Health Department

Academic Health Department
865-215-5284

• Program for students to apply classroom knowledge to challenges in the field in a practice setting

Air Quality Management
865-215-5900

• Industrial air contaminant permits
• Open burning permits
• Compliance inspections
• Ambient air monitoring network

Centers of Excellence (COE)
865-215-5080*

• HIV case management
• HIV medical care and nutritional counseling

CHANT - Community Health Access and Navigation Tennessee
865-215-5190

Provide support for families with children (prenatal - age 21) in the following ways:

• Provide linkage to medical resources for all family members
• Provide parenting education and developmental screenings for children
• Children's Special Services (CSS) provides financial assistance for children from birth to age 21, who have chronic illnesses or disability needs (subject to family income requirements)

Communicable Disease Clinic(CDC)
865-215-5370*

• Tuberculosis (TB) risk assessment, testing and treatment
• Confidential sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment
• Confidential HIV testing and treatment referral
• Confidential and confirmatory testing and case management for hepatitis C

Community Health
865-215-5170

Dental Clinic
865-215-5110

• Emergency dental care
• Routine dental services
• School-Based dental preventive services

Emergency Preparedness
865-215-5093

• Public health preparedness and response to infectious disease Outbreaks

Environmental Health
865-215-5200

• Groundwater protection, enforcement, and permits
• Subsurface sewage disposal system (SSDS) file search form
• Restaurant and grocery store inspections and permitting
• Online food safety training and certification
• Swimming pools, hotels, tattoo and piercing studios, schools and child care inspections and permitting
• Vector control
• Rabies vaccination certificates

Epidemiology Program
865-215-5093

• Compile valid and reliable data pertaining to the health status of the Knox County population
• Infectious and notifiable diseases outbreak investigations
• Chronic diseases data collection, interpretation and dissemination

Harm Reduction
865-215-5355

• Non-judgmental access to alcohol/drug detox and treatment services
• Overdose prevention and referrals to harm reduction resources
• Client-centered relapse prevention support

Immunization Program
865-215-5150

• Immunization records
• Vaccines For Children Program

Medical Records
865-215-5024

Medical records requests and guidance

Parents as Teachers (PAT)
865-215-5120

Evidence-based early childhood home visiting model that provides services to pregnant women and families with children from birth through kindergarten.

• Grow parent knowledge of early childhood development
• Provide early detection of developmental delays and health issues
• Increasing children's school readiness and success
• Help reduce Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Substance Misuse Response
865-215-5549

• All4Knox community initiative to address substance misuse
• Overdose Fatality Review
• Substance misuse outreach and education

Travel and Immunization Clinic
865-215-5070

• Adult and childhood vaccines
• Immunizations for travel outside the U.S. (Appointment only)
• Newborn screening tests as needed
• (Walk-in availability for immunizations and newborn screenings.)

Vital Records
865-215-5100

• Birth certificates for births anywhere in Tennessee; Fee: $15
• Death certificates for deaths anywhere in Tennessee; Fee: $15

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program
865-215-5030 (Information)
865-215-5016 (Appointments)

makemywicappointment@knoxcounty.org

WIC serves pregnant women, breastfeeding women up to 1 year postpartum, non-breastfeeding women up to 6 months postpartum, infants and children up to age 5.

• Nutrition education
• Breastfeeding support
• Food benefits

Women's Health Clinic
865-215-5320

• Family planning and pregnancy testing
• Well Woman Care (including breast and cervical cancer screenings)
• By appointment only (Walk-ins for birth control pill refills and follow-up Depo injections welcome.)