Lafayette County Missouri Community Health Department
Lafayette County Community Health Department
A Community of Safe and Healthy People!
Important News and Events!
Please check out the calendar for this month's events!


The mission of the Lafayette County Health Department is to empower people to develop safe and healthy lifestyles. In pursuing our mission, we value:

  • Responsiveness – We are committed to a strong, responsive public health system than meets the challenges of promoting and protecting the public’s health and adapts to a rapidly changing environment.
  • Accountability – We respect the valuable resources entrusted to us. We are committed to fiscal and program accountability and evaluating our performance in terms of benefit to the public.
  • Teamwork – We are committed to working in collaboration with others who can develop, maintain or enhance public health to the citizens of Lafayette County.
  • Cultural Diversity – All people are valued for and receive services that reflect and respect their race, culture, and ethnicity.
  • Dignity, Self-worth, and Individual Rights – All people are treated honestly, fairly with respect and dignity and their rights are ensured by persons providing them with services and supports.
  • Prevention and Early Intervention – All people live their lives free of, or are less affected by illness or disease as a result of our emphasis on prevention and early intervention.
  • Excellence – All people determine the excellence of their services and supports based on the outcomes they experience.
  • Valued Workers – All people who provide services and supports are our organizations’ most important resources.

Notice of Privacy Practices

Lafayette County Health Department takes your privacy very seriously. Please take the time to read our Privacy Practices notice here (pdf document).

Current Events

What's going on in your community? Keep up with current public health news in Lafayette County Health Department here. For scheduled health events, be sure to check out the calendar, so you are always up to date!
gardasil is now availble at LCHD

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