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| <TITLE>Texas Department of Health - Prevention</TITLE> | |
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| <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="prevent, disease, health, care, issues, male, female, | |
| public, women, youth, men, adolescent, toddler, teens, teenager, family, | |
| maternal, infant, child, children, consumer, texans, immunization"> | |
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| <IMG SRC="/prevent2.gif" align="center" alt="You are on the Prevention page"> | |
| <font size="5" face="arial" color="#cc3366">Prevention</font> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="hivstd/index.html"><font size="2" face="arial"> | |
| <b>AIDS, HIV/STD</a></font></b></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Information on prevention and care in Texas. | |
| Find out about HIV/STD testing and service delivery programs in your area, access | |
| HIV/STD statistics for Texas, or learn more about eligibility | |
| requirements for the Texas HIV Medication Program.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="osp/osphome.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Alzheimers Disease</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left"> Supportive and educational programs to assist Alzheimer's patients, their families and long-term | |
| care providers.<hr></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td><td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="bcccp/index.html"><b><font size="2" face="arial">Breast & Cervical Cancer Control</a></font></b></td><td width="415" align="left"> Income elegibility information, provider locations, | |
| statistics, and links to other Cancer-related sites.<hr> | |
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| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td> | |
| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="lactate/bf1.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Breastfeeding Promotion</a></font></b></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left"> Learn about breastfeeding promotion courses, | |
| available patient education and staff training materials, special projects | |
| and initiatives intended to increase the breastfeeding rates within Texas.<hr></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td> | |
| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="child/homech&s.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b> Child Health & Safety</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Early identification and prevention of childhood | |
| health and safety problems save economic and emotional costs later. | |
| <hr></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td> | |
| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="diabetes/tdc.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Diabetes Council</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Develops and implements a state plan to | |
| control diabetes. Among theprograms and activities are the Texas | |
| Diabetes Institute, 14 community-based diabetesprograms, a diabetes | |
| eye disease program, a school-based curriculum, minimum standards | |
| fordiabetes care, a diabetes fact sheet, and development of | |
| low-literacy diabetes educationmaterials.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><font size="2" face="arial"><A HREF="phpep/index.html"><b>Disease Prevention News</b></A></font></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left"> Provides timely information on a variety of health issues.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| </td><td width="150" align="left"> | |
| <a href="epidemiology/index.html"><font size="2" face="arial"> | |
| <b>Epidemiology</b></font> | |
| </a></td><td width="415" align="left">Applies the principles and techniques of Epidemiology to a variety of | |
| public health concerns. These areas include: Texas Birth Defects Monitoring, | |
| Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Poison Center Network, Injury Prevention and Control, and | |
| Texas Child Fatality Review Team.<hr></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td><td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="bfds/bfds-hom.htm"><font size="2" face="arial"><b>Food and Drug Safety</a></font></b></td><td width="415" align="left">Regulates the manufacture and distribution | |
| of all food, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices in Texas. Consumers can learn how the | |
| Bureau works to protect health and safety. Industry can find out what regulations | |
| affect them and apply for any licenses they may need to operate.<hr> | |
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| </td><td width="150" align="left"> | |
| <A HREF="immunize/immpage1.htm"><font size="2" face="arial"> | |
| <b>Immunization</a></b></font></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Links to Division information, an electronic | |
| edition of the Upshot, the Division's newsletter; Immtrac, the TDH Automated Immunization | |
| Tracking System, and more.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| </td><td width="150" align="left"> | |
| <A HREF="ideas/ideasweb.htm"><font size="2" face="arial"> | |
| <b>Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance</a></b></font></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Latest news on outbreaks, disease surveillance findings, and | |
| fact sheets on infectious diseases occurring in Texas.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="injury/index.html"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Injury Prevention and Control</b> | |
| </font></A></td><td width="415" align="left">Focuses on collecting data to | |
| better define the magnitude of injuries in the state, and providing | |
| information and resources on how to prevent injuries. The site contains | |
| information on special health surveillance and epidemiologic studies | |
| of injuries, Trauma Registry, SAFE RIDERS Traffic Safety Program, | |
| Texas SAFE KIDS, and injury-related websites.</a><hr></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td> | |
| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="kidney/khcmain.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Kidney Health Care</b></font></a> | |
| </td><td width="415" align="left">Information on program benefits, latest newsletter, training information, | |
| participating KHC pharmacies, and links to ESRD-related sites.<hr></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td width="25" align="left"><IMG SRC="star.gif" alt="star"></td> | |
| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="otpc/index.html"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Office of Tobacco Prevention and Control (OTPC)</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Provides a clearinghouse of information | |
| on tobacco use prevention issues. Technical assistance | |
| is available to community organizations, schools, worksites, | |
| health professionals and law enforcement agencies on the | |
| development and implementation of tobacco use prevention | |
| policies, including strategies to increase public awareness | |
| and reduce tobacco sales to youth. <hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><a href="dental/dental.htm"><font size="2" face="arial"><b>Oral Health Services Program </b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">Improves the | |
| oral health of Texans and prevents dental disease through | |
| education, prevention services, and emergency dental treatment | |
| services. The oral health services division consist of staff from | |
| central office and 8 regional dental programs. Services include: oral | |
| health education, sealants for children's teeth, public fluoridation | |
| program, and the delivery of direct dental care services through a | |
| state Fee-for-Service program via portable dental equipment, mobile | |
| vans and/or fixed clinics in areas of limited access.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="osp/osphome.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Osteoporosis</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left"> Educates the public on the causes and risk factors for | |
| developing osteoporosis; publicize the value of early detection and prevention; and identify the | |
| most cost-effective options available for treatment.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="osp/osphome.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Prostate Cancer</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left"> Educating the public on the health benefits of early | |
| detection, prevention, and treatment of prostate cancer.<hr></td></tr> | |
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| <td width="150" align="left"><A HREF="rabies/rabies97.htm"> | |
| <font size="2" face="arial"><b>Rabies Prevention</b></font></a></td> | |
| <td width="415" align="left">A guide for medical care providers, | |
| veterinarians, and animal control officers in the evaluation of possible | |
| exposures of humans to rabies and in the treatment of | |
| probable exposures. <hr></td></tr> | |
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| <i>Last Updated 9/24/99</i> | |
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