of Wilson County.