About
ABOUT OCCHD
Public health departments play an extremely important role in improving and protecting the health of individuals and communities. Achieving accreditation helps ensure that we can deliver essential public health services to the public, such as preventing disease, ensuring access to safe food and water, immunizations, and preparing for and responding to health emergencies.
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department was one of the first public health departments in the entire nation to be awarded accreditation status by the Public Health Accreditation Board.
To achieve accreditation, the OKC-County Health Department underwent a rigorous, multi-faceted, peer-reviewed assessment process to make sure it met or exceeded a specific set of quality standards and measures. More than 125 health departments originally applied for accreditation, and the OKC-County Health Department was one of the first 11 to achieve accreditation.
HISTORY
The Oklahoma City Health Department was established in 1910 to deal with the basic sanitation and disease control problems of Oklahoma City’s rapidly growing new community. In 1939, Oklahoma County established its own badly needed health department. The two departments merged in 1954.
OCCHD currently has multiple locations around Oklahoma County, with its main headquarters located at 2600 NE 63rd Street in Oklahoma City. For more information, please see our Locations and Hours of Operation section.
HISTORY
The Oklahoma City Health Department was established in 1910 to deal with the basic sanitation and disease control problems of Oklahoma City’s rapidly growing new community. In 1939, Oklahoma County established its own badly needed health department. The two departments merged in 1954.
OCCHD currently has multiple locations around Oklahoma County, with its main headquarters located at 2600 NE 63rd Street in Oklahoma City. For more information, please see our Locations and Hours of Operation section.
OUR MISSION
Protect health, promote wellness, prevent disease, and partner in the community.
OUR VISION
Working with the community for a healthy future.
OUR CORE VALUES
- Caring
- Service
- Excellence
- Integrity
A-Z Index
A-C
D-F
- Facility and Nuisance Complaints
- Fact Sheets
- Fair
- Farmers Markets
- Farmers Markets FAQs
- FAQs
- Fetal and Infant Mortality Review
- Diabetes FAQ
- Fight the Bite
- Emergency Contact Info
- Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Foodborne Illness
- Food Establishments
- Food Manager Certification
- Food Manufacturing
- Food Protection Education
- Food Safety & Environmental Health
- Food Warehouses
- Employee Wellness
- Epidemiology
- Events
G-I
J-L
M-O
P-R
S-U
- Schools Child Care Facilities
- School Absentee Reporting
- Seasonal Food Establishments
- Teen Health Services
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention
- Temporary Food Establishments/Special Events
- Sexual Health
- Tobacco Helpline
- Sodium FAQ
- Solid Waste Disposal Trucks
- Smokefree Apartment
- Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing
- Smoke Free Map
- Total Wellness
- Total Wellness English Registration
- Total Wellness Spanish Registration
- Tuberculosis Clinic
- State Fair Training
- TSET Healthy Living Program
- Students