The Harnett County Health Department along with community partners are releasing the 2022 Community Health Assessment (CHA).Core members of the Community Health Assessment Team included representatives from Harnett Health, Cape Fear Valley Health Systems, Campbell University Department of Public Health and Healthy Harnett. Community members have rated these concerns as significant with regard to the urgency, severity, and feasibility of improvement efforts. Harnett County’s health priorities are Behavioral Health (including substance use disorder and overdose prevention),Chronic Disease and Motor Vehicle Injuries. To view the full 2022 CHA click here or to view CHA Summary report. For more information about the CHA please call our office 910-893-7550.
Registration ends Friday, March 24! The Girls are Great & Teen Conference will be held Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 9:00am-1:00pm. This is an educational event that provides information and discussion on easing the transition from childhood to pre-adolescence and discusses in a fun and friendly setting the special emotional and physical changes that occur during puberty. The program is available for girls ages 9-12 and their mother or adult guardian. The Teen Girls part of the conference is designed for girls ages 13-16 and their mother or adult guardian. Teens will get answers and information about topics including teen health, healthy dating, relationships and more. While attending the program, all girls must be accompanied by an adult guardian. For more information contact the Harnett County Health Department at (910) 893-7550 through the Health Education Division or the Harnett County Cooperative Extension at (910) 893-7534. Click here for the registration form.
If you are looking for motivation to start being physically active, join the Harnett County Health Department’s Step into Fitness! Walking Challenge from April 3rd-April 30th. This challenge is designed to help you move more by offering simple suggestions to increase physical activity through walking. For more information call 910-814-6196. To register visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HCHDStepintoFitness. The registration deadline is Friday, March 31st.
Join the PreventT2 Lifestyle Change Program offered by Harnett County Health Department beginning Thursday, April 20th from 5:30pm-6:30pm at the Governmental Complex located at 309 W Cornelius Harnett Blvd in Lillington. PreventT2 is a program proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. This program is designed for people who have prediabetes or are at risk for type 2 diabetes, but who do not already have diabetes. For more information click here or call 910-814-6196.
The Health Department is providing free at-home COVID-19 test kits. Persons can pick up at-home COVID-19 test kits Monday-Friday between the hours of 8:00am-11:00am or 1:00pm-4:00pm at the Health Department which is located within the Governmental Complex at 307 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd in Lillington. For more information, How to Use an At-Home COVID-19 Test- click here
The COVID-19 Harnett County Dashboard offers a snapshot of confirmed COVID-19 cases specific to Harnett County. For more information regarding the data in this report contact the Health Department at 910-893-7550.
WIC, or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, is a nutrition program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture. WIC is available to pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to age five. To submit a request for WIC services, call 910-893-7570 or or use this form.
Please consider completing our patient/consumer satisfaction survey or community survey. This feedback helps us continually monitor or change our services to serve you better. For the patient/consumer survey click here. For Spanish, click here. For the community survey, click here. For Spanish, click here.