FDOH-Escambia 2020 Best People

BEST PEOPLE

FDOH-Escambia employs a wide variety of public health professionals, including nurses, physicians, dietitians, epidemiologists, geologists, and planners as well as support professionals, such as accountants, IT professionals, customer service representatives, training and personnel staff, and communications professionals. FDOH-Escambia also provides a wide variety of internship opportunities in various fields.

22 Interns Trained in Key Areas

~ Clinical Nursing

~ Communicable Diseases

~ Environmental Health

~ Epidemiology

~ Health Education

~ Infectious Disease

~ Nutrition

~ Pediatric Medicine

~ Pharmacy

~ Phlebotomy

~ Public Health Preparedness

Participating Schools

~ CDC’s Public Health Associate Program

~ Florida State University

~ Pensacola State College

~ Southern Methodist University

~ University of Florida

~ University of South Alabama

~ University of South Florida

~ University of West Florida

~ Wellness Workdays Dietetic Internship, Inc.

~ West Florida Pharmacy School

Note: The Internship Program was temporarily inactive from August until December of 2020 during the transition from Dr. Lanza to Marie Mott.

100% OF EMPLOYEES COMPLETED ANNUAL MANDATORY TRAINING

192 EMPLOYEES

96% Full Time

79% Women

Employee Wellness

One of the many ways our employees live the department's mission to protect, promote, and improve health is by participating in employee wellness activities. A well-designed employee wellness program can have many benefits, such as increased productivity and morale, and decreased absenteeism. FDOH-Escambia offers quarterly wellness challenges to encourage employees to engage in healthy behaviors, like eating healthy during the holidays or meeting physical activity goals.

2020 Employee Wellness Highlights

Wear Green for Mental Health Awareness Month

~ 20 employees wore green to raise awareness for mental health.

~ Employees were encouraged to take post it notes from the bulletin boards with positive mental health messaging.

30-Day Water Challenge

~ Employees were given water recipes to encourage staying hydrated.

~ 25 employees kept track and logged their water intake for the 30 days.

~ 54 gallons were consumed during the 30-day period.

Race to the North Pole Walking Challenge

~ Employees in each division were challenged to walk to the North Pole.

~ Divisions competed against each other each week to see who turned in the most steps to help Santa save Christmas.

~ 25 employees turned in their steps every other week for the 3- month reporting period.

~ All divisions combined walked over 15,000,000 steps!

Dental Health Awareness Month

~ The bulletin board educated employees about some key facts related to dental hygiene.

~ Employees completed crossword puzzles related to the information on the boards.

~ Word searches were also provided to employees.