“Promote Health for All Through a Healthy Environment!”

Healthy Places / Healthy Environment is housed within the Health Education & Promotion Division. The vision for Healthy Places / Healthy Environments is to reduce health disparities by employing a strategic approach to bring the built environment into public health. Through this effort we can promote health for all through a healthy environment. The promotion of health is a shared responsibility of individuals, communities, public health agencies and local authorities.

The Healthy Places / Healthy Environment program has identified the following public health goals that are needed for all residents of Harris County to live healthy, productive lives.