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Brownwood/Brown County Health Department |
510 E Lee
Brownwood, Texas 76801
325-646-0554
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MISSION STATEMENT
To promote and protect the health
of those in the community by making
preventative
health services to every citizen
needing them.
DESCRIPTION
Public health activities for the City and
County are provided by this department.
Funding is derived from the City of Brownwood and Brown County as well as
through grants from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The City of
Brownwood has supervisory control The
area activities are preventative in
nature and do not include treatment except sexually diseases and T.B. The
various components of the department include; Community and Rural Health,
(chronic diseases, immunization, STD, HIV, and
Tuberculosis), Women, Infant and Children
nutrition program and Sanitary Inspections.
GOALS
1. Continue to provide and improve health
programs and health education.
2. Encourage more community involvement in
disease prevention.
3. Create a greater preventive health
awareness among restaurants, vendors,
day care, and school lunch rooms
concerning the planning of their menus.
4. Offer free non certification food classes
for restaurants.
5. Increase immunization numbers, and
awareness of STD and HIV prevention.
OBJECTIVES
1. Continue to provide needed health programs
with screening, testing, and
referrals.
2. Make more health education & materials
available to the community, (videos in
waiting room,
pamphlets place in Laundromats, schools, child
care facilities and
counselors.
3. Collaborate with other community services
and form coalitions to promote
programs and education in prevention of
cardiovascular and cancer diseases.
4. Continue
to promote immunization of children and adults.
5. Encourage high risk
clients to get HIV counseling and testing. Give
clients
pamphlets and educate on risk
reduction.
6. Increase clients for Women’s, Infants and
Children Nutrition program through
stepped up advertising and extended hours.
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