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Baltimore City Health Department Chronic Disease Prevention
Baltimore City Health Department
ABOUT
Informational resource about Chronic Disease Prevention
Services
- Tobacco & Smoking Cessation
- Asthma
- Food Access
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
General Information
The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) provides resources and programs to address a number of different chronic health conditions. Resources are available for several diseases including diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cancer, child lead poisoning, and asthma. There are also programs available that address smoking cessation. Please clickhere to get connected to their resources.
Services
Tobacco & Smoking Cessation
About
You can call 410-396-9932 to get more information about smoking cessation programs in your community.
You can also call 410-361-9765 to find a health center near your home. These health centers can get you enrolled in a cessation program and provide you with free nicotine patches. They also offer other programs so for more information, visit their website here.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Service Categories
Asthma
About
The asthma program provides information about what asthma is, how to manage it, recognizing signs/symptoms, medications, triggers, an Asthma Action Plan as well as what services BCHD provides like the Community Asthma Program. Clickhere for more information.
Service Categories
Food Access
About
The Food Access page shares information about Baltimarket which is the BCHD's community-based food access and food justice program. Baltimarket’s *goal is to help people in Baltimore City stay healthy *by making sure everyone can get good food and by working for fairness in how food is available in the community.
Baltimarket programs include:
1. Virtual Supermarket Program
2. Healthy Stores Program
3. Food Justice Forum
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
About
The BCHD Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program works to stop lead poisoning in Baltimore by testing for lead, visiting homes, helping families, speaking up for better rules, and making sure the city’s lead laws are followed. Clickhere for more information.
Service Categories
Community Health Access and Resource Module