Service Results for Public Health

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (CDC Tracking) is a premier online resource for environmental health information. It will improve our nation’s understanding of how the environment affects peoples’ health, making our communities safer. At the national level, CDC Tracking partners extensively with other states, agencies, organizations and U.S. universities. The CDC and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) entered into a cooperative agreement in 2009, renewed in 2014, to establish an Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (EPHT) in Louisiana.

The Bureau of Performance Improvement is dedicated to ensuring that performance improvement (PI) and quality improvement (QI) programs are developed in alignment with the OPH Strategic Plan and State Health Improvement Plan.

Tracking Adult Obesity in Louisiana

Tracking Asthma in Louisiana

The Louisiana Department of Health Beach Monitoring Program tests water at 23 beach sites along the Louisiana coast to determine whether the water quality meets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria. Water samples are collected weekly during Louisiana's beach season between the months of May and October.

Tracking Birth Outcomes in Louisiana

A bone marrow transplant is a life-saving procedure for patients fighting blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, immune deficiency disorders, and other cancers. But, donors are hard to find. Unlike many blood product donations where a family member is often the best match, this is not the case for bone marrow.

Tracking Cancer in Louisiana

Tracking Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Louisiana