Welcome to Region 1 of the Louisiana Department of Health Office of Public Health

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The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH) Region 1 serves the southeast portion of the state in 4 parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard.

Our mission is to protect and promote the health and wellness of all individuals and communities in Louisiana. We accomplish this through education, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, preventing disease and injury, enforcing regulations that protect the environment, sharing vital information, and assuring preventive services to individuals and families.

We provide healthcare to both children and adults alike and make it our mission to ensure access to healthcare resources. The public health units (PHUs) serve the underinsured and uninsured. No one is ever turned away for an inability to pay.

View All Region 1 Parish Health Units

Community Healthways Region 1 Contacts

Services Offered

Jefferson Parish - Metairie

• Immunizations
• STI Testing and Treatment
• Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)*
• Reproductive Health/Family Planning
• Well-Woman Visits
• Community Healthways 
• Environmental Health Services

Jefferson Parish - Marrero

• Immunizations
• STI Testing and Treatment
• Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)*
• Reproductive Health/Family Planning
• Well-Woman Visits
• Community Healthways
• Environmental Health Services

Orleans Parish - Delgado

• Immunizations
• STI Testing and Treatment
• Reproductive Health/Family Planning
• Well-Woman Visits
• Tuberculosis Testing & Treatment
• Community Healthways

* WIC services include supplemental nutrition for pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of 5. Also, healthy food, breastfeeding promotion and support, nutrition information and referrals to other services.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Public Health (OPH) for Region 1 is launching an Instagram reels contest open to high school students in the region. Students who attend high school in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard parishes are invited to enter for a chance to win a fall entertainment package including a Bluetooth speaker, wireless headphones and a power bank charger.

Contest participants are asked to create an Instagram reel between 15 and 60 seconds in length on the topic of access to healthy foods. Participants must enter using the registration from below and all reels must be tagged with #AccessMattersOPH1.  Contest runs from September 18 to October 13.

The Access Matters Instagram Reels contests asks students to think about the broad picture of food access for themselves and their community.

• Is healthy food easily accessible where you live?
• Does cost of food play a role in what is available to you?
• Is junk food prevalent, but healthy food harder to seek out?
• Are there barriers to developing healthy eating habits?
• How would you try to change the food landscape where you live?

Answer questions like these and more in an Instagram reel for a chance to win Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones, and power bank chargers. The top three reels will be selected by a committee of Office of Public Health Region 1 staff and awarded prizes.

The contest opens on Monday September 18, and closes on Friday, October 13 at 11:59 pm.

To enter, create a reel that:

• Addresses the issue of food access and healthy food in your community
• Uses creative visuals and storytelling to engage your audience
• Includes the hashtag #AccessMattersOPH1

Additional information:

• The contest is open to all students attending high school in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines & St. Bernard parishes.
• The reel must be at least 15 seconds long and no longer than 60 seconds.
• The reel must be original and must not have been previously posted on Instagram.
• The reel must be tagged with the hashtag #AccessMattersOPH1

Full Contest Rules:

1. Entrants must be between 13 and 18 years of age and attend an accredited high school in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines or St. Bernard parishes.
2. Entrants must create an Instagram reel between 15 seconds and 60 seconds in length on the topic of access to healthy foods.
3. Content must be original and must not have been previously posted on Instagram.
4. Content must obey copyright laws and not contain offensive language or dangerous content.
5. Reels must be tagged with #AccessMattersOPH1
6. Instagram profiles must be set to public so committee can see the entered reel.
7. All entries must be received no later than 11:59 pm Central Standard Time on Friday, October 13, 2023
8. Entrants must enter using the entry form, which can be found below or by clicking here
9. Immediate family of Office of Public Health Region 1 employees are not eligible to participate.
10. Winners will be notified via phone and/or email supplied via entry form

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! 

We look forward to seeing your reels!