BRADFORD COUNTY
Bradford County is located in
North Central Florida. The major city is Starke, where
the Bradford County Health Department is found. The
population is 25,355. According to the Office of the
Governor, the 1997 median household income was $30,387.
Government employment is one of the major sources of
income along with services and retail trade.
The Bradford County Health
Department (BCHD) offers medical care to
individuals who are not indigent, as well as those who
are. Some have other third party sponsorship, and others
do not. For those patients above 100% of the Federal
Poverty Guideline, services are offered on a sliding fee
schedule according to income. The BCHD provides the
following services:
- Communicable diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Prenatal clinic (Thursday)
- Family planning
- Post-menopause treatment
- Female STDs
- Male STDs (Tuesday afternoons
and Wednesday and Friday all day
- Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC)
- Child health (up to 18 years)
well or sick care
- School health
- Immunizations
- Adult primary care
- In addition, the BCHD
provides anonymous or confidential Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/ Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) testing and
counseling.
The BCHD has a special interest in
providing all children with school required immunization
for Tuberculosis, DPT, Polio, Hepatitis B, and Measles,
Mumps, and Rubella. Health Department staff will be at
the schools to immunize the children going into 7th
grade and all others can receive their immunizations at
the Health Department.
The Bradford County Health
Department is interested in professional
volunteers. Please contact Jeffrey Rubin, M.D. at 1801 N.
Temple Avenue, Starke, FL 32091. He can also be reached
by telephone at (904) 964-7732 or by SunCom at (904)
821-3150.
The Alachua County Medical Society
Inc.’s We Care Physician Referral Network
accepts specialty referrals from Bradford County on a
case-by-case basis. A participating physician can only
generate referrals. Eligible patients are able to receive
free specialty medical care and any necessary
hospitalization services.
The American Cancer
Society, in partnership with the Volunteer
Health Care Provider Program serves Bradford County with
the "Early Diagnostic Initiative". This
initiative provides free mammograms and/or sonograms, as
well as follow-up medical treatment to indigent,
uninsured women identifying a breast abnormality.
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