Health

Health

Macomb County Resoures
Resources for health, housing, dental, transportation, support groups, parenting classes and more. 

Macomb County Family Health Services
The Macomb County Health Department's Family Health Services Division offers a wide variety of personal health services for the residents of Macomb County.

Public Health Web Site's
List of useful public health web sites

Kids' Health
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, jargon-free health information they can use. KidsHealth has been on the Web since 1995 - and has been accessed by about 250,000,000 visitors.

 

Immunizations


Macomb Health Department
Immunization clinic and more

A Parents Guide to Childhood Immunizations
is a 68-page booklet introducing parents to the 14 childhood diseases and the 10 vaccines that can protect children from them.

Immunization Schedule 

Instant personalized Childhood Immunization Schedule
for children six years of age and younger.  
 

Doctors
 

Physician Referral


Finding a Doctor for Your Child


Find local dentists



Insurance:

For uninsured children:
 Apply online
 
Health Insurance for Children
MIChild: MIChild is a health insurance program for uninsured children of Michigan’s working families. MIChild services are provided by many HMO’s and other health care plans throughout Michigan.
Call 1-888-988-6300 for more information.



Prescriptions

Rx Help
Where  to find low cost or free prescriptions




GUIDANCE FOR SWINE FLU AND CHILDREN ISSUED

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidance and helpful materials on the H1N1 virus for child care programs and K-12 schools, teachers, administrators and parents.  Here are useful sites so that you, your colleagues, and parents can be prepared.

Early childhood programs

K-12 schools
Toolkit 

Workplace preparedness 
Poster for the workplace

The joint announcement from Secretaries Duncan, Sebelius and Napolitano