Community Health Services - Public Health Region 11
Vision:
We envision a Texas where all mothers, infants, children, youth, and their families are healthy and thriving.
Mission:
Address local maternal and child health needs and to build the local public health infrastructure relative to those needs. Improve the health status of women, children, and their families.
Purpose:
Provide an array of health services to women, children, and families in Texas. Efforts of concentration are on the low-income population.
Activities:
- Car seat inspection
- Child fatality review
- Coalition development
- School health programs
- Childcare programs
- Trainings & presentations
- Pregnant women support groups
- Bike safety rodeos
- Bike helmet fittings
- Youth health workshops
- Conference support
- Parent education
- Child language developmental
- Safe sleep education & resources
- Clinic education packets
- Tobacco prevention & cessation
- Breastfeeding education
- Family field days
- ZIKA education
- Employee wellness
Related Links:
- Maternal & Child Health
- Maternal Health Care Bureau, Title V Information System
- Adolescent Health in Texas
- Breast and Cervical Cancer in Texas
- Epilepsy Services
- Family Planning in Texas
- Genetic Services
- County Indigent Health Care Program
- Primary Health Care in Texas
- Spinal Screening Program
- Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite
Contact Us
Lucy Cabrera-Connor
Regional Manager, Community Health Improvement
Phone: (956) 423-0130
lucy.cabreraconner@dshs.texas.gov