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Henry
County Health Department offers the following 58 services: Adolescent
Health & Youth Development, Arthritis Surveillance, Babies Can't Wait, Cancer
Control, Cardiovascular Health, Cardiovascular Health Initiative, Chemical Hazards
Program, Children 1st, Children with Special Needs, Children's Medical Services,
Chronic Disease, Injury, and Environmental Health Epidemiology, Chronic Disease
Prevention & Health Promotion Branch, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma,
Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Health & Injury Prevention Branch, Epidemiology
Branch, Family Health Branch, Family Planning Program, Folic Acid Program, Georgia
Comprehensive Cancer Registry, Georgia Immunization Registry Program (GRITS),
Georgia Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (GCLPPP), Grants Development,
Health Information and Policy, Health Promotion, Healthy Childcare Georgia, Healthy
Farmers, Hearing and Vision Screening Program, HIV/STD Epidemiology Unit, HIV
Prevention, Immunization Program, Infant and Child Health, Injury Prevention,
Laboratory Branch, Legal Services and Policy Development, Maternal and Child Health
Epidemiology, Maternal and Infant Health Council, Newborn Screening for Metabolic
and Sickle Cell Disorders, Notifiable Disease Epidemiology Unit, Nursing, Nutrition
Section, Oral Health Section, Perinatal Health Program, Pharmacy, School Health,
SIDS / Other Infant Death, STD Section, Tobacco Use Prevention Program, Training
and Workforce Development, Tuberculosis Section, Tuberculosis Epidemiology Section,
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention, Vaccines for Children, Vector-borne
Diseases, Vital Records, Violence Against Women Program, Women's Health, and WIC
Branch.
The Family Health Branch is a unit of the Henry County Health
Department. They promote the physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being
of children and families through partnerships with communities. The Family Health
Branch Unit assures early access to prenatal and postpartum care for pregnant
women; Promotes healthy nutritional behaviors and physical activity among the
MCH populations; Reduce unintentional and intentional injury among MCH populations;
Improve oral health among MCH populations; Promote preconception health; Promote
healthy behaviors and reduce risk-taking behaviors among Adolescents; Reduce
health disparities among MCH populations; Assure a comprehensive system of age
appropriate screening, referral, and follow-up from birth through age 21; Assure
an adequate MCH workforce; Engage in partnerships that support comprehensive
systems to improve the health of MCH populations.
The Chronic Disease program was established to prevent outgoing death of the
top three causes of death in Georgia. Up to 62 percent of all deaths in Georgia
are caused by cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke. Action is taken by
concentrating on the prevention or delaying development of chronic diseases
and their complications. Health education and health promotion efforts are designed
to result in organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of disease
and promotion of health.
WIC benefits are available to eligible pregnant or postpartum women, infants,
and children up to the age of 5 years. Eligible participants must have an income
at or below 185% of US Poverty Income Guidelines; be a state resident; and be
at nutritional or medical risk, as determined by a health professional. WIC
provides these services: Nutrition assessment, health screening, medical history,
body measurement, hemoglobin check, nutrition education, breast-feeding support
and education, and vouchers for food supplements.
Contact information:
Henry
County Health Department
135 Henry Parkway
McDonough, Georgia 30253
Phone: (770) 954-2250
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