Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

The Disease Prevention and Health Promotion division of the department focuses on programs to screen for and prevent illnesses and health issues.

Chronic Disease Prevention and Control works to promote health and quality of life, and to prevent and control disease.
- Diabetes Education and Prevention Classes offer programs in prevention, free classes, diabetes control, and healthy lifestyle.
- Tobacco/Smoking Cessation and Prevention can help you quit tobacco for good or learn hot to create more tobacco-free environments where you live, work, and play.
- Walk Texas! Active Austin 10-Week Challenge is a free program that helps you start a physical activity group with your family, friends, neighbors, or co-workers.
Communicable Disease
- Health Screening Services are provided for many communicable diseases.
- Hepatitis offers hepatitis immunizations and testing, perinatal Hepatitis B program, and Hepatitis C prevention.
- HIV/AIDS offers counseling, case management, education, and testing for those at high risk for contracting HIV.
- Sexually Transmitted (STD) Diseases provides counseling and testing, outreach and education, case management, and HIV Surveillance.
- Tuberculosis program provides evaluation of clients for latent and active TB disease.
Immunizations offers immunization services for children (Shots for Tots) and some for adults ( Big Shots)
Injury Prevention works with partners in the community to incorporate injury prevention efforts into their ongoing programs.
Refugee Services provide a health screening clinic for refugees relocating the Austin/Travis County area.

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