The CHIP is a countywide action plan to address the priority health issues found in the CHA. This two-step process provides a defined structure for organizations to understand their community’s biggest health problems, align resources across different groups to tackle these problems, and collectively advance toward health equity.
The Community Health Assessment (CHA) gives detailed information about Harris County’s current health, needs, and challenges. This assessment is used to create plans for meeting the community's needs.
Keep Yourself, Your Loved Ones, and Your Pets Up to Date on Immunizations. Public Health (HCPH) joins the global community in highlighting the importance of vaccination to protect our community against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Check out our dashboard for the most up-to-date numbers of mosquito-borne diseases transmitted to humans in Harris County. Click for more info!
Harris County Public Health provides a variety of low-cost, clinical and preventive health services to meet your essential healthcare needs. The services listed below are offered at clinics across Harris County. To learn more about all that is required to schedule an appointment, what is needed when you arrive and how we determine eligibility for services, visit our Eligibility Criteria page.
The Environmental Public Health Division of Harris County Public Health (HCPH) is responsible for approximately 8,400 retail food establishments located within the unincorporated areas of the county and for 23 cities that do not have their own health departments.
The Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Division works with the community to create a safe, healthy, and caring environment for residents and animals of unincorporated Harris County.
WIC is a federally-funded public health nutrition program administered through the Texas Department of State Health Services. The program is exceptional among federally administered programs in that it provides support to a specific population: pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding or have recently had a baby, infants, and children up to the age of five.
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