Programs
and Services of DPH
- Administrative, Local and Community Support
- Information technology, list of local health department services
- Chronic
Disease and Injury - Program information on asthma, cancer
prevention and control, diabetes, genomics, heart disease
- Epidemiology -
Information on disease and injury prevention and control, consultations
on community health problems
- Oral
Health - Only statewide dental program provides prevention
and education services specifically for children
- State
Center for Health Statistics - Collect & maintain comprehensive
health statistics, prepare health-related research & reports
- State
Laboratory of Public Health - Provide medical & environmental
laboratory services (testing, consultation & training)
to health providers
- Vital
Records - Responsible for registering all births,
deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and divorces in NC
- Women's
and Children's Health - Preventive health services
beginning pre-pregnancy period and extending throughout childhood,
administers programs serving individuals developmentally disabled
or chronically ill
- Division
of Environmental Health - Improve public health by
controlling environmental factors adversely affecting human
health
- Office
of Minority Health and Health Disparities - Policies
and programs to improve access to public health services for
underserved populations
- Office
Research, Demonstrations, and Rural Health Development -
Technical assistance to small hospitals and community health
centers in rural and medically underserved communities
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