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Health Literacy

Understanding your diagnosis, your options, and your rights. In a city with 160 languages, health literacy is a survival skill.

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See what's happening, who's working on it, and why neighbors are paying attention.

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Community Health Workers Initiative | The Honors College | University of Houston

UH program that trains and supports Community Health Workers through state-approved certification, CEUs, and Houston-based community partnerships.

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Government

Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 4 for approval of a resolution recognizing September 2026 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Harris County Commissioners Court

Health

Supporting the recognition of November 2025 as "Carbon Monoxide Action and Awareness Month" and promoting nationwide education, prevention, and detection efforts to protect United States families from carbon monoxide poisoning.

U.S. House of Representatives

Government

Request that the County Judge execute an agreement with Church World Service to provide free refugee health promotion programs at Burnett Bayland Community Center, at no cost to the County.

Harris County Commissioners Court

Who’s doing the work

Clinics, agencies, nonprofits, funders, and community groups

Health is delivered by many kinds of people and institutions. Start here to see who is providing care, organizing support, funding work, and shaping the system.

Harris County Commissioners Court

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Texas House of Representatives

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How Health Literacy connects

policy

Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 4 for approval of a resolution recognizing September 2026 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

policy

Supporting the recognition of November 2025 as "Carbon Monoxide Action and Awareness Month" and promoting nationwide education, prevention, and detection efforts to protect United States families from carbon monoxide poisoning.

policy

Request that the County Judge execute an agreement with Church World Service to provide free refugee health promotion programs at Burnett Bayland Community Center, at no cost to the County.

policy

Expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2026 as "Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration Awareness Month".

policy

Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 4 for approval of a resolution recognizing July 2026 as Fibroid Awareness Month.

policy

Request that the County Judge execute an agreement with The MolinaCares Accord to provide community-based services to seniors, parents, and expecting parents on a wide range of health topics designed to promote overall well-being at Precinct 4 community centers, at no cost to the County.

~902,700 without insurance

Uninsured population

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

19%

Uninsured rate

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

4,700,447 total

Population for insurance coverage

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

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