Community Health Improvement - Public Health Region 1
Mission
To improve the health and well being of Texas families by increasing access to healthcare through community collaboration with a focus on prevention and to provide population-based services to counties in PHR-1 not served by a local health department.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) aims to improve the health of women of childbearing age, adolescents, children, infants, and children with special health care needs. Our staff supports the development of family-centered, community-based, and coordinated systems of care.
Services
- Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians for inspection and education of proper car seat installation.
- Work with parents, community leaders, and stakeholders to prevent infant and child injuries and deaths due to infant mortality, suicide, motor vehicle fatalities, safe sleep, and other preventable deaths
- Child Fatality Review Teams in the Panhandle and South Plains
- DSHS-Certified Community Health Worker continuing education hours through educational events and collaboration with regional partners
- Training and technical assistance to community partners and providers of health & safety programs for local populations
- Training and technical assistance on Positive Youth Development
- Community partnership mobilization
- Connection of individuals and families to appropriate community resources and/or social services
- School Health Nurse Liaison: a resource on school health nursing practices and education programs, provides technical assistance, and conducts spinal screening certification and re-certification trainings
- Tobacco Prevention and Control outreach and education
Resource Links
- Maternal and Child Health | Texas DSHS
- Healthy Texas Women/Medicaid for Women
- Healthy Texas Babies
- Safe Infant Sleep | Texas DSHS
- NIH Safe Infant Sleep
- Hear Her Texas | Texas DSHS
- Safe Riders Child Passenger Safety | Texas DSHS
- Maternal and Child Health - Title V Programs | Texas DSHS
- Crisis Text Hotline
- Human Trafficking Section | Office of the Attorney General (texasattorneygeneral.gov)
- Human Trafficking Resources Flyer
- DSHS Action Plan to Address Substance Abuse
- DSHS Texas Health Data:
External links to other sites are intended to be informational and do not have the endorsement of the Department of State Health Services. These links may also not be accessible to persons with disabilities.
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